Women's Cross Country Places Fourth At The Knights Maple Syrup Challenge

Goba leads the way for Falcons with 17th place time of 21:41.07

Randolph, VT. – The Fitchburg State University women's cross country team placed fourth overall at the 2024 Silloway Maple Syrup Challenge with a total of 85 points this morning.

The Basics

Meet: Knights Maple Syrup Challenge
Place: Fourth, 85 Points

How It Happened

Junior Skye Goba (Norton, MA) paced the Falcons, finishing 17th overall with a time of 21:41.07 over the 5K course, while sophomore Gwendolyn Connors (Ayer, MA) entered the chute with a time of 23:45.67 after placing 23rd overall.

Freshman Amanda King (Townsend, MA) was next for the Green and Gold, placing 3^1st overall at 25:10.19, while sophomore Alexis Toste (Dracut, MA)) followed in 33rd place with a time of 25:42.19.

Rounding out the top seven finishers for the Falcons were junior Julia Arena (Shrewsbury, MA) (27:34.90), classmate Aria DiCato (Fitchburg, MA) (28:06.22), junior Trishannah Scott (Leominster, MA) (29:12.09) in 42nd, 44th and 47th place respectively.

Inside the Numbers

• Bea Parr of Middlebury won the 2024 Knights Maple Syrup Challenge with a time 19:39.85
• Fitchburg State didn't compete at the 2023 Knights Maple Syrup Challenge
• Middlebury won the 2024 Knights Maple Syrup Challenge with a total of 15 points.

Up Next

Falcons return to action next Saturday as they compete at the 2024 Pop Crowell Invitational, hosted by Gordon College, starting at 10:45AM.

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