St. John's University Athletics
St. John's University
NCAA Northeast Regionals
Nicole Cocozza Paces St. John's At the NCAA Cross Country Regionals
11/12/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Nov. 12, 2011
Buffalo, N.Y. -
St. John's cross country traveled to Buffalo, N.Y. on Nov. 12 to compete in the NCAA Division 1 Northeast Regional Cross Country Championships. The Red Storm placed 29th out of the 36 competing teams. The team was without sophomore Chelsea Trant who had finished every race of 2011 in the team's top-five.
"We were disappointed to not have our full team available and healthy for the regional," said head cross country coach Jim Hurt. "We continued to move up in the team standings but missed hitting our best efforts which we hope to do at next week's ECAC Championships."
Nicole Cocozza placed in the top-100 overall (94th out of 243) with a time of 22:52.2 for the race. The senior runner finished just seven seconds off her previous career best 6K time which she set at last week's BIG EAST Championships. Junior Michelle Duffy crossed the finish line second for the Red Storm as she continues to build on her first full cross country season after battling injuries the past two years. Her time of 24:00.6 also narrowly missed a personal-best mark.
Sophomore Angela Jarvela ran her best race of the season, as she clocked in at 24:07.0 on the 6K course. Her third-place team finish is the best ranking of her Red Storm career. Senior Samantha Meyerhoff finished with a time of 24:08.8 placing her fourth for STJ. Fellow senior Aryon Trujillo rounded out the top five with a time of 25:22.2; achieving her third top-five finish of 2011. Junior Alexis Bean trailed just behind the Red Storm pack with a final time of 25:46.6.
Abbey D'Agostino of Dartmouth was the individual overall champion with a time of 20:25.3. Syracuse took home the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship as all their qualifying runners placed in the top-50.
The Red Storm will run their final race of the season next weekend at the ECAC Championships hosted by Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. The race begins Saturday, Nov. 19 at 11:30 a.m. Check back in at RedStormSports.com and on Twitter at @STJ_Track_XC to get all up to date cross country information.
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