Women's Cross Country | 10/26/2022 11:19:32 AM
The 2022 Empire 8 Women’s Cross Country Championship will take place at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 29 at the Field of Dreams Course on the campus of Houghton University. Nine teams will vie for the team title in the 6,000-meter event. St. John Fisher University will look to earn its third consecutive Empire 8 Championship. Live results will be able from
www.leonetiming.com.
St. John Fisher will look to make it three straight E8 titles on Saturday. Senior Riley Corey, the 2021 Empire 8 Runner of the Year, will look to win her third straight E8 Championship. She won the 2021 Empire 8 Championship race by nearly 45 seconds. Juniors Lauren DeMichele and Laura Witt will also be counted on to lead the way. DeMichele placed third at the 2021 E8 Championship, while Witt garnered All-E8 second team accolades. Abigail Perry, Angelea Collins and Sophia Prouty will also compete for points this weekend. The Cardinals enter the 2022 E8 Championship ranked ninth in the USTFCCCA Niagara Region rankings.
The Golden Flyers of
Nazareth have five all-conference runners returning in senior Megan Morin (first team), senior Emily Weaver (second team), junior Lilianna Hanning (first team), sophomore Peyton Tripp (third team) and senior Giselle Rainville (third team) in an effort to improve on last year’s second-place finish at the Empire 8 Championships. Morin, Weaver, Hanning and Rainville have all earned All-E8 honors in multiple seasons and will lead a veteran Golden Flyers team this weekend. First-year standout Ella Impaglia will also look to excel for Nazareth. The Golden Flyers enter the 2022 E8 Championship ranked seventh in the USTFCCCA Niagara Region rankings.
The duo of Amanda Burrichter and Rachel Domaracki will look to lead
Houghton University to its second league title in four seasons in 2022. Burrichter is looking to garner her fourth All-Empire 8 first team selection this weekend. She was the league runner-up at the 2021 championship. Domaracki emerged as an All-E8 first team selection in 2021 after placing sixth overall at the championship meet. Sophomore Tabitha Clark returns after a strong first season in which she finished 18th overall at E8 Championship and earned third team accolades.
Classmate Kennedy McCoy will also attempt to garner all-league accolades after an impressive start to her 2022 season. The Highlanders are ranked 10th in the USTFCCCA Niagara Region rankings heading into the E8 Championship.
The Gators of
Russell Sage College enjoyed a strong fourth place finish last fall and will look for more success in 2022 under first-year head coach Regan Grube. Junior Mackenzie Feeney was the Spring 2021 Empire 8 Rookie of the Year and earned All-E8 second team accolades last season after finishing ninth at the league championship meet. She will look for her third All-E8 honor in 2022. Sophomore Elizabeth Ingellis earned All-E8 third team accolades in 2021 after placing 20th overall at the E8 Championship.
Utica University returns four of its top five scorers from last season, including Jade Dening, the 2021 Empire 8 Rookie of the Year. She earned All-Empire 8 first team accolades and garnered All-Region plaudits, narrowly missing out on a spot at nationals. Seniors Sarah Sharpe and Alyssa Wineberg, along with junior Priya Katwala will look to excel this weekend. Newcomer Gianna Welker has burst onto the scene and earned a pair of Empire 8 weekly accolades this season.
Alfred returns five of its top seven runners from 2021 and will look to improve off last season’s sixth place finish at the Empire 8 Championship. Junior Mari Jablonski will be counted on to lead the Saxons in 2022 after an impressive 14th place finish at the 2021 Empire 8 Championships. She earned All-E8 second team accolades. Graduate student Mackenzie Grosskopf, along with juniors Sam Arthurs and Sarah Lutkins and sophomore McKenzie Hall will also look to lead the Saxons.
Keuka College will look to make strides in its second Empire 8 season after placing seventh at the 2021 league championship meet. Junior Alison Reigle is back after placing 29th overall at the 2021 E8 Championship. Madeline Greene and Colleen Ulrich are also expected to contend for Keuka.
The Hawks of
Hartwick College return five student-athletes from last season’s team and will look to improve its eighth-place finish from 2021. Sophomore standouts Maddy Smith and Sophie Ridgway are expected to lead Hartwick in 2022. Smith was Hartwick’s top finisher at the 2021 Empire 8 Championship, placing 33rd overall, while Ridgway was 44th. Brynita Haas will also look to contribute this weekend.
Medaille University makes its Empire 8 debut in 2022 for head coach Dave Sardo. The Mavericks placed fourth overall at the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Championships last season and feature senior Erin Hardick and junior Katherine Bobowicz. Hardick was named the 2021 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Newcomer of the Year and has a top time of 27:10.6 over 6,000-meters. Christa Oates will also look to excel for the Mavericks.
The 2022 E8 Championship schedule is below. For the most up to date information on this year's championship, follow the Empire 8 Conference on Twitter (@Empire8). Live results will be available at
www.leonetiming.com.
2022 Empire 8 Cross Country Championship Schedule
Saturday, October 29
Women’s Championship (6,000-meters) – 11:00 a.m.
Men’s Championship (8,000-meters) – 12:00 p.m.
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