Lasers Earn 3rd Place Finish at Monks Invitational

Standish, ME-The Lasell College women's cross country team placed third overall as a team at the Runnin' Monks Cross Country Invitational on Saturday, October 10^th.  The Lasers third place finish positioned them just behind University on Maine, Farmington in first, and GNAC opponents Johnson & Wales in second. 

Meghan Missett (Lowell, Mass.) once again was the lead finisher for Lasell in a pack of 69 runners.  Missett finished the 5K course in 22 minutes, 47 seconds, good for 11^th place in the meet.  Though she was the 11^th overall finisher, Missett was the fifth GNAC runner to close the course and was just 44 seconds behind the top GNAC finisher, which was Lindsay Panny of Johnson & Wales.

Completing the race just eleven seconds after Missett was senior, captain Ariella Harrington (Woburn, Mass.).  Harrington concluded the meet in the top 15 overall runners with a 14^th place finish.

Rounding out the top 25 runners was freshman Christina Annicelli (North Easton, Mass.).  Annicelli earned the 25^th spot with a completion time of 23:52.

Junior Megan McCole (West Bridgewater, Mass.) and senior Stephanie Hauck (Westwood, Mass.) were the fourth and fifth Lasers to cross the finish.  McCole earned 41^st place with a time of 25:33, while Hauck secured 42^nd place just one second later.  Amanda Driscoll (Roslindale, Mass.) also aided the Lasers to their 3^rd place finish, completing the race with a time of 25:59.

On Friday, October 16^th, the Lasers will compete at Franklin Park in the Saints Invitational.