Dukes Place Seventh at Penn State National Open

Friday, October 13

University Park, Pa.

10 a.m.

James Madison University

Penn State Open

10/13/2017 2:38:00 PM | Cross Country

@JMUCrossCountry

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – The James Madison women's cross country team placed seventh out of 17 teams at the Penn State National Open on Friday morning.

Race Recap
JMU tallied 207 points with an average time of 21:25 in the 6k race. The Dukes were led by senior Nora Raher who finished 31^st out of 178 runners with a time of 21:13. Just two and three seconds behind Raher respectively, were sophomores Emily Murphy who finished 32^nd and Caitlin Swanson who finished 34^th.

JMU Results (Full Results)

Finish (Points)	Name	Time
31 (31)	Nora Raher	21:13
32 (32)	Emily Murphy	21:15
34 (34)	Caitlin Swanson	21:16
37 (37)	Carol Strock	21:19
84 (73)	Erica Jackson	22:00
106 (87)	Erin Saunders	22:23
113 (89)	Nicole Goff	22:26
140	Madelynn Knight	23:00
142	Kayla Connelly	23:03
161	Erica Gray	23:42
171	Nicole Harrison	24:33

Coach Rinker's Remarks
"It was an outstanding effort. The plan was to really attack the last mile which is mostly up hill and we stuck to the plan. The team passed 75 people in the last half of the race, Oklahoma State was just in front of us and they are nationally ranked. We beat some very good teams including No. 29 West Virginia. Now it is time to get ready for conference."

Up Next
The Dukes will head to Elon, N.C. to race in the CAA Championships on Oct. 28 at 11 a.m.