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Murray Keating Invitational
Women's XC Posts Highest Finish Of 2004
October 04, 2004 | Women's Track & Field
Oct. 4, 2004
A third-place finish by senior Maria Cicero led Boston College to a second-place standing at the conclusion of the Murray Keating Invitation this weekend. The event, hosted by UMaine Orono, saw Southern Methodist take the title over BC.
The results show that SMU tallied 35 points on the afternoon. BC was second to SMU with 72 points and Dartmouth followed the Eagles with 74.
The Eagles have continually improved thus far in 2004. With a sixth, a third and now a second place ranking on the final leaderboard, BC's results are consistently on the rise.
Cicero was BC's top finisher, posting a time of 17:10.4. Laurel Burdick was the only other Eagle in the top-ten; coming into the finish with a time of 17:25.5.
In addition to those two, five other Eagles finished within the top 50 in the race. No other school posted this many finishers in the top 50.
BC Finishers :
Maria Cicero
17:10.4 (3)
Laurel Burdick
17:25.5 (8)
Jessica Flinn
17:58.7 (20)
Melissa Sherman
18:16.0 (26)
Lynn Kubeja
18:22.0 (30)
Sophie Thibodeau
18:34.8 (36)
Anne Hessberg
18:50.2(43)
Kathleen Smyth
19:18.4 (64)
Mary Heitkamp
19:24.7 (69)
Cara Valeri
20:04.9 (86)
