WATERVILLE, Maine – First year Anna MacDonald led a trio of University of Maine at Farmington women's cross country runners who placed among the top 10 individuals, guiding the Beavers to a second-place finish out of four teams at the Thomas College Invitational, held Saturday at the Thomas College campus.
MacDonald was seventh overall with a time of 27:04.78 on the 5000m course. Emily Eaton was right behind in eighth place with a time of 27:10.18, while first year Grace Broughton was 10th overall after crossing the line in 27:20.55.
Angie Tehuitzil placed 13th with a time of 27:34.80 and Charlotte Wentworth was 18th after posting a time of 28:43.76, to round out the scoring runners for the Beavers.
Fiona Ladner-Hudson (29:32.18) and Sarah Chapin (29:43.88) crossed the line 23rd and 24th respectively, and were the pushers for UMaine-Farmington in the individual results.
Two more UMF runners – Sarah Chapin (29:43.88) and Kaylee-Mae Durgin (29:48.91) – were right behind Chapin in 24th and 25th place.
UMaine-Farmington tallied 48 points in the standings, and trailed event champion Husson by 11 points. Southern Maine (63 pts.) and Thomas College (85 pts.) trailed the Beavers in the race results.
"Our women's team fought hard today and placed well on a challenging course," said Sean Cabaniss, UMaine-Farmington's head cross country and track & field coach. "Our teams will return to Thomas for the North Atlantic Conference Championships, so today helped us get an idea of what to expect in a month and a half."
"Now we're looking forward to training through an off weekend coming up, and getting ready for the Husson meet in two weeks," said Cabaniss.
The Beavers return to action on Saturday, Sept. 25, when they head to Bangor, Maine, to compete in the Husson Harrier Invitational.
