Endicott Places 19th Overall At Conn. College Invitational

WATERFORD, Conn. — The Endicott women's cross country team placed 19th overall out of 33 programs in the Connecticut College Invitational on Saturday morning, hosted at Harkness Park.

No. 2 Williams took the top-4 four spots to run away with first place honors.

No. 18 Tufts, No. 13 Middlebury, No. 5 MIT, and No. 1 NYU followed in respective order on the team standings.

Meanwhile, Endicott finished ahead of the following programs: Plymouth State, Bates, Eastern Connecticut State, Wellesley, Wheaton, Keene State, Hartford, Mount Holyoke, Marywood, Clark, Dickinson, Ithaca, Smith, and Houghton.

Alexa Suchy (Guilford, Conn.) guided the Gulls' efforts with a 33rd place finish on the 6-kilometer course (23:12.9, 345 runners).

Rebecca Zuniga (New Braunfels, Texas) ranked second on the squad (135th, 24:52.0), while Corinne Robert (Mattapoisette, Mass.) crossed the finish line in 154th (25:04.5).

Teagan Shaughnessy (Watertown, Mass.) and Lulu Steele (Bedford, Mass.) also registered top-5 performances for the Gulls (197th, 25:35.6 | 202nd, 25:41.6).

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Endicott's top-5 average was 24:53 (2:28 spread).
• As a team, the Gulls moved up from 27th overall at the 1.65-kilometer mark all the way up to 19th by the end of the race.
• Suchy and Zuniga both posted personal bests.
• Allie DeVoe (Ridgefield, Conn.) clocked a season-best time of 26:34.3 (241st). 

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott competes in the Conference of New England (CNE) Championship on Saturday, November 1 at 1 PM, hosted by Gordon College. 

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(Photo Credit - Jonah Bean '28)