Cross Country Competes in First Regional Since 2003
BOSTON, MA- For the first time since 2003 the Southern Vermont College Cross Country team competed in the NCAA regional. At the event there were 99 teams that had five or more finishers and 675 athletes. SVC had a solid day in the Mountaineers return to the regional.
On the women’s side Olivia Botteron and Loni Masiero set the fourth and fifth fastest time in SVC history for a 6K. In the home stretch Botteron beat out four runners while Masiero outsprinted a runner from St. Joe’s (ME) at the line.
In the Men’s regional Hesbon Ogeka and Michael Regland set personal records. Also, finishing the race with a good time was Heherson Canta who finished six seconds from his best time. Canta’s final mile time came in at 5:28 for an outstanding finish.
Head Coach Maria Stuber was very pleased with her team’s efforts saying, “The New England Region is pretty stacked, and I’m very glad we got a chance to race with the best. This was a very motivating experience and a huge eye opener for some of our athletes that are new to cross country. I’m proud of the group that competed on Saturday, and I know that we will move up drastically in the future.”
Middlebury College won the regional for the Women’s race while Williams outran Middlebury on the men’s side by one point.
