Women's Cross Country 10/7/2017 12:00:00 AM

Seahawk Women's Cross Country Takes Top Honor at Goucher Classic

For Immediate Release · By Justin Gordon · jpgordon@smcm.edu

Towson, Md. – First-year Lindsey Stevenson (Bel Air, Md./C. Milton Wright) became the first St. Mary's College of Maryland women's cross country runner to ever finish in the Top 3 while the Seahawks earned their second-ever first-place trophy at the Goucher College Classic Saturday morning. St. Mary's had three runners in the Top 5 and six runners in the Top 20.

The Basics:

Place – 1st of 7
Location – Goucher College – Towson, Md.

St. Mary's Top 5 Finishers:

This is St. Mary's first team title of the 2017 season and just the second overall first-place finish in program history. The Seahawks' first-ever first-place trophy came in 2013 when St. Mary's captured the Hood College Invitational.
Stevenson notched her best finish thus far in her young career as she came in second overall in 25:57.62. The previous highest finish by a Seahawk women's runner was fourth by Shannon Rafferty '14 in 2010 at the Coach Achtzehn Classic (5K) and by Keighly Bradbrook '14 in 2013 at the Washington & Lee University Invitational.
Fellow classmate Kara Taylor (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) finished right behind Stevenson with a time of 26:40.31 for third overall, which again was her best finish of her career thus far.
Junior captain Marisa McCormick (Prince Frederick, Md./Calvert) ran a time of 27:21.09, which made her the third runner for St. Mary's to finish and put her fourth overall.
Sophomore Sarah Jeffrey (Catonsville, Md./Catonsville) and senior captain Halcyon Ruskin (Kensington Md./Albert Einstein) were the next Seahawks to finish. Jeffrey ran a 28:44.65 for 11th overall while Ruskin came in at 29:07.50 for 14th overall.

Other Top Performers:

Goucher's Soliana Goldrich won the 6K race with a time of 25:31.98 to lead the Gophers to a fourth-place finish.
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy claimed second on the strength of three top-10 finishes.
Harford Community College rounded out the Top 3 as Caroline McCarthy came in fifth.

Up Next for the Seahawks

The Seahawks wrap up the regular season this Saturday, October 14, travelling to Hood College in Frederick, Maryland for the Hood Invitational. Start time is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at Utica Park.
St. Mary's won the Hood Invitational in 2013 and has finished third the last two seasons.

Team Standings (7 Teams): 1. St. Mary's (30); 2. USMMA (55); 3. Harford C.C. (72); 4. Goucher (84); 5. Baltimore City C.C. (137); 6. Gallaudet (141); 7. Notre Dame (Md) (164)

Seahawk Finishers (60 runners): 2. Lindsey Stevenson, 3. Kara Taylor, 4. Marisa McCormick, 11. Sarah Jeffrey, 14. Halcyon Ruskin, 20. Lindsey Power (30:09.54), 25. Melody Raynaud (31:10.55), 26. Caitlyn Sarudy (31:15.23), 31. Alyssa Leventer (31:44.32), 35. Emily Lane (32:26.52), 43. Kaitlyn Simmons (34:35.70), 44. Tara Vizzi (36:07.78), 46. Kori Taber (37:30.22)