The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/womens_cross_country/)
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.
The men’s team placed first overall in the team competition and the women’s team won the 6k competition.
“The season, if you had to use one word to categorize it, is a season full of surprises.”
“We don’t want to be seventh, but it is hard to be frustrated when six of our eight runners have a career best finish at the cross-country Heps.”
On her source of inspiration, Knibb named her mother, who just last weekend finished third in her age group at the Ironman World Championships, a grueling race in Kona, Hawaii.
Sun staff writer Mary Barger sat down with women’s cross country senior captain Briar Brumley to discuss everything from dessert to thorny bushes.
“Our seniors are stepping up and having great seasons, which is particularly rewarding as many have overcome significant injury and illness issues in their careers.”