No. 11 Women’s Cross Country Takes Sixth at Pre-Nationals

NORTHFIELD, Minn./KEENE, N.H. – Paced by Jordan Lacsamana's 25th-place finish, the No. 11 nationally ranked MIT women's cross country team passed its first test of the season, earning a sixth-place finish on Saturday at the Running of the Cows Pre-Nationals 6k Championship race in Northfield, Minnesota.

THE BASICS:

Running of the Cows (Pre-Nationals): 6th of 35 (224 points
Keene State Invitational: No Team Score

HOW IT HAPPENED:

Running of the Cows (Pre-Nationals)
- Lacsamana led MIT with a 25th-place finish and a personal-best 6k time of 22:05.4. Three of MIT's top five runners finished in the top 50 overall. Liv Girand finished 41st in 22:20.5, while Heather Jensen was 42nd in 22:21.7. Girand and Jensen finished just 1.2 seconds apart. Megan Diulus recorded a time of 22:33.1 to take 60th and Jessica Meza rounded out the scoring five in 76th place with a time of 22:41.9.
- Sophie Cheung, 89th in 22:49.4 and Kate Friedman, 99th in 22:55.5, also finished inside the top 100.
Keene State Invitational
- Three members of the team, Courtney McCracken, Katherine Pagorek, and Maeve Sullivan, also competed on Saturday in Keene, N.H. Pagorek was the top finisher for MIT, taking 53rd in 23:59.5.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Running of the Cows (Pre-Nationals)
- MIT was one of 18 ranked teams in a strong field on Saturday. No. 2 Williams (79 points) earned the title, followed by No. 7 Wisconsin–La Crosse in second (141 points) and No. 3 Johns Hopkins (176 points) in third.
- MIT's top five finishers crossed the line within 36.5 seconds of one another (22:05.4 to 22:41.9).

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