Blue Cross Country Claims Seven Sisters Title

SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. – Wellesley College saw four runners finish in the top-10 to power the Blue to the team title at the 2014 Seven Sisters Cross Country Championship, hosted by Mount Holyoke College. The Blue recorded 36 points, paced by the individual champion, Priyanka Fouda. The win is the second title in last three years & tenth in program history.

Vassar, which had won three of the last four championships, finished second with 56 points. The Brewers have now earned three second-place finishes in tournament history. Smith took the third-place spot in the team category, posting 95 points, while the host Lyons were fourth with 96 points. Bryn Mawr took fifth overall with 103 points, followed by Saint Catherine (127) and Simmons College (210).

Fouda posted a time of 22:45 to win the title at this year's 6k event. Bryn Mawr College's Hannah Hastings was the runner-up, posting a time of 22:51 for second. Rounding out the top three was Wellesley's Mary Keenan, who recorded a time of 22:52. 

Vassar College's Cassidy Carpenter was fourth overall with a time of 22:58, followed by Smith College's Kathleen Ferrall, who crossed the line with a mark of 22:59. Mount Holyoke's Becca Rogers took the sixth-place spot with a time of 23:10, while Taylor Bickford of Wellesley was seventh with a time of 23:13.

In eighth was Vassar's Meghan Willcoxon, who posted a time of 23:16. Blue senior Nicole Chui finished ninth overall, while Smith's Danielle Opatovsky rounded out the top-10 and this year's All-Tournament Team.

Up next for the Blue will be the 2014 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championships on Saturday, November 1 at Franklin Park in Boston, MA.

List of All-Tournament Team Honorees (Top Ten Finishers)
1. Priyanka Fouda - Wellesley
2. Hannah Hastings - Bryn Mawr
3. Mary Keenan - Wellesley
4. Cassidy Carpenter - Vassar
5. Kathleen Ferrall - Smith
6. Rebecca Rogers - Mount Holyoke
7. Taylor Bickford - Wellesley
8. Meghan Willcoxon - Vassar
9. Nicole Chui - Wellesley
10. Danielle Opatovsky - Smith