Marist Cross Country Team Wins Siena Invitational

By Pete Fagan

LOUDONVILLE – Marist women’s cross country stunned the field at the Siena Cross Country Invitational to win their second straight competition. The victory also marks the second consecutive year that the Red Fox women won both the Marist Season Opener and the Siena Invitational.

Co-captain Alexandra Bartolotta ran a season best of 18:27.3 in the 5k to place second overall and lead Marist.

Gianna Tedeschi followed her up in third with a strong time of 18:33.5.

Hayley Collins finished fifth with a time of 18:49.0.

Co-captain Denise Grohn ran a season best of 19:03.1 to place sixth.

Gianna Mastromatteo rounded out the scoring group, finishing seventh in 19:06.7.

Freshman Kathryn Tenney took 10th in a personal best time of 19:13.6.

With the win, the Marist women have won their first two meets of the season for two years in a row.

“We went into this meet with key points of emphasis and the women executed the game plan to perfection,” said Associate Head Coach Chuck Williams. “We wanted to race better than last week and we did. Our women talked about how they were happy with our team performance, but not satisfied. We must continue to work hard every day and stay hungry, that’s the only way we will achieve our ultimate goals.”

Cross country travels to Holmdel Park in New Jersey for the Henry Mercer Monmouth Invitational on Saturday, September 21. This location will also serve as the location for the MAAC Championships in November.

Full Marist Results
2 Alexandra Bartolott 1 1 JR Marist 18:27.3 5:57
3 Gianna Tedeschi 2 2 JR Marist 18:33.5 5:59
5 Hayley Collins 3 3 JR Marist 18:49.0 6:04
6 Denise Grohn 3 4 SR Marist 19:03.1 6:08
7 Gianna Mastromatteo 1 5 SO Marist 19:06.7 6:10
10 Kathryn Tenney 1 6 FR Marist 19:13.6 6:12
13 Rebecca Walters 3 7 SO Marist 19:18.6 6:13
15 Maria Smith 6 8 JR Marist 19:24.1 6:15
17 Boushra Belkhir 7 9 JR Marist 19:45.6 6:22
20 Sara Leavens 5 10 SO Marist 19:59.1 6:26
21 Samantha DeStefani 6 11 SO Marist 20:06.6 6:29
24 Talia Cutrone 8 12 JR Marist 20:21.8 6:34
25 Caitlin McCann 5 13 FR Marist 20:22.1 6:34
26 Kayla Sexton 8 14 SO Marist 20:25.8 6:35
29 Greta Stuckey 6 15 FR Marist 20:35.4 6:38
31 Ellie Davis 7 16 FR Marist 20:43.1 6:41
35 Jill Laliberte 11 17 SO Marist 21:13.5 6:50
36 Sydney Bradle 9 18 FR Marist 21:15.1 6:51
38 Hunter Von Ahn 10 19 FR Marist 21:29.6 6:56