Houghton, N.Y. - The Oswego Women's Cross Country team capped off their season at NCAA Division III Niagara Regional Championships at the Field of Dreams hosted by Houghton University. The Lakers ended their season with style as they took home seven personal bests performances, two All-Region honors, and a 21-year long school record broken. The Lakers finished 11th out of 20 teams with 318 points and a team average 6000m time of 24:10. Their placement marks their best team performance at a NCAA Regional Championship meet in decades.
Full Race Results: https://www.leonetiming.com/2023/XC/D3NiagaraWomen.htm
How It Happened
SUNY Oswego now has a new school record holder for the fastest 6000m performance for Women's Cross Country. Faith Coyle set the Field of Dreams on fire with a time of 22:27.8 which broke the previous school record by almost 10 seconds. Coyle reeled in almost 40 runners from the first 1000m mark, to the 5000m mark, and passed another five runners as an exclamatory finish. Coyle finished 22nd out of 145 runners which earned her All-Region honors.
Joining Coyle on the All-Regional team was Ellie Decker who finished the course in 22:39.8. Her time marks the 3rd fastest time in school history. Cristina Gaskievicz, Gretchen Dowd, and Julia Weaver all set massive personal bests times to help boost the team scoring for the Lakers. The trio finished 63rd, 97th, and 120th respectively.
What's Next
With the conclusion of Cross Country season, the Lakers will rest up and prepare to compete in their first Indoor Track and Field meet December 2nd at Greg Page Relays at Cornell University.
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