Results

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Boston University women's cross country team competed at the 2017 Patriot League Championship on Saturday at Lehigh University.

BU finished seventh in the team standings with 152 points, well clear of eighth-place Loyola Maryland (240). Bucknell won with 58 points. Five Terriers finished in the top 40.

"The women did a real good job," head coach Paul Spangler said. "It was our fastest average of the year. Seventh wasn't what we wanted as a result, but they ran as a group and believed in themselves. A few points here and there, we're fifth, maybe fourth. But that's just how the points fell today."

Junior Courtney Breiner led the Terriers with a 19th-place performance. She finished the 6K race in 22:02.07, which was four seconds faster than her time at last year's event. Sophomore Abigail Gugel also finished in the top 30, coming in 27th with a time of 22:10.35.

"Our runners did a good job up front and battled all the way until the end," Spangler said. "Courtney did a good job going out there being competitive."

Senior Paige Ferrucci was 33rd with a time of 22:22.14, followed by sophomore Ally Schlosser (22:24.85) in 37th. Junior Elin Wolker rounded out the Terrier scorers in 39th with a time of 22:26.32, with freshman Laura Parkinson (22:28.26) right behind her in 40th. For Parkinson, she eclipsed her previous personal best by almost a minute.

Freshman Corrine Batsu finished 52nd with a time of 22:48.85. She was followed by classmate Raquel Tadeo (23:51.34) in 80th, sophomore Jamie Grossman (24:00.29) in 85th and sophomore Victoria Sill (24:38.02) in 95th.

"They made huge gains in the last few months and I can't be disappointed wit what the've done this year," Spangler said. "I'm very excited for the direction that they're going in and the focus that they have."

BU will next turn its attention to the NCAA Northeast Regional on Friday, Nov. 10, in Buffalo, New York.
 
"They're very excited for NCAAs," Spangler said. "They've seen the results of hard work and focusing on the little things. They're disappointed in the outcome, but they understand that they have gotten a lot better and that the training Is working for them. They know they're going to continue to get better and come out next year and move up the rankings."