THE FACTS
Gettysburg places 3rd
What: NCAA Div. III Mid-Atlantic women's cross country championship
When: Saturday, Nov. 16
Where: Lock Haven West Campus – Lock Haven, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
All seven Gettysburg runners placed in the top 46 overall, leading to a third-place finish at the NCAA Div. III Mid-Atlantic Regional hosted at Lock Haven's West Campus. The Bullets scored 150 points in its best finish at a regional championship since finishing second in 1992.
THE LEADERS
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Gabrielle Thiry (Lancaster, Pa./Lancaster Country Day School) led the Bullets with a 16th-place finish, posting a time of 21:43.4 for the program's best time on the Lock Haven course.
FOR THE FOES
• Johns Hopkins won the regional championship with 34 points to earn the automatic qualifying spot to the national championship. Carnegie Mellon was second with 76 points.
• Washington & Jefferson's Claire Anderson won the individual title with a time of 21:04.9 – seven second better than the field.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Ava Crawford (Swarthmore, Pa./Strath Haven) crossed the line 23rd overall with a time of 22:06.8.
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Sarah Smith (West Chester, Pa./Unionville) was 32nd with a time of 22:19.
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Kathryn Hopkins (Taneytown, Md./Winters Mill) finished 40th with a time of 22:34.9 while
Rowe Crawford (Swarthmore, Pa./Strath Haven) was right behind her teammate in a time of 22:36.3.
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Carys Cook (Wimberley, Texas/Lauralton Hall) was 45th (22:40.7) while
Elyse Tancini (Collegeville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) was 46th (22:45.4).
THE INSIDE STORY
• A total of 217 runners competed at the 6,000-meter distance.
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Gabrielle Thiry is the first Gettysburg runner to break 22 minutes in an NCAA regional race since Kerrin Epstein ran 21:45.4 at the 2009 Mideast Regional.
• Thiry,
Ava Crawford,
Sarah Smith,
Kathryn Hopkins,
Rowe Crawford and
Carys Cook all posted the top six times for the Bullets at Lock Haven while
Elyse Tancini's time was 10th.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg will learn on Sunday if was selected as one of 22 at-large team selections to the NCAA Div. III championship in Terre Haute, Ind., next Saturday.
