Collin Frost and Rachel Miura led the Binghamton University men’s and women’s cross country teams to respective 28th and 26th place finishes at the NCAA Northeast Regional Cross Country Championships on Friday at Hammonasset State Park. A total of 34 teams competed on the men’s side, while 37 schools participated on the women’s side.
Frost, a sophomore, finished 117th out of 239 runners overall, completing the 10,000 meter course in a time of 32:42. Miura, a senior, placed 109th out of 253 runners overall on the women’s side. The veteran posted a finish of 22:09 in the women’s 6,000 meter course.
Iona College graduate student Mitch Goose led the Gaels to the men’s title with an individual first-place finish of his own, clocking in at 30:04. Providence College took first place in the women’s race, which was won on the individual level by Dartmouth College junior Abbey D’Agostino, who finished with a time of 19:51.
Binghamton sophomore Jesse Garn followed Frost with a 135th place overall finish (32:53). Freshman Ethan Hausamann, sophomore Matt Johnson and junior Chris Fernandez rounded out the scoring for the men’s team, finishing at 155th (33:18), 164th (33:32) and 189th (35:44), respectively.
On the women’s side, junior Caitlin Jelinek followed Miura, posting a time of 22:30 and finishing in 134th place overall. Freshmen Lizzie Greiner, Naomi Barnett and Shannon O’Hara posted respective 145th place (22:48), 166th place (23:08) and 191st place (23:27) finishes.
The Bearcats are set to wrap up their season at the ECAC/IC4A Championships next Saturday. Starting time is scheduled for noon at Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, N.Y.