St. John's University Athletics
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St. John's University XC Fall Festival
Barreto Leads Cross Country Team At The Fall Festival
10/16/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
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Oct. 16, 2005
QUEENS, N.Y. - Senior Jasmine Barreto strided her way to a third place finish at the St. John's Fall Festival to lead the Red Storm to a third place team finish, Saturday, at the Oakdale Campus on Long Island.
Barreto (Staten Island, N.Y.) clocked in at 24:49.92 in the 6K race. Junior Jodey Johnson (Portmore, Jamaica) clocked in at 25:13.93 to capture sixth place while junior Kristen Levy (Salisbury Mills, N.Y.) and freshman Rakibat Abiola (Staten Island, N.Y.) crossed the line in 15th and 16th place in 27:24.65 and 27:51.64, respectively. Senior Thamara Cherisme (Hollis, N.Y.) finished out the scoring for St. John's coming in 18th place at 28:43.67.
Other Red Storm finishers included sophomore Tara Normandin (19th-28:54.13), seniors Kaydian Reid (25th-31:44.75), Tarashon Broomes (28th-32:09.26) and Dominique Ficalora (29th-32:27.50) as well as freshman Maggie Snyder (30th-33:03.08).
St. John's finished behind Fordham University, who scored 25 points and C.W. Post who posted 50. The Red Storm finished with 58 points.
"I'm glad we could host this meet today," said head coach Jim Hurt. Jasmine ran an exceptional race and we've closed the gap between our team and other schools like Fordham and C.W. Post. So, I'm very happy about that."
In the men's race, Matthew Flynn, Matt Lowenthal and Tom Finnerty captured the top three spots to lead Fordham to a first place team finish. The Rams also took eight of the top 10 places. C. W. Post captured second place with 58 points beating out the New York Institution of Technology who had 88 points.
Before the men's and women's races, there was a one mile run/walk that raised money for breast cancer research. The St. John's track and field team participated in the event by both running in it and raising money. "It's a great cause and I'm glad that we were able to participate in this," said Hurt.
St. John's next meet is the BIG EAST Championship on Friday, Oct. 28 at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, N.Y. The race begins at 12:30 p.m.
Red Storm Performances (6K):3rd Jasmine Barreto 24:49.92 6th Jodey Johnson 25:13.93 15th Kristen Levy 27:24.65 16th Rakibat Abiola 27:51.64 18th Thamara Cherisme 28:43.67 19th Tara Normandin 28:54.13 25th Kaydian Reid 31:44.75 28th Tarashon Broomes 32:09.26 29th Dominique Ficalora32:27.50 30th Maggie Snyder 33:03.08
