WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY COMPETE AT PURCHASE COLLEGE INVITATIONAL

Purchase, N.Y. (9/8/18) The Dominican College women's cross country team opened up the 2018 season with an eighth place at the Purchase College Invitational held today at Purchase College.

The women's cross country team finished in eighth place at the Purchase College Invitational

September 8, 2018

Purchase, N.Y. (9/8/18) The Dominican College women's cross country team opened up the 2018 season with an eighth place at the Purchase College Invitational held today at Purchase College.

The Lady Chargers finished with a team score of 181 to take eighth place. The Coast Guard finished in first place, followed by USMMA, Mount Saint Mary, FDU-Florham and the Fashing Institute of Technology to round out the top five.

Sophomore Andrea Nardone (Stony Point, N.Y.) was the top finisher for DC as she took 15th place with a time of 25:46.3 in the 6k race.

Kaitlynn Connor (Warwick, N.Y.) finished in 20th place with a time of 26:17.7 and freshman Anne McCormack (Pearl River, N.Y.) ran a time of 28:17.2 to finish in 42nd place.

Marissa Murphy () took 75th place with a time of 31:54.2, while Desiree Joseph-Jarvis (Livingston, N.J.) finished in 84th place with a time of 34:04.9.

Dominican will compete at the Bard College Raptor Invite on September 22nd.

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.