Cross Country Shows Strong Performances at the Suffolk Invitational

Neeva Manandhar // Simmons Athletics
Neeva Manandhar // Simmons Athletics
Posted: Oct 14, 2023

BOSTON – Returning to the Franklin Park course, Simmons cross country continued to improve at the Suffolk 6K Invitational on Saturday afternoon.

For the second straight week, senior runner Sara Hornak ran a sub eight-minute mile to lead the Sharks, crossing the finish line with a time of 28:30. Pacing herself with an 8:29, first-year runner Katie Repoli finished with a time of 31:35, while fellow first-year Neeva Manandhar was right behind crossing in 31:39.  

Fellow first-year runner Julia Pellegrino clipped seconds of her mile time, running an 8:49-minute mile to finish with a time of 32:52. It was just 20 seconds behind classmate Caroline Fleischhauer, who finished with a time of 32:32.

OTHER SIMMONS RUNNERS

  • Sophomore Beth Pennington ran an 8:51-minute mile to clock a time of 32:57 

UP NEXT
 Simmons returns to the course on Sunday, October 29 with the GNAC Championship meet in Standish, Maine at 11 a.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