PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - The nationally 30th-ranked Cortland women's cross country team finished in third place out of 10 schools at the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Championships, hosted by SUNY Plattsburgh.

Sixth-ranked Geneseo won the league title with 26 points, followed by 19th-ranked Oneonta with 58 and Cortland with 71. Fredonia (102) and Plattsburgh (109) rounded out the top five.

Junior Mary Baughman (Rush/Rush-Henrietta) and senior Kailyn Balzano (East Greenbush/Columbia) earned All-SUNYAC honors with top-15 finishes in the 111-runner field. Baughman finished second with a time of 21:59.2 on a 6,000-meter course. Geneseo's Sara Rosenzweig was the individual champion in 21:48.6. Balzano placed 14th in 22:34.5.

The top five finishers earn first-team All-SUNYAC honors. Sixth through 10th place are second-team all-league, and 11th through 15th are third team. Baughman, in addition to her first-team all-league award, also earned a spot in the SUNYAC Cross Country Hall of Fame with her finish. Hall of Fame selections go to runners who finish in the top five once, the top 10 twice, or the top 15 three times at the championship meet. Balzano was a third-team All-SUNYAC honoree for the second straight year; she finished 12th last season.

Junior Allison Schumann (North Salem) finished in 18th place in 22:51.1, followed by senior Kayla Blomback (Orchard Park) in 19th place in 22:53.5. Senior Kerri Culhane (Sayville) crossed the finish line 21st (22:58.8).

Rounding out Cortland's top seven were sophomore Megan Wagner (Niskayuna) in 28th place (23:24.5) and sophomore Sara Billings (Gansevoort/South Glens Falls) in 38th place (23:50.3). Senior Jackie Boyce (Schaghticoke/Greenwich) just missed cracking into Cortland's top seven with a 39th-place time of 23:50.7, less than a half second behind Billings.

Cortland will compete at the NCAA Division III Atlantic Regionals at Mt. Morris, N.Y., on Nov. 14. The Red Dragons finished fourth at last year's regionals and earned an at-large berth into the NCAA Div. III Championships.

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