Women's Cross Country Holds Steady In Regional Rankings

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY NCAA DIVISION II EAST REGION RANKINGS - WEEK #1
Rank	School	Conference	Last Week
1	Stonehill	Northeast-10	1st
2	Assumption	Northeast-10	2nd
3	DAEMEN	EAST COAST	3rd
4	Roberts Wesleyan	East Coast	4th
5	Bentley	Northeast-10	5th
6	American International	Northeast-10	NR
7	Merrimack	Northeast-10	7th
8	Philadelphia	Central Atlantic Collegiate	10th
9	St. Thomas Aquinas	East Coast	6th
10	Le Moyne	Northeast-10	9th

AMHERST, N.Y. - The Daemen College women's cross country team remained at No. 3 in the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NCAA Division II East Region Rankings which were released today from the USTFCCCA national office in New Orleans, La. Daemen had opened the year at No. 3 in the preseason version of the poll released on August 30.

In fact, each of the top-five ranked teams from the preseason poll remained the same today. American International College of the Northeast-10 Conference experienced the most drastic change, going from unranked in the preseason poll up to No. 6 this week.

Daemen opened the season on September 3 by repeating as the team champions at the Le Moyne Alumni Short Course Invitational, despite top runner Mackenzie Donahue (East Aurora, N.Y./East Aurora) sitting out the event.

Junior Amy Trabert (Amherst, N.Y./Amherst) paced the field of 50 runners with a course-record time of 16:20.51 at the short, 4K event. She shaved 43 seconds off her fourth-place finish time of last year and registered her first career first-place finish.

Senior Hannah Rice (East Aurora, N.Y./East Aurora). who won the Le Moyne event last year with a then course-record time of 16:39.87, placed third this year with a time of 16:30.18. Newcomer Rebekah Zee (East Aurora, N.Y./Slippery Rock University) rounded out the top-five with a time of 17:24.09.

After being idle last week, Daemen returns to racing this Saturday, September 17 at the Rochester Yellowjacket Invitational.

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Players Mentioned

Mackenzie Donahue: 5' 2"; Senior

Hannah Rice: 5' 5"; Senior

Amy Trabert: 5' 3"; Junior

Rebekah Zee: 5' 5"; Redshirt Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Mackenzie Donahue
: 5' 2"; Senior

Hannah Rice
: 5' 5"; Senior

Amy Trabert
: 5' 3"; Junior

Rebekah Zee
: 5' 5"; Redshirt Sophomore