Lehman Captures First-Ever Women's Cross Country Championship
by Sports Information/Apex
Issue date: 11/3/05 Section: Sports
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Lehman placed three runners in the top ten, including overall champion Amy Ruston, who eclipsed her own meet record with a time of 18:40, after turning in a time of 19:00 a year ago. Two-time defending champion Hunter finished third with 77 points. Baruch (88 points), John Jay (103 points), Medgar Evers (147 points), Brooklyn (187 points), and City Tech (220) finished fourth through eighth respectively.
"I'm extremely happy for our team," said Lightning head coach Lesleigh Hogg. "All of their hard work this season paid off with a championship trophy. Amy Ruston was her usual self but some of our athletes have never competed in the sport before, such as Olga and Lianne Torres, and both made key contributions today. Joy Browne made a sacrifice just to be here today."
Despite nursing shin splints, Ruston, a junior, was never challenged as the Nashua, New Hampshire native finished a minute and forty-four seconds ahead of York sophomore Tyneka Greene (19:44).
"I'm just relieved that I was able to start fast and sustain the lead," Ruston said. "I was extremely concerned before the race due to the injuries but I gained more confidence as the race went along that I would be fine. I'm just happy for the rest of my teammates and proud of them for the great job that they did today."
Annie Ortiz placed third with a time of 19:49 and teamates Olga Torres (9th, 22:37), Lianee Torres (15th, 23:19), and Joy Browne (20th, 25:00) rounded out the scoring for the Lightning.