#16 Women's Cross Country Earns Fifth Place Finish in Conn College Blue Race

Schoenegge races to second place individual finish, Brewers finish fifth of 28 teams

Waterford, CT - The #16 Vassar College Women's Cross Country team raced to a fifth place finish out of 28 scoring teams at the Conn College Invitational Blue Race behind senior Haley Schoengge's runner-up finish. Vassar also added a top-20 finish in the White Race with first year Delaney Aronson leading the way with a top-50 individual finish.

Vassar's Finishers (White Race)

First year Delaney Aronson turned in a 47th place finish out of 317 total finishers in a season-best 23:43.7 followed by sophomore Malaika Dechet-Wetzel in 63rd position in 23:55.1.
First year Grace Aplin placed 120th overall with a time of 24:29.0 along with first year Avery Palmore in 133rd place in 24:37.8.
Sophomore Taylor Vogt added a top-200 finish with a mark of 25:19.0 and first year Jeannette Manseau crossed the finish line in a season-best time of 25:29.5.

Team Scores (White Race)

#1 Williams - 25
#6 Tufts - 110
#8 Middlebury - 119
#25 Wesleyan - 144
Johnson & Wales (RI) - 226
Southern Maine - 238
UMass Dartmouth - 312
#30 Bates - 319
#22 Conn College - 327
Colby - 350
Bowdoin - 357
Plattsburgh - 357
Babson - 379
Endicott - 379
Salve Regina - 379
#28 Ohio Wesleyan - 424
#16 Vassar - 453
Hartford - 470
Coast Guard - 470
Westfield St. - 473

Vassar's Finishers (Blue Race)

Schoenegge raced to a second place individual finish out of 259 total finishers with a time of 20:49.6 followed by senior Adelaide Nyhan in 34th place with a career-best mark of 21:44.2.
Junior Lizzie Lowe posted a 62nd place finish in 22:06.3 followed by classmate Chloe Bibula in 63rd with a time of 22:07.8.
Senior Cayley Swaim turned in a 66th place finish with a mark of 22:13.0 along with junior Hadley Snell adding a top-100 finish with a time of 22:38.9.
First year Eden Panchison recorded a top-140 finish with a time of 23:01.5 while sophomore Emerson Wyatt in the top-150 in 23:14.2.