FINAL RESULTS
Women 1 of 8
Men 4 of 8

BETHLEHEM, PA – The Monmouth University cross country teams opened their 2021 seasons on Friday evening at the Lehigh Invitational. The women's team placed first among eight competing squads with a pair of top-five individual finishers.

Sammi Ragenklint led the women's field with her time of 21:33.5 and Mackenzie Jones placed fourth overall by finishing in 22:02.5. For the men's team, Louis DiLaurenzio ran to a fourth-place finish with a time of 18:06.8.

Both Ragenklint and DiLaurenzio ran the fastest times ever for a Monmouth cross country student-athlete on the Lehigh course. 

NOTEABLE FINISHES & QUOTES
"It was exciting to get the opportunity to compete today after all the challenges of the last 18 months.  Overall, both the women and men competed well, but we have some areas we can greatly improve and that bodes well for the rest of the season. Sammi getting the individual win was awesome and is a testament of all the hard work she has put in. The women got the team victory and which is an encouraging way to start the fall. We'll be back at this course in four weeks and we'll be ready to take it up a notch!"
- Head Coach Mike Nelson

- Luke Miller placed 20^th overall with his time of 18:51.7.
- Cameron Janovic  took 28^th with a time of 18:54.8.
- Allie Pierontoni finished in eighth place after crossing the line in 22:11.8
- Marisa Kilgarriff earned a 14^th place finish with a time of 22:19.3.

NEXT UP
Monmouth will compete at the Iona Meet of Champions on Friday, September 17 at Van Cortlandt Park.