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Cornell Edges Columbia for the 2011 Women's Heptagonal Cross Country Championship, Dartmouth's D'Agostino Claims Individual Title
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PRINCETON, N.J. -- On a cold and snowy day at
Princeton's West Windsor Fields, the Cornell women's cross country
team earned 49 points to take its fifth Ivy League Heptagonal
Championship and its first since 1998, ending Princeton's five-year
reign at the top. Columbia fell just short of the title, tallying
51 points to place second, while the Tigers finished third with 94
points.
The winning margin was the closest since 1980, when the Tigers won
the Championship over Harvard by one point (62-63). Cornell becomes
the first team other than Princeton and Columbia to win the
championship in nine years. The last squad to take first was Yale
in 2001.
Big Green sophomore Abbey D'Agostino, running in
her first Ivy League cross country championship after missing last
season due to injury, won the individual title with a time of
21:58.2. She is the first Dartmouth runner since Jenna
Rogers in 1997 to win the individual championship.
Juniors Katie Kellner (22:13.5) and Genna
Hartung (22:14.5) paved the way to the championship with a
fourth and fifth-place finish, respectively. Sophomores
Emily Shearer (11th; 22:31.9) and Devin
McMahon (12th; 22:32.4) as well as senior Janel
Parker (17th; 22:42.9) all placed in the top-20 as the Big
Red recorded their best score since 1993, when it won the
championship with 31 points.
The Lions saw three runners place in the top-10 in freshman
Waverly Neer (second; 22:02.7) and juniors
Caroline McDonough (sixth; 22:15.5) and
Clare Buck (ninth; 22:30.0). Princeton senior
Alex Banfich took third with a time of 22:04.9,
but the Tigers' next runner crossed the line in 15th-place, as
junior Greta Feldman recorded a time of
22:40.2
The top seven individual finishers earn All-Ivy first team honors
and the eighth through 14th-place winners receive second team
accolades.
Final Team Standings (Points)
1. Cornell (49)
2. Columbia (51)
3. Princeton (94)
4. Yale (104)
5. Dartmouth (119)
6. Harvard (129)
7. Brown (153)
8. Penn (226)
2011 Women's Cross Country All-Ivy
First Team
Abbey D'Agostino, Dartmouth, So.
Waverly Neer, Columbia, Fr.
Alex Banfich, Princeton, Sr.
Katie Kellner, Cornell, Jr.
Genna Hartung, Cornell, Jr.
Caroline McDonough, Columbia, Jr.
Liana Epstein, Yale, So.
Second Team
Elizabeth Marvin, Yale, Jr.
Clare Buck, Columbia, Jr.
Margaret Connelly, Brown, So.
Emily Shearer, Cornell, So.
Devin McMahon, Cornell, So.
Jeanne Mack, Harvard, Sr.
Heidi Caldwell, Brown, So.
