The New York University men's and women's cross country teams dominated at the Yellowjacket Invitational, posting both team and individual victories.
The women's 6k and the men's 8k races were hosted by the University of Rochester and held at Genesee Valley Park in Rochester, NY, on Saturday, September 17.
Grace Richardson won the women's race and led NYU to a comfortable 46-98 victory over second-place Ohio Northern University in the 25-team race.
On the men's side,
Ryan Tobin finished first as the Violets posted a commanding 39-126 margin over runner-up University at Buffalo in the 25-team competition.
Richardson's time of 22:39.4 was almost seven seconds faster than runner-up Jordan Hurlbut (22:46.2).
Two other Violets,
Viv Kane (7th place, 23:20.3) and
Janie Cooper (9th place, 23:26.7) landed among the top-10.
Katherine Cheng (14th, 23:40.7) and
Hannah Marin (15th, 23:44.3) rounded out NYU's top five.
"It was a really exciting day for the women's team to demonstrate the amount of progress we have made in a year," said Head Coach
Tyler Deck Shipley. "Today was a really positive step toward becoming the team we aspire to be in November. The women did an excellent job in what was, for many of them, their first time racing the 6k distance."
Tobin posted his second victory of the young season (he also won the Vassar Season Starter on September 1) by crossing the tape in a time of 25:38.4. He was nearly 13 seconds clear of runner-up Scott Sikorski (25:53.1).
Two more Violets finished among the top five as
Shaurya Srivastava (26:06.7) and
Aidin Hasan (26:08.7), took fourth and fifth, respectively.
William Pelech (13th place, 26:26.1) and
Mubeen Zainul (16th place, 26:32.5) completed NYU's top-five finishers.
"The men's team demonstrated the hard work they have put in over the last year," Deck Shipley added. "The race was filled with big personal bests. The freshmen had great debuts over 8k. We will need to work on our consistency, but I was really encouraged by our efforts today."
Overall, 279 women and 314 men competed in their respective races.
Both NYU teams return to action for the Paul Short Run at Lehigh University on Saturday, September 30.
