Currier Again Earns First-Team All-Landmark Honors

Gophers Slip to Sixth Place in Team Scoring with 111 Points

ALTOONA, Pa. — Goucher's top two performers today at the 2012 Landmark Conference Women's Cross Country both placed higher than they did at last year's conference meet. Still, the Gophers could not duplicate their second-place finish from a year ago.

Katherine Currier (Brooklyn, N.Y./LaGuardia), who was voted Rookie of the Year in the Landmark Conference after her fifth-place finish at the 2011 conference meet, was the fourth runner to cross the finish line in today's 6,000-meter race, conducted at the Fort Roberdeau Historic Site. She was clocked at 23:33.00, which put her less than 25 seconds behind Caroline Morgan from Juniata, who took third place.

Currier earned first-team All-Landmark Conference honors for the second year in a row for being among the top seven finishers.

Katelynn Zidanic (York, Pa./Central York) repeated as a second-team all-conference honoree by finishing in ninth place, one spot better than last year. Zidanic's time today was 24:38.30.

Drew's Jennifer Van Wingerden placed first in today's field of 69 runners. Her winning time was 22:52.20. The runner-up was Juniata's Katrina Woods in 23:08.40.

After Zidanic, Goucher's next runner to come in was Sarah Pardus (Stratham, N.H./Exeter) in 31st place (26:18.50).

The final two runners who figured in Goucher's team score were Christine Cherry (Laurel, Md./Meade) and Shea Staab (Fallston, Md./Fallston). Cherry placed 38th (26:46.50), one spot ahead of Staab (26:49.50).

Catholic beat out defending champion Moravian for the team title. The Cardinals scored 63 points and the Greyhounds were 12 points back. Juniata was third with 80 points.

The Gophers ended up in sixth place with a team score of 111 points, which put them ahead of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (191 points).