Hobart and William Smith Colleges will send their cross country teams to the Liberty League championships Saturday, Oct. 31, at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson.
The women's 6-kilometer race starts at 11 a.m., followed by the men's 8-kilometer race at noon. Video and results coverage will be available, according to HWS Athletics.
The Geneva teams enter with five William Smith runners who have broken 25 minutes for 6 kilometers this season and five Hobart runners who have broken 29 minutes for 8 kilometers.
Leading the Herons and Statesmen
First-year runner Evie Morris posted William Smith's leading time at Houghton on Oct. 10, finishing 13th in 23 minutes, 33 seconds.
Vienna Ritter-Yelle was 22nd in 23:54.6. She has also won the SUNY Poly Wildcat and Warner-Fleury meets this season.
For Hobart, Duncan Kipkoech ran 26:16.2 at Houghton to finish 28th. Malachi Quinn followed in 47th at 26:48.3, while Philip Dilgard-Clark was 60th in 27:09.4.
Ranked teams return to defend titles
Vassar is the defending women's champion after winning last year's meet by 33 points over St. Lawrence. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute finished third, six points behind St. Lawrence.
Vassar enters this year's championship ranked 18th nationally, HWS said. RPI's Jules Bleskoski won last year's individual title in 21:17.3, finishing 30.1 seconds ahead of Vassar's Haley Schoenegge.
RPI is the defending men's champion and is ranked eighth nationally. It placed eight runners in the top 10 at last year's championship, winning by 47 points over St. Lawrence. Rochester Institute of Technology finished third, 14 points behind St. Lawrence.
St. Lawrence's Nicholas Lyndaker won the individual men's title in 25:16.6, four seconds ahead of RPI's Evan Lacey.
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