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Women’s Cross Country races to victory behind Cloak’s first place finish

CRESSON, Pa. --- Carlow University women’s cross country placed first of five teams at the Mountie Invitational, hosted by Mount Aloysius College Saturday morning.

Ella Cloak placed first to lead the Celtics. Photo by The Storyhaus Agency.
Ella Cloak placed first to lead the Celtics. Photo by The Storyhaus Agency.
Results
September 28, 2024

CRESSON, Pa. --- Carlow University women's cross country placed first of five teams at the Mountie Invitational, hosted by Mount Aloysius College Saturday morning.

Ella Cloak (New Cumberland, Pa./Trinity HS) led the Celtics with a first place finish of 22:48.6 in the 3.11-mile race. It is the first time the Celtics placed first as a team since the Penn State Greater Allegheny Invitational Sept. 16, 2017. Carlow recorded a team score of 28 with an average time of 24:32.

Laci Schwirian (Elizabeth, Pa./Elizabeth Forward HS) placed third with a time of 23:08.7, and Sydney Taylor (Castle Shannon, Pa./Keystone Oaks HS) scored a sixth place finish with a season-best 24:16.7.

Newcomer Mackenna Rankin (New Bethlehem, Pa./Redbank Valley HS) placed eighth with a time of 24:31.1, and Claire Stevens (Pittsburgh, Pa./Shaler Area HS) rounded out scoring for the Celtics with a time of 27:55.3 to place 14th.

The Celtics travel to the Pitt Greensburg Fall Classic Oct. 5.