As she has done all fall, senior Rachel Miura led the way for the Binghamton University cross country team, placing seventh and propelling the women to a fifth-place overall finish at the season-ending ECAC/IC4A Championships in Bronx, N.Y. The men finished ninth in the 16-team field.
“Both teams had some solid performances,” head coach Anette Acuff said. “This was a developmental meet for us. We did not run our full teams. We weren’t concerned too much with the team place due to this. [We were] just looking for some good individual races to build off of going into next year. Overall, the meet went how I expected.”
Miura, who completed the 5,000-meter course in a time of 18:41, joined the ranks of four former BU runners who have placed in the top 10 of the ECAC race. The last Bearcat to do so was Katie Radzik in 2006.
Junior Caitlin Jelinek placed 25th (19:17) overall, and not too far behind her was freshman Lizzie Greiner, who finished in a time of 19:23 to place 29th overall. Freshman Naomi Barnett came in 40th (19:37), and classmate Shannon O’Hara finished in 64th place (19:58).
Winning the 177-runner race was George Mason University sophomore Bethany Sachtleben with a time of 18:04.
Freshman Ethan Hausamann led the Bearcats on the men’s side, finishing 15th overall. Hausamann ran the 8,000-meter course in a time of 26:37.
“Ethan has run consistently well for us all season, and I look forward to seeing how much he improves next year,” Acuff said.
Sophomore Collin Frost followed Hausamann, finishing in 24th place with a time of 26:56. Junior Chris Fernandez finished 33rd (27:04) overall, senior Anthony Gaetani was 59th (27:31) and freshman Jade Marhaba placed 93rd (28:30).
Taking first in the men’s race was Colgate University senior Christopher Johnson with a time of 25:28.