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Kassandra Nolet Placed Third Out Of 122 Runners

Women's Cross Country Tops Canisius Alumni Classic Field

Wildcats Run To Fourth First Place Finish In Five Races This Season

10/16/2021 3:49:00 PM

By: Tom McDermott

CANISIUS ALUMNI CLASSIC — COMPLETE RESULTS


BUFFALO, N.Y. — Another race, another victory for the Daemen College women's cross country team. Today's win came at the Canisius Alumni Classic, which took place at Delaware Park in Buffalo, N.Y. The Wildcats placed first out of a 12 team field, which featured a mix of NCAA Division I, II and III teams. It marked the fourth team title in five races for the Wildcats this season.

Daemen, which is ranked fifth in the latest NCAA Division II East Region poll released by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), produced three of the top eight finishers today and posted team score of 63. Race host Canisius placed second (74), while Rochester Institute of Technology (78), SUNY Geneseo (89) and Niagara University (134) rounded out the top five.

Canisius produced the individual champion, as senior Libby Benzer posted a time of 18:41.5 over the 5K race. Benzer finished just two seconds ahead of junior Katie Cobos of RIT (18:43.9).

Daemen returns to action next Saturday (Oct. 23) when it takes part in the East Coast Conference Championship on the campus of Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, N.Y.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Redshirt senior Kassandra Nolet (Fort Erie, Ont.) and freshman Marcy Colca (Getzville, N.Y.) paced the Wildcats again today.
  • Nolet placed third out of 122 runners with a time of 19:01.8. It marked the fourth top five finish of the season for Nolet, who placed first at the Daemen Duels last month with a personal-best time of 18:46.2.
  • Colca, a graduate of Williamsville North High School, posted her third top five effort of the year and placed fifth overall with a time of 19:37.0.
  • Junior Courtney Merrill (Speedway, Ind.) registered her third top ten finish of the year, as she placed eighth with a time of 19:53.0.
  • Senior Sarah Golas (Alden, N.Y.) and freshman Emma Cain (Lockport, N.Y.) also figured in the scoring today.
  • Golas posted her second fastest time in a 5K race this season and finished 22nd with a time of 20:09.3. Cain came close to posting a new personal best time en route to a 25th place showing today. Her time of 20:22.5 was just one second shy of her personal best time of 20:21.7 she recorded at the Harry F. Anderson Invitational last month.
  • Sophomore Camryn Bailey (Geneva, N.Y.) cracked the 21 minute mark for the first time in her career and placed 31st with a personal best time of 20:33.8—eclipsing her previous best time of 21:07.0 she posted Harry F. Anderson Invitational.
  • Redshirt junior Hannah Thomas (Cheektowaga, N.Y.), sophomore Emma Grzebinski (West Seneca, N.Y.) and redshirt senior Amanda Bushway (East Aurora, N.Y.) rounded out the field of Daemen runners. Thomas placed 70th (21:30.9), Grzebisski placed 91st with a personal best time of 22:30.0 and Bushway finished 98th (22:40.6).


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