XC: Men and Women Both Outrun Rankings in GNAC Championships; Women Post Highest Finish Since 2003

Standish, ME - The Lasell Cross Country team competed at the GNAC Championships on Saturday, with both the men and women outraccing their pre-championship projections. Heading into the championships the women were ranked fifth and the men sixth. Both teams performed overseed, with the women finishing fourth and the men fifth. The result was the best finish for the women since 2003.

There were plenty of great races ran by the Lasers, but the highlight was Kiara Cerruti, as she finished second with a time of 25:59.7. That was good enough for her to be named to the All-Conference First Team.

Joining her on the GNAC All-Conference team was Katherine Kohtala, who was named to the second team after an eighth place finish with a time of 28:09.2

On the men's side of things,Wesley Thompson was also named to the second team All-Conference after finishing 14th with a time of 30:51.9.

Women's 6k: 4^th place out of 9 teams, 113 points

Kiara Cerruti: 2^nd place, 25:59.7, 1^st team All-Conference

Kat Kohtala: 8^th place, 28:09.2, 2^nd team All-Conference

Emily Varga: 25^th place, 30:50.7

Adrianna Tassone: 46^th place, 33:20.6

Mikayla Bokis: 47^th place, 33:28.7

Hanna Babek: 48^th place, 33:39.2

Effie Fotos: 59^th place, 36:32.8

Men's 8k: 5^th place out of 8 teams, 130 points

Wes Thompson: 14^th place, 30:51.9, 2^nd team All-Conference

Pat Carbone: 20^th place, 31:23.3

Luke Bullock: 32^nd place, 33:14.7

Evan Lewis: 35^th place, 33:40.9

Jordan Woodley: 59^th place, 37:32.0

Darius Vincent: 72^nd place, 41:06.0

Dillon Ramirez: 73^rd place, 41:47.1

Luigi Gentile: 77^th place, 43:00.8

Up Next - The Lasers will wrap up their season next week when they participate in the NCAA DIII East Region XC Championship