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: 9th 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 21st place. Classmate Maria Burnett (Fitchburg, Mass.) was next in 28th 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 39th place (20:25.01), and junior Lilah McAndrew (Olde Lyme, Conn.) was 77th (21:23.53).
Senior Diana Marquez-Frias (Lowell, Mass.) was just behind in 104th (22:28.43).
By the Numbers
Up Next
The Falcons will head to Boston, Mass., next Saturday for the Suffolk Invitational at Franklin Park.