York College Athletics

Results

BRONX, NY— The York College women’s cross country team finished second at the 2009 CUNY Athletic Conference Championships Sunday morning at Van Corltlandt Park.  The Lady Cardinals finished with 56 points, just four points behind champion Baruch College.  It was the best finish at the CUNYAC Championships for the Lady Cardinals since 2006.

It was an overall team effort, as York placed five runners in the top 20 and three in the top ten.  Senior Taniesha Renaud led all York runners with a fifth place finish in a time of 27:04 in the 6k race.  Senior Alexandra Nkrumah placed seventh in 27:59 and sophomore Alexis Schloss came across the line in ninth place in 28:35.  Sophomore Fiona Brown placed 17^th (30:25) and senior Maria Amate came in right after Brown in 18^th place (30:29). 

Baruch’s top five came in 3^rd, 8^th, 12, 14^th and 15^th, giving them just a slight edge over the Lady Cardinals.  Lizzy Mahoney of Hunter College won the race in a time of 24:53.