XC: Lasers Compete in GNAC Championship

Northfield, VT - The Lasell men's & women's cross country teams took on the GNAC Championships at Norwich University on Saturday.

The Lasers competed against the GNAC field of opponents in 6k and 8k races in the biggest meet of the year. The women's team came in 7th overall with 167 total points. Leading the charge was Ella Meeker who had a very impressive season for the Lasers. She placed 8th in the championships with a time of 25:31.6, in which she earned a medal and took home 2nd Team All-GNAC honors. Outside of Meeker, the Lasers provided very strong individual performances across the board. Three runners (Caitlyn Boston, Victoria El-Azem, and Molly Cohen) all had personal bests in the meet, all of which were by a minute or more. There were also season-bests posted by Katherine Kohtala, Mikayla Bokis, and Hanna Babek. As a collective unit, there was much improvement from last year's GNAC. The team ran an average of 2 minutes faster than last year's race (30:21). 

On the men's side, there was no collective team score but runners Amill Houston and Michael Curran both placed in the top 65. Houston finished with a time of 34:43.2 (56th place) and Curran came in at 36:57.3 (65th place) which was a season-best for him by 32.7 seconds.  

While this meet marked the end of the season for the men, the women will be sending its top 5 runners to the NCAA XC East Regionals which will be hosted on 11/16.