Women's Cross Country | 9/16/2014 11:11:00 AM

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ROCHESTER, NY - The RIT women's cross country team moved to No. 7 in the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Atlantic Region rankings, as the poll was released on Tuesday, Sept. 16. The Tigers are also ranked second in the New York State Collegiate Track Conference (NYSCTC) poll.

The Tigers, who were off last weekend, opened the 2014 season with perhaps their best ever finish in program history, with three runners placing in the top-five and five in the top-10, as the squad rolled to victory on at the SUNY Oswego Cross Country Invitational on Sept. 6. The Tigers finished with 28 team points, besting regionally-ranked SUNY Cortland, who placed second with 54 points, and nationally-ranked No. 22 Ithaca. Ithaca is now sixth in the regional rankings, while Cortland is eighth.

Sophomore Emma Jones (Rochester, NY/Rush-Henrietta) was named Liberty League Rookie of the Week on Sept. 8 after finishing first at the Oswego Invitational. Stephanie Milici (Rochester, NY/Greece Odyssey) was third in the race, while Kaylin Beiter (Lima, NY/Honeoye Falls-Lima) was fifth. Becky Greiner (Rochester, NY/Rush-Henrietta) and Kristine Reed (Walton, NY/Walton) were ninth and tenth, respectively, in that race.

RIT is back in action this weekend at the University of Rochester Invitational at Genesee Valley State Park.  The meet gets underway at 11 a.m.