For Immediate Release
October 4, 2008
Wellesley Sports Information
Wellesley College Cross Country Places Second at Pop Crowell Invitational
Results
WENHAM, Mass. – The Wellesley College cross country team got podium finishes from Amy Damon (Livermore, ME), Jessica Weng (Paramus, NJ) and Katie Watson (Olympia, WA) en route to a second place showing at the Pop Crowell Invitational hosted by Gordon College.
Damon, a senior, ran the 5K race in a time of 19:46, good for 8th place out of 276 runners. Her classmate, Weng, finished 10th with a time of 19:48 while Watson, also a senior, took 14th in a time of 19:57.
All five of the Blue's scoring runners finished in the top-25. After the trio of seniors, next across the line for Wellesley were senior Hannah Sholder (Pittsburgh, PA) and junior Katie Gosling (Palo Alto, CA). Sholder placed 23rd with a time of 20:16 while Gosling finished 25th overall in 20:25.