BUFFALO, NY – Junior Emily Weaver continued to lead Nazareth College as she placed the Women's Cross Country team to an 8th place finish as a team at the Canisius Alumni Race Saturday afternoon.
Weaver finished 15th overall with a time of 20:01.6 for the Golden Flyers who scored 180 points to place eighth in the team standings.
Daeman (63 points) took first in the team competition followed by Canisius (74), RIT (78), Geneseo (89), Niagara (134), St. Bonaventure (150), Robert Morris (176) and Nazareth. The Golden Flyers finished ahead of Texas Lutheran (273), SUNY Oswego (305) and D'Youville (337).
Sophomore Lilianna Hanning was the second Nazareth finisher in 33rd position with a time of 20:36.4. Junior Megan Morin (20:44.5) and freshman Peyton Tripp (21:05.6) were third and fourth for Nazareth while freshman Ruth Desanctis (21:10.8) was in 56th position and rounded out the scoring for the Golden Flyers.
Other finishers for Nazareth included junior Giselle Rainville (21:21.7), junior Alexis Anagnostopulos (21:32.1), freshman Alaska Dunstan (21:34.1), sophomore Paige Ackley (22:14.2) and senior Elizabeth Decker (22:39.5).
The race was the final tune-up for the Empire 8 Championships on October 30 at the Washington County Fairgrounds in Greenwich and hosted by Russell Sage.
