Meet Results

CANTON, N.Y. – The Plattsburgh State women's cross country took a second-place finish at the 31^st Ronald C. Hoffmann Invitational, competing at St. Lawrence on Saturday morning. Marissa Colvin (South Glens Falls, N.Y./South Glens Falls) took home a fifth-place finish, posting a time of 24:28.3.

For Plattsburgh, the team finished with 44 points, behind St. Lawrence who had 17 points in first place. Clarkson was the only other complete team at the race, with 84 points in the 6k race.

The Cards are back in action in two weeks, on Oct. 7, when they head to Westfield State for the James Earley Invitational, as the team will get to preview the course that will host the Mideast Regional Championships in November.

Colvin was the first Cardinal across the line, earning a top-five finish by improving on her time on the St. Lawrence Cross Country course by nearly three minutes from last year. Sarah Smith (Lake Pleasant, N.Y./Wells) had a good race for Plattsburgh as well, placing 13^th with her time of 25:40.2, over 30 seconds improved from her time on the course last year. Right behind Smith was sophomore Ginny Lucchetti (Marcellus, N.Y./Marcellus) who improved her time as well from last year by over two and a half minutes, finishing in 25:44.1 for 14^th place.

Lillian Moran (Albany, N.Y./Colonie Central) had a good showing in her first career race on this course, placing 17^th with a mark of 25:54.5. Finishing next for Plattsburgh was another first-year, as Kayla Grant (Lake George, N.Y./Lake George) was the 21^st person to finish the race, coming in with a mark of 27:36.1. Sophia Gambino (Belmont, N.Y./Genesee Valley) and Jayelee Southwell (Morrisonville, N.Y./Peru) were the sixth and seventh for the Cards, as they finished with times of 27:36.6 and 28:21.9, respectively. The times earned Gambino a 23rd-place finish and Southwell a 26th-place finish.