GENESEO, NY – The Alfred University women's cross country team finished 17^th during SUNY Geneseo's 41^st Annual Mike Woods Invitational on Saturday morning, competing against 25 teams and 276 runners.
 
The Saxons were led by McKenzie Hall (Hornell, NY/Hornell) and Mari Jablonski (Monticello, GA/Jasper County) as both finished in the Top-100 on Saturday. Hall was 83^rd with a time of 25:24.9 and Jablonski was 87^th with a time of 25:35.5, leading a team time of 132:05.0. As the race progressed, Hall advanced her positioning among her competitors by 29 places while Jablonski gain 10 position places.
 
Sarah Lutkins (Union Springs, NY/Union Springs) was just shy of the Top-100 as she ran a 26:18.7 to earn 104^th place, running over 30 seconds faster in her final 2K compared to the first two.
 
Ashley O'Toole (Simi Valley, CA/Simi Valley) and Ivy Vallely (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster) both finished in the top 50% of runners, rounding out the scoring efforts of the Saxons on the day. O'Toole ran a 27:21.1 for 118^th place, closing the gap by 11 places and Vallely ran a 27:24.8, immediately behind her teammate in 119^th place, besting her first two 2K's by over 23 seconds in the final 2K. O'Toole's time was also a 48-second PR compared to the race at Penn State Behrend, earlier this season.
 
The Saxons will next race at Houghton University on Saturday, October 8 as the final tune-up before the Empire 8 Championships on October 29 at the Highlanders' course.