Women's Cross Country Sweeps Post Invitational
UB Tops Both Post And Albertus Magnus By Scores Of 15-50
Middlebury, Conn.-The University of Bridgeport women's cross country team swept a tri-meet at the Post University Invitational on Wednesday afternoon in Hop Brook Park, as the Purple Knights defeated both the host Post University Eagle and Albertus Magnus College by identical 15-50 scores.
Freshman Tiffany Eberhart (Jackson, N.J.) took first place overall in the meet with a time of 21:23 which was nearly a full minute ahead of the second place finisher from Post University who covered the course in a time of 22:18. Eberhart has been the top UB women's finisher in all three meets so far in 2013.
The Purple Knights took places three through five on Wednesday, as senior Stephanie Pearce (Surrey, England) was third in a time of 23:03, graduate student Anna Krasnowska (Kedzieryzn-Kozie, Poland) took fourth (25:00) and senior Colleen Preusse (Danbury, Conn.) was fifth (25:11).
Senior Jetsenia Maldonado (Newark, N.J.) was eight in a time of 26:22, and sophomore Elise Chepkiru (Kabiyet, Kenya) was tenth in a time of 29:03.
The Bridgeport women's cross team is back in action at the Westfield State Invitational on October 12, 2013.