RESULTS

CANTON, N.Y. - For the second consecutive season, the Ithaca College women's cross country team took fourth place at the Liberty League Cross Country Championships. However, this year they saw a 19 point improvement and improved from three All-Conference runners to four by placing four runners in the top 20 of the field.

Similar to the men, the women had numerous improvements from last fall both in terms of placement and times. None were bigger than sophomore Hannah Pawlowski, who ran 23:27 for 18th place, a 29 spot improvement from last season and a 62 second course best. Coming in right behind Pawlowski in 19th place was senior Logan Brasacchio. This was a 20 position improvement for Brasacchio and her first All-Liberty League honor in her collegiate cross country career.

Junior Lola Gitlin continues to have a dominant debut season for the Bombers. The former soccer player looked like a cross country veteran, running under the 23 minute barrier for the 6k in tough conditions on a difficult course. Gitlin took 7th place, the highest finish for the Bombers and their lone All-Liberty League first team honor. 

Senior Jess Goode ran 23:21 for 12th place. Goode is in the midst of one of her most consistent seasons of her collegiate career and looks poised to contend for a spot at the national championship for the first time since her freshman year. 

Rounding out the scorers for the Bombers was senior Kayleigh Milligan who finished 31st, a 10 spot improvement from last fall. Rounding out the top seven, senior Joy Peterssen ran took 33rd, and freshman Erika Doran took 49th.

Unlike the men's race, there was a new individual winner, as Jules Beloski, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute junior, took down the defending champion Haley Schoenegge of Vassar. However, it was Vassar who got the best of the Engineers on the team score, taking them down with exactly 36 points for the second year in a row. 

The Bombers will continue their postseason action in two weeks when they send their varsity seven to Rochester to compete in the NCAA Niagara Regional Championships as they look to send multiple runners to the national meet.