UNE makes it 3-for-3 with title at Pop Crowell

WENHAM, Massachusetts -- Led by a winning performance from Tiana Thomas, the University of New England women's cross country team made it three victories in three starts by breezing past the field at the Pop Crowell Invitational held on the campus of Gordon College Saturday morning (Sept. 26).

The host Fighting Scots finished a distant second place with 46 points, while the University of Maine Farmington placed third with a score of 109.

Thomas earned her second individual title of the young season, topping all 129 competitors with a time of 18:28. Emma Robidoux finished runner-up for the first time in her career. She clocked a sub-19:00 effort with a time of 18:59.

Amanda MacDonald (19:21), Lexie Basiliere (19:39) and Rose Earl (19:44) placed fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively, with only Gordon's Emily Nelson third-place showing preventing the Nor'easters from registering a perfect team total of 15.

The Nor'easters are off for a week before splitting their squad Oct. 10 with some runners participating at the James Earley Invitational and the remainder at the Runnin' Monks Invitational.