THE BASICS:
 
- Location: Hanover, N.H. (Dartmouth College)
 
- The Lead: In the season-opening Maribel Sanchez Souther Invitational, the No. 7 ranked MIT women's cross country team finished second out of five teams with a total of 53 points over the six-kilometer course.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- Senior Einat Gavish (Newton, Mass.) was the top runner for the Engineers as she finished in seventh overall in a time of 22:52.19. Sophomore Christina Crow (Mercer Island, Wash.) finished in 10th place at 23:02.77, followed immediately by senior Anna Haddad (Tacoma, Wash.) in 11th at 23:04.20 and Katherine Sanderson in 12th place with a time of 23:11.65. Senior Anna Chau (Salem, Ore.) was the final scoring runner in 14th place as she crossed in 23:20.54.
 
- Rounding out the top seven was junior Sarah Bentley (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) in 18th place at 23:33.34 and junior Archana Mohandas (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) in 20th with a time of 23:39.72.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to action on Friday, September 23rd as the Engineers head to nearby Franklin Park for the Coast-to-Coast Battle of Beantown.
 
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