Women's Cross Country 9/30/2017 12:00:00 AM

Stevenson Sets School Record at Don Cathcart Invitational

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

Salisbury, Md. – First-year Lindsey Stevenson (Bel Air, Md./C. Milton Wright) collected her second straight top-20 finish in record-setting fashion Saturday morning as Stevenson paced the St. Mary's College of Maryland women's cross country team to a sixth-place finish at the 29th Annual Don Cathcart Invitational hosted by Salisbury University.

The Basics:

Place – 6th of 11
Location – Winter Place Park – Salisbury, Md.

St. Mary's Top 5 Finishers:

St. Mary's bested Christopher Newport University, who ranks seventh in the South/Southeast region, by eight points for sixth place.
Stevenson posted a 13th-place finish with a time of 22:57.13, shattering the old mark of 23:34 set by Shannon Rafferty in 2010 at the Salisbury University Sea Gull Opener.
Junior captain Marisa McCormick (Prince Frederick, Md./Calvert) also had an outstanding run for the Seahawks as McCormick crossed the finish line in 23:25.10 for 19th overall.
Sophomore Sarah Jeffrey (Catonsville, Md./Catonsville) came in at 25:17.69, which was good enough to put her at 44th overall.
Junior Lindsey Power (Glen Arm, Md./Notre Dame Prep) and sophomore Caitlyn Sarudy (Hereford, Md./Hereford) rounded out the Top 5 Seahawk runners at 54th (26:30.47) and 61st (26:57.58), respectively.

Other Top Performers:

Division II East Stroudsburg University, who's ranked seventh in the Atlantic region, claimed the team and individual titles as Kaylyn West captured the 6K race in 21:39.47.
Ranking seventh in the Mideast region, Salisbury finished second with six runners in the Top 20.
Bridgewater (Va.) College placed third behind Calista Ariel's eighth-place finish.

Up Next for the Seahawks

The Seahawks will travel to Goucher College in Towson, Maryland for the Goucher Cross Country Classic on Saturday, October 7. Start time is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on the campus of Goucher.

Seahawk Finishers (106 runners): 13. Lindsey Stevenson, 19. Marisa McCormick, 44. Sarah Jeffrey, 54. Lindsey Power, 61. Caitlyn Sarudy, 63. Melody Raynaud (27:25.05), 66. Marie Lewis (27:44.92), 69. Natalie Hussey (27:55.60), 79. Alyssa Leventer (29:05.74), 80. Kaitlyn Simmons (29:15.49), 84. Kori Taber (29:50.49), 90. Tara Vizzi (30:49.07)