St. John's University Athletics
Red Storm Set To Defend STJ Fall Festival Title
10/12/2012 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Oct. 12, 2012
QUEENS, N.Y. -
The St. John's cross country program will host its annual Fall Festival at Cunningham Park in Queens, N.Y. on Sunday, Oct. 14.
The women's race will begin at 10 a.m. followed by the men's division at 10:30 a.m. The women's course is 4K while the men run a 5K race. Prior to the race, a one mile run/walk for Breast Cancer Awareness is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. which is open to all members of the public.
The women's division is comprised of defending champion and host St. John's, Baruch College, Dominican College, Fordham University, Hofstra University, Manhattanville College, Nassau Community College, Queensborough Community College and Yeshiva University. Fordham, Hofstra, Manhattanville, Nassau, Queensborough and Yeshiva also have entered teams in the men's division as well.
The Red Storm captured last year's STJ Fall Festival title by placing five runners in the top-10. Graduated senior Nicole Cocozza was last year's individual champion and Michelle Duffy placed fifth overall. Chelsea Trant and Alexis Bean were both top-20 finishers in 2011 and will look to lead the way for St. John's at this year's event. The Red Storm have relied on a solid core of freshmen and Ashlin Conroy, Veronica Thompson, Michelle Van Pelt and Stephanie Van Pelt will all look to make an immediate impact in their first ever Fall Festival.
In order to get race results and other cross country news follow the team at RedStormSports.com or at the Twitter handle @STJ_Track_XC.
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