Jones Breaks School Record as Women's Cross Country Finishes 12th at MAC Championships
DALLAS, Pa.-
Morgan Jones (Huntley, MT/Huntley Project) fininshed ninth overall and ran the fastest 6k time in school history at the Middle Atlantic Conference women's cross country championships hosted by Misericordia to help lead Wilkes University to a 12
th place finish on Saturday afternoon.
Full ResultsJones finished in 23:59, breaking the previous school record of 24:01 held by Michelle Wakeley '12, and breaking Jones' own personal best of 24:41 from this year's Dickinson Invitational. Jones was named First Team All-MAC for her efforts.
Following Jones was
Tracey Hilker (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin) (67
th, 27:31),
Regan Murphy (Plainfield, PA/Pen Argyl) (68
th, 27:36),
Alexis Nicholson (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic) (90
th, 28:56),
Kaitlyn Sitch (Weatherly, PA/MMI Prep) (91
st, personal best of 29:08),
Michelle Brenneman (Schuylkill Haven, PA/Schuylkill Haven) (93
rd, personal best of 29:17),
Carmen Hillman (Urbana, OH/Graham School) (96
th, 30:02), and
Moriah Teed (Newark Valley, NY/Newark Valley) (31:25).
The Lady Colonels return to the track on Saturday, November 14
th for the NCAA Mid-East Regional hosted by Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa, starting at 11 a.m.