Middletown, NY — Niagara's Alexa Briggs finished ninth earning all-conference honors in the women's race Saturday at the Metro Conference Cross Country Championships at Blue Sky Sports Complex,
The women's team placed ninth in the 13-team field, while the men placed 12th.
Briggs, a junior, covered the 6,000-meter course in 21 minutes, 58.0 seconds, 32.9 seconds behind winner Hannah Snayd of Fairfield, and scored nine points for Niagara. The Purple Eagles finished with 246 points. Iona won the team title with 23 points.
Niagara's scoring depth came from Juniors Natalia Seremetis (23:12.7, 50th overall), Mercedez Covey (23:35.4, 66th) and Olivia Meier (23:49.8, 74th) who scored 48, 55 and 62 points, respectively. Sophomore Annabelle Pacouloute rounded out the scoring five in 24:58.3, 107th overall. Sophomore Ryanna Brady (25:19.7) and freshman Lydia Fraas (25:23.2) were Niagara's sixth and seventh runners.
In the men's 8,000-meter race, Niagara scored 388 points to finish 12th. Iona won with 15 points.
Sophomore Ryan Capo led Niagara, finishing 85th in 27:24.1 scoring 65 points. Senior Luc DiFlavio was Niagara's second finisher, placing 108th in 27:57.5 for 75 points. Freshman Caleb Lantz (28:43.4, 132nd), sophomore Chase Bolen (29:28.8, 143rd) and freshman Rexton McKean (29:59.0, 149th) rounded out the scoring five with 78, 84 and 86 points, respectively.
Freshman AJ Riggio (30:18.9) and junior Franklin Payne (31:10.0) finished sixth and seventh for Niagara, with seniors Joshua Romesser (35:51.5) and Brendan Wangler (37:53.1) also finishing.
