The New York University Top-50 Varsity Sports Highlight List for 2019-20 has dwindled to the final dozen, and the women's cross country team returns at #12 as two runners qualify for the NCAA Division III Championship. The Violet duo of freshman
Siena Moran (Princeton, NJ/Princeton) and
Leah Haley (Windsor, CA/Montgomery) each posted top-25 finishes at the NCAA Atlantic Regional Championship on November 16 at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY, and qualified for the national race.
Competing in a 38-team, 274-person field, NYU's dynamic duo led the Violets to a 10th-place finish by crossing the line in fifth and 25th place, respectively. Moran traversed the 6K course in a time of 22:34.2, while Haley clocked in at 23:15.7.
Also scoring for NYU that day were
Milly Ames (Chapel Hill, NC/Chapel Hill) (49th place, 23:50.4),
Kate Gallagher (East Hanover, NJ/Hanover Park) (96th place, 24:52.2) and
Julia Mao (Windsor, NJ/West Windsor Plainsboro ) (118th place, 25:16.7).
Overall, the Violets accumulated 293 points in posting their top-10 finish.
Moran went on to finish 53rd at Nationals, while Haley came in at 233rd.
The Violets first appeared on the Top-50 List at #37 with their victory at the Ramapo Season Opener on August 30 as Moran captured the individual title in her collegiate debut. The squad also made the list at #26 by finishing second at the Paul Short Invitational on October 5, with Moran producing another victory in a 342-person field.
A recap of the Violets' performance at the NCAA Atlantic Regional Championships can be found
here.
Previous Season Highlights
#50 - Softball Wins Season Opener
#49 - Men's Tennis Opens Season Successfully at TCNJ Lions Kickoff
#48 - Baseball is Back – Violets Win Season Opener
#47 - Men's Basketball Secures First UAA Win, 80-79. vs. CMU; Macarchuk's Three-Pointer Snaps 75-75 Tie with 1:40 left
#46 - Softball Wins Season Finale; Swan Tosses Three-Hit Shutout
#45 - Men's Tennis Wins on Senior Day
#44 - Baseball Ends Season with a One-Hit Victory
#43 - Women's Fencing Dominant at FDU Invitational
#42 - Women's Volleyball Begins Season on Six-Match Winning Streak
#41 - Women's Soccer Dominates in Home Opener
#40 - Men's Volleyball Wins Season-Opening Invitational
#39 - Men's Golf Wins Duke Nelson Invitational
#38 - Wrestling Team Competes at NWCA National Dual Championships
#37 - Women's Cross Country Captures Ramapo Season Opener; Moran Wins Collegiate Debut
#36 - Men's Golf Team Wins Season Opener
#35 - Men's Soccer Defeats Hood in ECAC Championship
#34 - Women's Tennis Completes Undefeated Dual Match Campaign; Finish Ranked #17
#33 - Women's Golf Finishes Second at Tartan Invitational; Lung Wins Individual Title
#32 - Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Teams Capture NYU Fall Invitational
#31 - Men's Cross Country Wins Ron Stonitsch Invitational
#30 - Men's Fencing Wins All Six Matches at Eric Sollee Invitational
#29 - Men's Track & Field Individuals and DMR Earn Bronze at UAA Championships
#28 - Women's Basketball Defeats Brandeis in UAA Opener for Season-High Seventh Straight Win
#27 - Men's Soccer Defeats Wash. U for Sixth-Straight Win
#26 - Women's Cross Country Finishes Second at Paul Short Invitational
#25 - Women's Soccer Defeats #10 Case Western Reserve in Overtime
#24 - Women's Volleyball Wins Kean Invitational
#23 - Women's Track & Field Runners Take Gold at UAA Indoor Championships
#22 - Women's Golf Team Wins Season-Opening St. Lawrence Invitational
#21 - Women's Fencing Finishes Second at NIWFA Championships
#20 - Haberli Earns 300th Win as NYU Wrestling Coach
#19 - Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Teams Win Ithaca Bomber Invitational
#18 - Women's Basketball Season Sweep of Washington University in St. Louis
#17 - Men's Soccer Defeats Carnegie Mellon University for the first time since 2007
#16 - Men's Basketball Wins NYU-Tip Off Tournament
#15 - Men's Golf Wins Skidmore Invitational to closeout 2019-20 season
#14 - Men's Cross Country Finishes Second at ECAC Championship
#13 - Women's Swimming Places second at UAA Championships
