Women's Cross Country Wraps Up Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown

Friday, September 21

Chestnut Hill, MA

3:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Battle in Beantown

Women's Cross Country Wraps Up Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown

9/21/2018 8:34:00 PM | Women's Cross Country

Bakas, Voight are Top Two Finishers for Bobcats, Team Finishes 21st Overall

By: QU Athletic Communications

JAMAICA PLAIN, Mass. – Kaitlin Bakas (South Windsor, Connecticut) finished the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown first for the Quinnipiac women's cross country team Friday afternoon at the meet hosted by Boston College.

The Bobcats finished 21^st overall out of the 24 teams competing from across the nation. The Bobcats record 629 points in the race, finishing just behind Boston University for 20^th place, as the only MAAC team competing in the race.

RESULTS (Place, Time, Team Ranking) – 216 total runners

Kaitlin Bakas (100^th, 18:37.0, 1^st)
Morgan Voight (133^rd, 18:58.4, 2^nd)
Ellie Songer (154^th, 19:08.9, 3^rd)
Meghan Curtin (171^st, 19:22.9, 4^th)
Shaelyn Pacheco (178^th, 19:27.3, 5^th)
Amanda Carlson (187^th, 19:38.6, 6^th)
Maria Ricalton (189^th, 19:41.8, 7^th)
Mia Pestle (190^th, 19:42.3, 8^th)
Gabby Prizio (197^th, 19:55.3, 9^th)
Madeleine Shellard (199^th, 19:58.4, 10^th)

5K OPEN RACE RESULTS (Place, Time, Team Ranking – 152 total runners

Kate Gihorski (110^th, 19:38.4, 1^st)
Brooke Hagen (115^th, 19:45.3, 2^nd)
Amy Laverty (121^st, 19:53.9, 3^rd)
Sara Wilcox (139^th, 20:45.2, 4^th)
Samantha Leal (143^rd, 20:52.0, 5^th)
Mary Watters (147^th, 21:13.9, 6^th)
Katie Bradley (148^th, 21:48.8, 7^th)

NOTES

Five different Bobcats posted personal records with impressive improvements from their previous personal bests: Bakas (13.1 seconds), Hagen (23.3 seconds), Leal (8.9 seconds), Pacheco (16.1 seconds) and Songer (7.3 seconds)
Bakas and Voight finished first and second for the Bobcats for a second straight week
Songer shot up the Bobcats standings to finish third for the team, her best finish on the season
Gihorski continued to improve early in her career as she ran her fastest 5K race in her third career race with the Bobcats
Quinnipiac competed in the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown for the first time since the race was developed for the 2013 season

UPCOMING RACE

The Bobcats have another week off between races before competing in the New England Championships back at Franklin Park in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, on Saturday, Oct. 6.