Cross Country Teams Earn Season Best Finishes at Smith Invitational

THE BASICS 

Date: Saturday, September 11, 2021

Location and Host: Smith College

Women's Result: 3^rd Place

Men's Result: 6^th Place

THE LEAD – In the second event of the season for both the men's and women's cross country programs, both teams managed their best team finishes of the year with the women placing 3^rd and the men placing 6^th in the Smith College Invitational.

EMMANUEL HIGHLIGHTS

• For the 3^rd place women's cross country program, senior Hannah Fitzpatrick (Revere, Mass.) registered a 12^th place finish with a 5k time of 21:05.56.
• Just behind Fitzpatrick, with a career-best finish, was junior Elizabeth Cameron (Raynham, Mass.). After a final time of 21:19.84 in the 5k, Cameron earned a 13^th place finish.
• Sophomore Emma Krantz (Manchester, N.H.) picked up a top-20 finish in the Smith XC 5k with her final time 21:58.48, good for 18^th position.
• In the men's competition, also a 5k race, first year Patrick Hill (Barrington, N.H.) set the pace for the Saints, finishing in 13^th place with a time of 17:36.43.
• Sophomore Jorge Zapata (Parkland, Fla.) grabbed 19^th place with his 5k time of 18:35.68.
• Hill and Zapata's top-20 finishes are career-bests for the runners as individuals.

FINAL RESULTS

• In the women's competition, the home program of Smith College took 1^st place, finishing with 22 points. Finishes of 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 6^th, and 7^th lead to Smith's team victory.
• For the men, Franklin Pierce used finishes of 1^st, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, and 6^th to score 19 points and take the victory.
• Wondu Summa finished 1^st in the men's race as an individual. Bethaney Donnolly took the individual win in the women's competition. Both Summa and Donnolly represented Franklin Pierce.

UP NEXT

• The cross country programs are off until Saturday, Sept. 25, where they will travel to Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine for the Bowdoin College Invitational.