Cross Country Takes Third At Fall Foliage Invitational

Sunday, October 15

Saint Albans, VT

12:30 p.m.

Sacred Heart

University of Vermont Fall Foliage Invitational

Cross Country Takes Third At Fall Foliage Invitational

10/15/2023 7:47:00 PM | Women's Cross Country

Kaiser takes top spot as tetrad of Pios finish in top-20

By: Cameron McClarren

SAINT ALBANS, Vt. — Angela Kaiser's first-place finish headlined four top-20 finishers for the Pioneers as the Sacred Heart University women's cross country team took third place at the Fall Foliage Invitational on Sunday afternoon.

Kaiser, who took home SHU's lone podium spot, finished the five kilometer course in a season-low 18:13.3, beating Vermont's Caroline Deiss to the finish line by four seconds to earn the gold medal. Kelly Parker finished second for the Pioneers and 15^th overall with a season-low 18:56.4, while SHU rounded out the top-20 with Grace DelGiorno and Grace Sousa setting new season-lows coming in at 19^th and 20^th overall.

Samantha Apostolico had her best team finish this season, coming in fifth for the Pios with a time of 19:25.5, while Kathleen Cronin and Keegan Pepin rounded out the scoring for the Pioneers as the Red & White end the day with a team score of 70 points.

1^st Angela Kaiser (18:13.3)
15^th Kelly Parker (18:56.4)
19^th Grace DelGiorno (19:08.5)
20^th Grace Sousa (19:08.6)
25^th Samantha Apostolico (19:25.5)
33^rd Kathleen Cronin (19:34)
35^th Keegan Pepin (19:37.8)
38^th Rebecca Dowling (19:47)
44^th Emma Doran (19:54)
49^th Anna King (20:13)
50^th Emily Raymond (20:20)
52^nd Ava Vaccarella (20:24)
57^th Grace Miller (20:28)
61^st Carissa Weber (20:35)
62^nd Kathleen Delaney (20:36)
69^th Jacqueline Lage (21:09)
71^st Sarah Mandelkow (21:17)
72^nd Leila DeVoe (21:19)
76^th Iseabailla Hewitt (21:41)
80^th Mia Breauninger (21:57
85^th Kyla Coughlin (22:29)
87^th Katherine Luther (22:35)
88^th Taylor Mason (22:47)
89^th Ava Hill (23:13)
90^th Jayden Darris-O'Connor (23:21)

Up Next:
The Pioneers return to action this week, participating at the 20^th Annual Central Connecticut State University Mini-Meet on Friday, October 20, for their final tune-up before the NEC Championships on October 28. More information will be available on sacredheartpioneers.com.