Cross Country Teams Excel At York (N.Y.) Invitational

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Men place seventh, women 10th on Sunday

9/28/2009 -

Stephanie Widmer paced the Mount Saint Vincent women with a 20th place finish on Sunday.

Riverdale, N.Y. – The College of Mount Saint Vincent Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams both shined on Sunday at the York (N.Y.) Invitational. The men’s squad, led by Navin Purushotham (Orange, Conn.) placed seventh at the meet while the women’s team paced by Stephanie Widmer (Harrison, N.Y.) finished in 10th place.

Purushotham led the Mount for the second straight week as he finished the 8K course in 15th place overall in a time of 32:50. Sophomore Mahabir Samuel (Bronx, N.Y.) in just his second career race was the Mount’s second finisher on Sunday in the 27th position with a time of 34:19. Andrew Giordano (Staten Island, N.Y.) crossed the finish line in 31st place in 35:26 for the Dolphins, while Michael Coverdale (Yonkers, N.Y.) came home in 50th place in a time of 37:52. Rounding out the scoring five was Sebastian Osnard (Port-au-Prince, Haiti) in the 84th position.

The women were again led by Widmer, who paced the Dolphins with a 20th place overall finish in a time of 30:39. Mary Eileen Kiernan (Rockaway Point, N.Y.) was Mount Saint Vincent’s second finisher at the meet, crossing the line in 36th place in a time of 32:29. Ana Garcia (Kingwood, N.J.) placed 52nd on Sunday in a time of 34:59 and a pair of freshmen rounded out the scoring team with Meghan Brady (Washingtonville, N.Y.) finishing in 57th place in 35:19 and Janine Boccaflo (Wading River, N.Y.) placing 58th in a time of 35:20.

Mount Saint Vincent will look to continue its strong performance on Saturday, October 3 when it races in the Mount Saint Mary Invitational in Newburgh, N.Y.

Men’s Team Results
1. Queens - 44
2. Maritime – 48
3. Kingsborough – 137
4. CCNY – 149
5. Brooklyn – 161
6. York (N.Y.) – 192
7. Mount Saint Vincent – 195
8. Lehman – 199
9. Queensborough – 225
10. Sarah Lawrence – 258
11. Old Westbury – 290
12. Pratt, incomplete
13. State Island, incomplete

Women’s Team Results
1. Queens - 100
2. Brooklyn – 113
3. Baruch – 119
4. Sarah Lawrence – 129
5. York (N.Y.) – 132
6. Hunter – 138
7. Lehman – 157
8. FIT – 170
9. Maritime – 176
10. Mount Saint Vincent – 198
11. Staten Island – 206
12. Old Westbury – 310
13. CCNY, incomplete
14. Pratt, incomplete
15. City Tech, incomplete
16. Kingsborough, incomplete
17. Queensborough, incomplete
18. Nassau CC, incomplete