ONEONTA, N.Y. – Led by five runners in the top seven, the Cortland women's cross country team earned the team title at the Oneonta Airfield Invitational.
 
Cortland finished with 23 points, 10 points better than host Oneonta. New Paltz ended in third place (97), followed by Delhi (102) and Saint Rose (128).
 
Alexa Wolcott (Wyoming/Pavilion) was Cortland's top performer with a second-place time of 15 minutes, 40.2 seconds over 4,000 meters at Fortin Park. A total of 56 runners competed. Oneonta's Megan Francoeur won the race in 15:22.4.
 
Adrienne Martin (Cincinnatus/Norwich) finished in third place (15:53.7). Khalifah Tracey (Greenville) earned a fifth-place finish (16:13.4), followed by Anne Barney (Oakland, NJ/Indian Hills) in sixth (16:24.0) and Pipher Reid (Greene/Chenango Forks) in seventh (16:28.0).
 
Two other Red Dragons cracked the top 20. Melissa Innocent (Elmont/Valley Stream North) ended the race in 16th place (17:10.0) and Cherise Mack (Johnson City) finished 17th (17:13.8).

Coach's Corner - Comments from Cortland Head Coach Steve Patrick:

What a great way to spend a Friday night! We don't want to get too full of ourselves, but a wise coach once told me to never underestimate the value of winning. We had a very disciplined approach for both the women's and men's teams today, and the results showed it!

We had a miscue here and there, but the biggest 'negative' was the folks who weren't with us because the Friday format wasn't ideal for a couple of our folks due to academic obligations or a few who were dealing with injuries. Considering the positive performances we achieved without a few of our key runners, we're quite pleased with how things turned out. In fact, I can't pick out any individuals to highlight because of how well we did collectively!

We have a good couple of weeks of training planned before heading Rochester in September 23rd to compete at Roberts Wesleyan College.