Currier Takes Aim at School Record for 6,000-Meter Race

Gophers Place 16th Overall in Field of 36 Scoring Teams

GETTYSBURG, Pa. — Only one person in the history of Goucher's women's cross country program ever completed a 6,000-meter race in a faster time than sophomore Katherine Currier (Brooklyn, N.Y./LaGuardia) posted today on the way to a fifth-place finish at the Gettysburg Invitational.

Currier crossed the finish line in 22:37, which represents the fastest time for any female runner in the Landmark Conference in a 6K this year. The only runners who came in ahead of her in the race were Sophia Stone from Mary Baldwin, who was clocked at 21:48, unattached runner Reynah Spence (22:19), Marina Orrson from Misericordia (22:23) and Christine Esposito from Gettysburg (22:31).

The school record, established by Fraley Coles back in 2007 at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional, is 22:32.

Katelynn Zidanic (York, Pa./Central York) and Sarah Pardus (Stratham, N.H./Exeter) were the second and third Goucher runners to finish today's race. Zidanic turned in a time of 24:13, good for 52nd place; Pardus followed in 118th place (25:27).

Also figuring in the team score the Gophers earned were Zoe Malkin (Watchung, N.J./Watchung Hills Regional) and Christine Cherry (Laurel, Md./Meade), who placed 156th and 176th overall, respectively. Malkin finished in 26:07 and Cherry in 26:26.

There were a total of 394 runners in the race.

Based on the performances of their top five runners, the Gophers scored 395 points to finish in 16th place in a field of 36 teams. Immediately ahead of Goucher in the team scoring was Susquehanna, another Landmark Conference school, in 15th place with 385 points.

Shippensburg took first place with 92 points. Gettysburg was second with 118 points and Bucknell was third with 127.