DARTMOUTH, Mass. – Junior
Rose Karow (South Yarmouth, Mass.) flirted with the 23-minute mark to lead the Plymouth State University women's cross country team at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational at Robert Dowd Cross Country Course on Saturday.
Karow set a new personal best by 27.70 seconds, completing the 6k course in 23:01.27 to finish 58th in a field of 275 runners from all three NCAA divisions. Freshman
Emma Talon (Southington, Conn.) continued her impressive start to her career, finishing in 24:08.07, while classmate
Madison Geddes (Penacook, N.H.) and sophomore
Mia Sweeney (Plymouth, Mass.) worked in tandem to cross the line just 0.35 seconds apart. All five of PSU's point-scorers posted PRs.
Plymouth State placed 15th as a team – fifth among D3 schools – outscoring several D2 schools, along with Little East Conference (LEC) foes UMass Dartmouth, UMass Boston, Rhode Island College, and WestConn.
The Basics:
- UMass Dartmouth Invitational (6k) – 15th of 36 Teams
Team Results:
- BU (35), Brown (68), UMass Lowell (130), Conn. College (157), Holy Cross (179), URI (183), Bryant (206), East Stroudsburg (228), Merrimack (264), Stonehill (269), Suffolk (326), Brandeis (352), Southern Connecticut (360), Westfield State (442), Plymouth State (558), Saint Anselm (581), Salve Regina (600), Babson (613), UMass Dartmouth (623), Wheaton (626), Johnson & Wales (660), Mount Holyoke (667), Bentley (688), Assumption (717), Hartford (752), Emerson (755), Framingham State (756), Emmanuel (768), Western New England (777), UMass Boston (798), Clark (829), RIC (865), Worcester State (866), WestConn (1017), Simmons (1054), Lasell (1070)
Individual Results:
Up Next:
- The Panthers return to the course for the Keene State Invitational on Oct. 4.
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