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WXC Take First At Minuteman Invitational
9/8/2018 7:38:00 PM | Women's Cross Country
AMHERST, Mass. -Â Competing in its first meet of the 2018 season, the UConn women's cross-country team notched a first place finish at the Minuteman Invitational on Saturday at UMass. The Huskies finished the three-team meet with 33 total points beating out Vermont with 43 points and UMass with 52 points.
UConn tallied 11 top-25 individual finishers in the 5K event with the top five finishers combining to total the Huskies 33 points.
Freshman Sarah Leatherwood excelled in her first meet, taking fourth overall with a 18:30.42 finish. Sophomore Mia Nahom opened her sophomore campaign in fifth place 18:30.66 second finish, while teammate Brianna O'Brien placing sixth with a time of 18:30.77 and Randi Burr following closely behind taking seventh place with a time of 18:30.92.
Senior Kelsey Swanson (18:49.25, 11th place) , senior Susan Aneno (18:51.76, 12th place), sophomore Allie Alsup (18:54.91, 13th place) and freshman Kate Daley (18:55.21, 14th place) placed in the top 15.
"We had good grouping today and worked well together," head coach J.J. Clark. "There is a long way to go, but we are off to a good start. It was good to see the returners pick up from where they were last year and the freshman make an immediate impact."
To view the complete team and individual results, please CLICK HERE.
The Huskies face a quick turnaround returning to action next Friday, Sept 14 in the Bulls Stampede Invitational. A complete event preview will be available on uconnhuskies.com next week.
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