BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Four runners on the Daemen University women's cross country team competed at the Canisius Alumni Classic at Buffalo's Delaware Park on Saturday. Without five runners the Wildcats did not qualify as a team but raced individually. 

Full Results

Junior Lia Brasacchio (Victor, N.Y.) paced the Wildcats with a time of 19:03.1 to finish 18th out of 122 runners. Freshman Julie Cruz (Williamsville, N.Y.) finished second on the team and 47th overall with a time of 19:56.3 in the race. Sophomore Raegan Giardini (West Clarksville, N.Y.) placed 51st overall and third out of the Wildcats with a time of 20:04.1. Graduate student Alexis Nguyen (Grand Island, N.Y.) was the fourth and final Wildcat runner to cross the finish line, coming in 67th overall with a time of 20:46.0. 

The Wildcats have the next two weeks off for final tuneups before the 2026 East Coast Conference Championships on Saturday, Nov. 7 in Rochester, N.Y. held at the Roberts Wesleyan XC Trails.