The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/cross-country/page/2/)
Junior Perry Mackinnon, who lead the Red men’s team at the NCAA Northeast Regionals with a time of 30:28 for tenth place individually, earned a spot in the upcoming NCAA Championships.
The men’s team finished sixth out of eight and the women’s team finished seventh out of eight at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championship.
The men’s team dominated for first place finishes at both courses while the women’s team secured the first-place finish at UAlbany and a fifth-place finish at Penn State.
The men’s team placed eighth overall and the women’s team placed tenth in the competition at Lehigh University.
Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams were left disappointed after their respective sixth and fifth place finishes at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships in Princeton, N.J, on Saturday.
The cross country postseason begins this Saturday, as both the men’s and women’s teams will fight it out against the Ancient Eight in the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships in Princeton, N.J.
The Cornell men’s and women’s cross country teams have flown through the first half of their season with flying colors. This past Saturday, the men finished ninth out of 34 teams while the women finished eighth out of 48 at the Paul Short Run at Lehigh University. The women’s team recorded the second best run in Cornell history at the Paul Short, with its top five runners finishing within a remarkable 19 seconds of each other. This was the shortest spread for any school participating in the run. Twenty of the 24 women competing recorded personal bests in the six-kilometer race, giving head coach Artie Smith good reason for cheer.
The Cornell men’s and women’s cross country teams are set to compete in the Paul Short Run at Lehigh University as the days tick down from Saturday Oct. 1 until the Ivy League Championships at the end of the month. With both teams coming off second and first place finishes in their previous outings, respectively, Cornell hopes to continue building momentum in this competitive run that features several other Ivy League opponents along with other division one, two and three opponents. The women’s team placed first for the second year running at the University of Rochester Yellow Jacket Invitational, with senior tri-captain Taylor Spillane and junior Jackie Katzman finishing in the top three for the six-kilometer race. Associate Head Coach Artie Smith attributes his team’s consistently strong performances to their training and preparation.
The women’s cross country team finished first for the second year in a row in Saturday’s Yellowjacket Invitational. The Red dominated the field, placing seven runners in the top 10 and 13 in the top 25, an impressive feat, considering the field is around 400 women strong.
The heat, the humidity and the nationally-ranked competition gave the team a true test, but Cornell women’s cross country did not back down, taking fourth place this weekend at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational, just a few points behind the top three teams.