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Women's Cross Country

No. 4 Women's Cross Country Finishes Third at the NCAA Championship

THE BASICS:

- Location: Lake Breeze Golf Course (Winneconne, Wis. - Hosted by UW-Oshkosh)

- The Lead: Led by an All-American performance from senior Leandra Zimmermann (Augsburg, Germany), the No. 4 ranked MIT women's cross country team finished third at the 2018 NCAA Division III National Championship. The Engineers finished with 247 points as the third-place showing is MIT's highest since a third-place performance in 2015.

A LOOK INSIDE THE RESULTS:

- This marks the second straight All-American season for Zimmermann, who crossed in 17th place in a time of 21:34.2. Freshman Izzi Gengaro (Boonton Township, N.J.) was the second Engineer finisher as she finished 54th with a time of 22:12.8.

- Sophomore Katie Collins (Newton, Mass.) was next for MIT in 72nd place, running a time of 22:22.2. Junior Jenna Melanson (La Center, Wash.) crossed in 89th at 22:28.4, while junior Katie Bacher (Macungie, Pa.) was the final scoring runner for MIT in 103rd place in a time of 22:34.3.

- Freshman Einat Gavish (Newton, Mass.) finished 133rd in her first NCAA meet in 22:48.1, followed by junior Marissa McPhillips (Narragansett, R.I.) in 211th place with a time of 23:24.

- This marks the 11th straight top-10 finish at Nationals for the Engineers and their sixth straight top-five performance.

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Players Mentioned

Katie Bacher

Katie Bacher

5' 3"
Junior
Katie Collins

Katie Collins

5' 7"
Sophomore
Einat Gavish

Einat Gavish

5' 3"
First Year
Izzi Gengaro

Izzi Gengaro

5' 0"
First Year
Marissa McPhillips

Marissa McPhillips

5' 5"
Junior
Jenna Melanson

Jenna Melanson

5' 7"
Junior
Leandra Zimmermann

Leandra Zimmermann

5' 7"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Katie Bacher

Katie Bacher

5' 3"
Junior
Katie Collins

Katie Collins

5' 7"
Sophomore
Einat Gavish

Einat Gavish

5' 3"
First Year
Izzi Gengaro

Izzi Gengaro

5' 0"
First Year
Marissa McPhillips

Marissa McPhillips

5' 5"
Junior
Jenna Melanson

Jenna Melanson

5' 7"
Junior
Leandra Zimmermann

Leandra Zimmermann

5' 7"
Senior