BUFFALO, N.Y. (10/15/2016) -- Three Titans were in the top 10 and three harriers posted personal records as the University of Detroit Mercy women's cross country team ended the regular season at the Canisius Alumni Classic on Saturday.
The race was the final tune-up before the postseason events in the Horizon League Championship and the NCAA Great Lakes Regional.
The Titans totaled 72 points to finish third among the Division I competition in the 5k race held at Delaware Park.
Junior
Sydnie Fetherolf was the top Detroit Mercy runner claiming fourth in 18:37, just one second shy of her PR. Senior
Devon Sutton was fifth in 18:41 and junior
Jenny Ponkowski placed 10th with a career-best 19:01 time.
The red, white and blue will now get ready for the Horizon League Championship, set for Oct. 29 at the Wayne E. Dannehl National XC Course in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Here is a recap of the action at Canisius:
- Detroit Mercy's top three runners remained the same with Sydnie Fetherolf as the top harrier for the second time this season.
- Fetherolf was just one second shy of her 18:36 PR she tallied at this year's Running Fit-Detroit Titan Invitational.
- Her 18:37 was a PR on the course and a minute faster than her 19:38 last season and 29 seconds quicker than her 19:06 run as a freshman in 2014.
- Devon Sutton bested her time on the course by 47 seconds over the 19:28 she was clocked at last year, where she finished 40th.
- Jenny Ponkowski kept up her PR streak as she posted a career low in the 5k for the fourth-straight race, this time by two seconds over the 19:03 at the Greater Louisville Classic back on Oct. 1.
- Freshman Kayla Hughes shaved nearly 47 seconds of her best 5k season time in crossing the yellow tape in 20:12.
- Freshman Alexis Kearney recorded a new career low in the 5k by eight seconds with her 22:16 run.
