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Women's Cross Country Heading to National Championship

Women's Cross Country Heading to National Championship
Posted: Nov 08, 2015

The St. Thomas Aquinas College Women's Cross Country team has qualified for the program's first-ever National Championship. The Spartans finished 3rd in the NCAA East Regional race at Hopkinton Fairgrounds in New Hampshire.  Meaghan Ventarola broke the STAC 6K school record clocking a time of 22:07. She finished in 12th place.

While Ventarola set the new record, sophomore Kristen Borriello finished just one second and one place behind her.  Her time of 22:08 was a new personal record.  Senior Gabriela Sloezen also ran a personal best of 22:40 which put her in 27th place.  Junior Katie'O'Grady was the fourth STAC runner to finish at 23:11.  Seniors Cecelia Pfleging (24:03) and Rebecca Fortoul (25:19) and junior Patricia Nersten (25:34) were instrumental in the final results.  

The team has continued to build on the recent success of the program.  The Spartans have finished in the top 3 in every race this season.  They finished in 3rd place at the East Coast Conference Championship where four runners earned All-Conference honors.  At that race, Borriello set the new Spartan 5K record with a time of 18:13.  Ventarola and Borriello were each named ECC runner of the week once this season. 

The top three teams at the regional race are automatic quaifiers for the 2015 NCAA DII Cross Country National Championship which will be held in Joplin, Missouri on November 21st.  In 2014, the Spartans finished 5th at the race which was a program best at that time.  

Team Results

1 1:49:40 21:56 48 1 5 10 15 17 22 29
2 1:53:21 22:40 128 8 16 30 31 43 62 75
3 1:54:10 22:50 160 12 13 27 40 68 116 130
4 1:54:45 22:57 178 3 14 38 45 78 83 101
5 1:55:06 23:01 180 4 18 49 51 58 73 105
6 1:55:41 23:08 196 9 34 42 55 56 90 115
7 1:55:45 23:09 213 11 24 28 37 113 140 144
8 1:57:49 23:33 260 39 46 52 60 63 66 74
9 1:58:56 23:47 304 35 57 59 71 82 89 108
10 1:59:42 23:56 327 32 50 69 81 95 121  
11 2:00:58 24:11 372 53 65 77 79 98 103 104
12 2:01:51 24:22 400 47 64 70 97 122 164  
13 2:01:28 24:17 401 25 61 93 110 112 128 146
14 2:01:37 24:19 402 21 84 91 99 107 117 131
15 2:02:19 24:27 423 36 88 94 96 109 123 127
16 2:04:22 24:52 434 2 33 102 125 172 179  
17 2:03:31 24:42 475 54 72 87 126 136 138 154
18 2:10:56 26:11 484 6 19 118 161 180    
19 2:04:14 24:50 487 41 80 92 119 155 165 170
20 2:03:37 24:43 488 7 67 124 143 147 168 169
21 2:04:51 24:58 492 23 26 135 141 167    
22 2:05:18 25:03 532 44 48 139 145 156 171  
23 2:05:10 25:02 543 85 86 111 129 132 150 159
24 2:09:17 25:51 565 20 114 120 137 174 178  
25 2:09:16 25:51 668 76 134 148 152 158    
26 2:16:35 27:19 750 106 151 153 163 177 181  
27 2:12:49 26:33 752 133 142 149 162 166    
28 2:18:13 27:38 765 100 157 160 173 175 176  

 

 

 

Complete Results