University of Maine at Farmington women's cross country coach, Scott Hutchinson, earned his first win as the Beavers took home the number one spot at the 2015 Husson Invitational.
Mother
Nature spun a beauty on September 5th at Saxl Park atop the Mount
Hope height of land in Bangor. Cross Country fans turned out in droves to see
the third ranked Beavers upset home team number two Husson.
The Beavers
earned a score of 52 points for the top spot, finishing two points ahead of
Maine Maritime with Husson, Castleton, and Elms rounding out the top five.
Workmanlike
performances were turned in by the entire UMF team starting with sophomore
Laura Pulito who finished seventh with a time of 22:39.2 and junior Emma Pidden
who secured tenth place with a 23:05.2 in the 5K run on the Husson home course.
Sophomore Alisha
Labbe nipped at Pidden’s heels in 11th and junior Anna Dowling finished
in 19th place. Windham’s own
Gwen Baker, UMF freshman, rounded out the scoring with a solid 24:08.9 in
twentieth position.
UMF claimed
the Husson Invitational title by beating out eight schools in a field of 83
runners according to the Track and Field Results Reporting System.
UMaine - Farmington
will compete in the Bowdoin Invitational on Saturday, September 12.
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