NARDONE TAKES FOURTH PLACE AT QUEENSBOROUGH CC XC INVITATIONAL

Bronx, N.Y. (9/18/17) The Dominican College women's cross country team finished in eighth place yesterday at the Queensborough CC XC Invitational held at Van Cortlandt Park.

September 18, 2017

Bronx, N.Y. (9/18/17) The Dominican College women's cross country team finished in eighth place yesterday at the Queensborough CC XC Invitational held at Van Cortlandt Park.

The Lady Chargers finished with a team time of 2:01.50 (24:22 average) and a 239 total score.

Freshman Andrea Nardone (Stony Point, N.Y.) finished in fourth place overall with an overall time of 20:53.8, with an average of 6:43.5 per mile.

Kaitlynn Connor (Warwick, N.Y.) ran a time of 22:48.0 (7:20.3 average) to take 27th place overall, while Chelsea Crawford (Montgomery, N.Y.) finished in 36th place with a time of 23:25.5 (7:32.5 average).

Senior Christina Burgos (Staten Island, N.Y.) took 88th place overall with a time of 26:23.7 with an average of 8:29.7.

Djazmina Jean-Pierre (Spring Valley, N.Y.) had a time of 28:19.5 (9:06.9 average) to finish in 125th place overall.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement. Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world. Dominican also sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.