Six things you need to know about the 2024 Women's Cross Country Team
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The RIT women's cross country team opens the 2024 season at the Terry Rodenbeck Invitational at St. John Fisher University, Friday (Aug. 30). Here are six things you need to know about the squad.
REGIONALLY RANKED
RIT landed sixth in the USTFCCCA preseason regional rankings heading into the season.
STRONG TEAM PERFORMANCES IN 2023
Coming into the 2024 season, RIT is looking to build off of a 2023 season that saw the Tigers place no worse than eighth place and had four top-three finishes. RIT won their season opener at St. Josh Fisher before taking second at Lehigh's Paul Short Run. The team also captured third place at Houghton's Highlander Invitational and the Niagara Region Championships.
RUNNING RETURNERS
A total of eight runners are back for this season, including Sierra Danieu. The senior was the top finisher for RIT at last season's Niagara Region Championships. Sophomores Eva Reilly and Rachael Ladd make their return after placing 25th and 26th respectively at the Liberty League Championships.
NEW FACES
There are four first-years on the roster this season with Kathryn Arbegast, Nora Babbitt, Sydney Borofsky, and Teah Silliman joining the Tigers.
QUICK TRIPS
The Tigers won't need to travel outside of New York State the entire season, including the Liberty Leage Championships race which will be hosted by St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y.. Should they qualify, this year's NCAA Division III National Championships will be held in Terre Haute, Ind.
2024 SCHEDULE
RIT is scheduled to run in six meets this fall before the postseason. After their opening meet at St. John Fisher, the Tigers will stay close to home when they compete at the University of Rochester's Yellowjacket Invitational (Sep. 21) at Genesee Valley Park. The team will then run the Harry F. Anderson Invitational at Roberts Wesleyan University (Sep. 28) and the Kara Hall Memorial Invitational at Fredonia State (Oct. 5). The Tigers continue the season at Houghton University's Highlander Invitational (Oct. 12) and Geneseo's Mike Woods Invitational (Oct. 19). This year's postseason starts out with the Liberty League Championships (Nov. 2), which will be hosted at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. Fredonia hosts the Niagara Region Championships (Nov. 16) prior to the NCAA Division III Championships (Nov. 23) at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Ind.
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