LOGAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. - The Cortland women's cross country team wrapped up its 2018 campaign with a 15th-place team showing at the 44-school NCAA Division III Atlantic Regionals. The meet was hosted by Rowan University at the Gloucester County DREAM Park.

The Red Dragons posted a final score of 501 points. Geneseo (28), RPI (89) and St. Lawrence (128) claimed the top three spots.

Maddie Ciuffetelli (Dix Hills/Half Hollow Hills East) turned in Cortland's best performance with an 80th-place time of 24:31.1 over 6,000 meters. The next four Red Dragons finished in a 16-place range between 95th and 111th. Eliza Nichols (Smithtown/Smithtown West) was 95th in 24:50.7 and Sam Himes (Buffalo Sweet Home) was 105th in 24:56.0. Sydney Smith (Niskayuna) and Gabby Moncada (Tully) finished 110th (24:59.1) and 111th (24:59.4), respectively.

Rounding out Cortland's competitors were Jill Leggiero (East Greenbush/Columbia) in 134th place (25:26.5) and Courtney Maurin (Pine Bush) in 174th place (26:14.6). A total of 305 runners competed, with Geneseo's Elise Ramirez taking top honors in 21:54.8.

Complete Results (PDF)

Regional Web Page

Coach's Corner - Comments from Cortland Men's and Women's Head Coach Steve Patrick following the regional:

Maddie Ciuffetelli and Gabby Moncada had outstanding runs today, and we're really pleased about the women's team moving in the right direction.  We're ahead of where we were a year ago, and had one of the smallest spreads of any program competing today.  Since we should return everybody to the line up for next year, there's a bright future ahead!

The men's team had either pretty strong runs or not very good efforts, so we unfortunately didn't have the team result we were expecting.  We're excited as we move into the track season we're we competed well last year and are looking to keep moving forward.  We also want to thank our seniors Grant Boyd and Chris Thorpe for their years of dedication and leadership.