CLINTON, N.Y. – All seven of Cortland's scoring runners finished in the top 40 as the nationally 33rd-ranked Red Dragons placed second out of 14 schools at the Hamilton College Women's Cross Country Invitational.

The Red Dragons were the top Div. III team in the field with 51 points. Div. II East Stroudsburg won the team title with 33 points, followed by Cortland, Ottawa (63), Hamilton (121) and Utica (158) in the top five.

Junior Mary Baughman (Rush/Rush-Henrietta) finished fourth out of 181 runners in 17 minutes, 35 seconds over 5,000 meters. Senior Kayla Blomback (Orchard Park) placed sixth in 18:05. East Stroudsburg's Allison Decker took individual honors in 17:09.

Junior Allison Schumann (North Salem) and senior Kerri Culhane (Sayville) finished 11th (18:15) and 12th (18:19), respectively. Sophomore Megan Wagner (Niskayuna) hit the finish line 21st (18:39), freshman Gwen Proper (Sylvan Beach/Camden) was 27th (18:46) and senior Jackie Boyce (Schaghticoke/Greenwich) finished 40th (19:10).

Three other Red Dragons finished in the top half of the field. Sophomore Sara Billings (Gansevoort/South Glens Falls) ended 45th (19:13), junior Danielle Milo (West Islip) was 77th (20:04), and senior Abbey Gray (Homer) finished 86th (20:12).

Cortland will run at the Rowan University Inter-Regional Border Battle next Saturday, Oct. 17. The women's race starts at 11 a.m., followed by the men's at 11:45 a.m.

Complete Women's Results
Complete Men's Results