Princeton Sweeps for Fourth Straight Heps Title

Women's X-Country Sweeps For Fourth Straight Heps Title


Courtesy: Princeton Athletic Communications
Release: 10/30/2009




Courtesy: Princeton Athletic Communications

The team celebrates its fourth straight Ivy League Heptagonal victory.

Results

BRONX, N.Y. (10/30/09) - A 1-2-3-4-5 finish for the Princeton women's cross country team earned the Tigers their fourth straight Ivy League title and Princeton its first Ivy League championship of the 2009-10 academic year. Senior Liz Costello defended her individual championship becoming just the second runner, and first runner in 25 years, to win three individual scoring crowns at Heps.

Today marked the first time in Ivy League history that a team swept the first five places in the race to finish with a team score of 15, the lowest score since the championship began in 1977-78.

Costello clocked in at 16:55.7 her best time at Heps. Sophomore Alex Banfich followed at 17:12.9, along with junior Sarah Cummings at 17:15.5, junior Ashley Higginson at 17:18.0 and senior Reilly Kiernan at 17:21.5. All five posted personal championship bests.

Junior Liz Deir was 17th at 18:02.9 and senior Alexa Glencer was two places behind at 18:07.5. Freshman Alexis Mikaelian ran an 18:42.5 in her first debut at Heps to finish in the top 50.

As a team, Harvard finished in second place with 69 points, followed by Columbia, Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth, Penn and Yale.

Princeton will compete at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional on Saturday, Nov. 14 on the campus of Maryland-Eastern Shore. The top two teams will earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.

Princeton Finishers
1. Liz Costello 16:55.7
2. Alex Banfich 17:12.9
3. Sarah Cummings 17:5.5
4. Ashley Higginson 17:18.0
5. Reilly Kiernan 17:21.5
17. Liz Deir 18:02.9
19. Alexa Glencer 18:07.5
44. Alexis Mikaelian 18:42.5
52. Brooke Russell 18:56.4
76. Abby Hewitt 19:35.0
86. Lauren Zumbach 20:21.6