Middletown, PA- The cross-country program had another historic day today at the Bud Smitley Invitational on Saturday at PSU Harrisburg.
First, Kenny Wiggins, Junior and Co-Captain, ran a season best 19:49 finishing 23rd in the 5k race. Kenny’s 19:46 effort puts him 4th overall all-time in the program’s record books for a 5k. Second for the Ravens, John Crozier, Senior and Co-Captain, was right behind Wiggins running a season best 19:56 finishing in 24th place. Third for Rosemont, Chris Briner, newcomer, ran his second collegiate race in a season best 21:43 finishing 36th overall. Fourth for the Ravens, Tymir Bush ran a best-ever 22:56 in his 5k finishing 46th overall. Fifth, Gabe Rizzo ran a season best 23:21 finishing in 47th place.
The men finished with 125 points coming in 4th place out of seven teams and beating CSAC Rival, Keystone College, for the first time in program history.
For the women, Madeline Brady, Sophomore, ran a best-ever 21:14, a 30 second improvement, 5k time finishing in second place out of a total of 56 runners. The 21:14 puts Madeline 5th overall all-time in the program’s record books for a 5k. Second, Dominique Caldwell, Freshmen, ran a 24:47 5k placing 17th overall and smashing her best-ever 5k by over 2 minutes. Third for the Ravens, Isabella Moraschi, Senior and Co-Captain, ran a season best 26:11 improving over one minute from her previous 2019 season best time. This hard effort placed Isabella 26th overall out of 56 runners. Fourth for Rosemont, Najah Coon, Freshmen, ran a best-ever 29:41 5k placing 43rd overall. Fifth, Abigail Wolfe, Senior and Co-Captain, raced a best-ever 5k time in a 30:07 improving by over a minute from her previous best-ever 5k time. Sixth, Junior, Marissa Ryan also ran a best-ever 5k in 30:19, and just coming off some time off from an injury, that is impressive.
The women finished with 101 points coming in 2nd place out of 8 teams which is just amazing.
“I am flying high right now by the efforts of these men and women. They are hungry and it shows in their workouts and aggressive racing like today. We have had multiple coaches come up to us over the last few weeks and congratulate and compliment on how Rosemont Cross-Country has become a front-runner over the last few years. These men and women want to win and more importantly are having tons of fun doing it.”- Head Coach Miller
Next up the Ravens will run in the CSAC Preview meet on Thursday, October 10th at Bryn Athyn College.
