Southern Maine Finishes Fourth at Fordham Fiasco

Senior Brooke Davis was the Huskies' top finisher Saturday at the Fordham Fiasco held in New York City.

Southern Maine Finishes Fourth at Fordham Fiasco

NEW YORK CITY, New York -- The University of Southern Maine women's cross country team opened its 2015 fall season Saturday finishing fourth among the 14 Division II-III teams competing in the Fordham Fiasco held at historic Van Cortlandt Park.
           
The Huskies totaled 125 points to finish behind East Stroudsburg University, St. Thomas Aquinas and LIU-Post.  East Stroudsburg placed its five scoring runners among the top ten finishers for a score of 30.  St. Thomas Aquinas had a team score of 92, followed by LIU Post with 122 and Southern Maine.  Monroe College rounded out the top five with 143 points.
           
Senior Brooke Davis (Clarendon, Vt./Mill River Union) was the Huskies top finisher coming across the line in 15th place.  Davis covered the 5,000-meter course in a time of 21 minutes, 2.36 seconds.
           
Senior Jasmine Boyle (Brunswick, Maine) was the second USM runner to finish coming home in 23rd place overall (22nd in team scoring) with her time of 21:51.18.  Junior Jazmyn Sylvester-Cross (Fairfield, Vt./Enosburg Falls) finished two spots further back in 25th place in 21:55.32.
           
Completing the Huskies' top five scoring runners were freshman Emily Close (Orleans, Vt./Lake Region Union) in 38th place (31st in team scoring) and junior Danica Moore (Woolwich, Maine/Bath) in 40th place (33rd).  Close posted a time of 22:49.05 while Moore was timed in 22:52.60.
           
Rookies Mariah Brown (Ellsworth, Maine) and Malory Connolly (York Harbor, Maine/York) round out USM's first seven finishers.  Brown crossed the line in 23:36.05 to place 52nd overall, and Connolly finished 67th in 24:39.67.
           
Junior Allison Decker of East Stroudsburg was the Division II-III individual winner with her time of 18:50.81.

Brown University swept the top nine spots to win the Division I section.
           
The Huskies are back in action next Saturday (12:00 p.m.) traveling to Dartmouth, Mass., to compete in the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Invitational.