Hornak Runs Fastest Time in Four Years at Franklin Park at the NEICAAA Championships

Hornak Runs Fastest Time in Four Years at Franklin Park at the NEICAAA Championships
Posted: Oct 07, 2023

BOSTON, Mass. – Competing in a competitive field of runners across all three divisions at the 2023 New England Cross Country Championships, Simmons cross country continued to see improvements on the course on Saturday afternoon. 

Running a 7:35-minute mile, senior Sara Hornak led all Sharks runners with a season-best time of 23:37 and eclipsed the previous program's fastest time at the Franklin Park course. Sophomore Beth Pennington also saw her career best time drop by 40 seconds, crossing the finish line with a time of 27:11.8.

Additionally, first-year runner Neeva Manandhar clipped nearly 45 seconds off her previous life-time best. Pacing at 8:58, Manandhar posted a time of 27:03.2 and was the third Simmons runner to cross the finish line.

Just before Manandhar was fellow first-year Katie Repoli. Running at an 8:19 clip, Repoli was the second Shark to finish the 5K with a time of 25:54.2. 

OTHER SIMMONS RUNNERS

  • First-year Julia Pellegrino rounded out the Sharks runners at the meet, finishing with a time of 27:36.5.

UP NEXT
 Simmons returns to the Franklin Park course on Saturday, October 14 with the Suffolk Invitational at 1:30 p.m.

Scoreboard
  • Sat, 11/04 Women's Cross Country GNAC Championship 6/9 (125) (11:00 a.m.) RC | R | PH
  • Sat, 10/14 Women's Cross Country Suffolk Invitational 23/26 (644) (1:30 p.m.) RC | R
  • Sat, 09/23 Women's Cross Country USATF-NE Codfish Bowl 12/12 (321) (12:30 p.m.) RC | R
  • Sat, 11/12 Women's Cross Country NCAA DIII Regionals 32/35 (935) (11:00 a.m.) RC | R | V | PR
  • Sat, 10/29 Women's Cross Country GNAC Championships 5/9 (119) (1:00 PM) RC | R