QU Women’s Cross Country Places Third at Stony Brook Season Opener

Saturday, September 2

Stony Brook Cross Country Course - Stony Brook, NY

11:15 AM

Quinnipiac University

Stony Brook Season Opener

Photo by: Joe Mannion

QU Women’s Cross Country Places Third at Stony Brook Season Opener

9/2/2017 7:36:00 PM | Women's Cross Country

Danielle Marcone Scores Top 5 Finish in Her Collegiate Debut | Picture Above Credited to Joe Mannion

By: QU Athletic Communications

RESULTS

STONY BROOK, New York – The Quinnipiac women's cross country team opened the 2017 season placing third out of four teams in the Stony Brook Season Opener. Freshman Danielle Marcone (Bethel, Connecticut) impressed in her collegiate debut, placing fifth overall to lead the way for the Bobcats.

QU FINISH
Third Place out of Four Teams

LOCATION
Stony Brook Cross Country Course / Stony Brook, N.Y.

QU INDIVIDUAL RESULTS RANKED IN ORDER OF TEAM FINISH (Place, Time) – 33 Total Runners

Danielle Marcone (5^th, 14:10.9)
Cori Reid (11^th, 14:30.3)
Maria Ricalton (14^th, 14:47.3)
Shaelyn Pacheco (15^th, 14:50.3)
Amanda Carlson (17^th, 15:03.5)
Mary Watters (18^th, 15:15.3)
Darby Ginley (20^th, 15:18.2)
Brooke Hagen (21^st, 15:18.5)
Kaitlyn Hebert (23^rd, 15:21.4)
Alyson Caron (25^th, 15:34.1)
Samantha Leal (28^th, 15:42.7)

NOTES

Quinnipiac finished with 62 total team points, placing behind Stony Brook (33) and Fordham (41) and ahead of Sacred Heart (81)
Head coach Carolyn Martin held out nearly half her roster, as she has chosen to do with her top competitors in the first meet of the season for many years
Danielle Marcone shined in her debut, posting a Top 5 finish while setting the pace (5:42.3 avg mile time) for her team throughout the meet
Marcone was the lone Bobcat to place in the Top 10 while she was also the fastest freshman in the field
Graduate student Cori Reid, a four-year member of the Quinnipiac track and field programs, put together an impressive 11^th place finish in her debut with the cross country team
Maria Ricalton improved upon her overall result for the third straight season at the Stony Brook Season Opener, placing 14^th today after finishing 23^rd as a sophomore and 34^th as a freshman
Four of the top seven Bobcat finishers on the day were freshmen

NEXT MEET
Quinnipiac enjoys an off week before traveling to Holmdel Park in New Jersey for the Monmouth Invitational. The meet is an important one as the Bobcats will preview the course that will host the 2017 MAAC Championships in late October.