Falcons Finish 9th at James Earley Invitational

Westfield, Mass. – The Fitchburg State women's cross country team placed ninth at the James Earley Invitational hosted by Westfield State University on Saturday afternoon.

The Basics

Meet: James Earley Invitational
Place: 9^th place, 259 points (25 Teams)

How It Happened                             

Senior Abigail Murphy (Quincy, Mass.) paced the Falcons to their best team race of the season. Murphy finished with a time of 19:46.82 in 21^st place. Classmate Maria Burnett (Fitchburg, Mass.) was next in 28^th place, crossing the 5k course at the 20:04.34 mark. 

The Green and Gold had two more cross the shoot in the top 100. Rookie Skye Goba (Norton, Mass.) finished in 39^th place (20:25.01), and junior Lilah McAndrew (Olde Lyme, Conn.) was 77^th (21:23.53).

Senior Diana Marquez-Frias (Lowell, Mass.) was just behind in 104^th (22:28.43).

By the Numbers

Up Next

The Falcons will head to Boston, Mass., next Saturday for the Suffolk Invitational at Franklin Park.