CASTILE, N.Y. – Senior Kathryn Arbegast finished second out of 181 runners to lead the RIT women's cross country team to a fifth-place finish out of 17 teams at Geneseo's Mike Woods Invitational, Friday at Letchworth State Park.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Arbegast finished second in a time of 21:45.4, while senior Therese Georgia crossed the line 12th in 22:37.4.
• Senior Rachael Ladd finished 51st in 24:00.8, while sophomore Valerie Gilbert placed 64th in 24:24.6.
• Sophomore Victoria Raghubar rounded out the Tigers' scoring five with an 89th-place finish in 25:06.6.
• Junior Sydney Borofsky placed 101st in 25:22.7, while first-year Olivia Divine crossed the line 133rd in 26:12.4 to complete the top-seven.
• RIT finished with 184 points as NYU won the team title with 20 points, followed by Carnegie Mellon (60) and SUNY Geneseo (61).

 
WHAT'S NEXT
RIT returns to action Saturday, Oct. 31 at the Liberty League Cross Country Championships in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.
 
MIKE WOODS INVITATIONAL
RIT FINISHERS
2. Kathryn Arbegast, 21:45.4
12. Therese Georgia, 22:37.4
51. Rachael Ladd, 24:00.8
64. Valerie Gilbert, 24:24.6
89. Victoria Raghubar, 25:06.6
101. Sydney Borofsky, 25:22.7
133. Olivia Divine, 26:12.4
142. Corina Zheng, 26:19.7
DNF. Jacqueline Gill