Women’s Cross Country Cruises to Victory at UVM Invite

Saturday, September 2

St. Albans, Vt.

12:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Vermont Invite

Madeleine Locher competing at Heptagonal Championship

Photo by: Mike McLaughlin

Women’s Cross Country Cruises to Victory at UVM Invite

9/2/2023 1:45:00 PM | Women's Cross Country

Results

The five scored runners for the Big Green claimed the top five places

By: Nick Romei

ST. ALBANS, Vt. — The Dartmouth women's cross country team cruised to a team victory in the team's season opener at the UVM Invite on Saturday afternoon at the Hard'Ack Recreation Area in St. Albans, Vermont.

The Big Green finished with 15 points after the five scored runners claimed the top five spots in the meet. Vermont took second with 40 points.

Madeleine Locher led the way with a time of 17:35.50 to take first place in the meet. Natalie Shapiro grabbed second with a time of 17:54 followed by Bella Pietrasiewicz in third with a time of 18:04.20. Rounding out the scoring for Dartmouth was Emily Levonas (18:08.20) in fourth and Andie Murray (18:11.90) in fifth.

While they were not scored for the team total, the Big Green also claimed spots six, seven and eight in the event. Evie Cohen took sixth with a time of 18:15.30 followed by Mia Compton-Engle (18:18.80) and Anna Banovac (18:24.70).

Dartmouth looks to carry the momentum into its home meet next weekend as the Big Green return to Pine Park for the Maribel Sanchez Souther Invitational next Saturday, September 9. The race is currently set to begin at 10:30 a.m. and information for the meet can be found on the team's schedule page on DartmouthSports.com, the official website of Dartmouth Athletics.