Boston College Athletics
Liv Westphal Wins Battle in Beantown
September 26, 2014 | Women's Track & Field
Women's Results
Men's Results
Boston, Mass - Today, the Boston College women’s cross country team hosted the second annual Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown at Franklin Park. This year’s field was stellar, and included top-ranked team, Michigan, who did not disappoint, finishing first with 55 points. However, the race of the day went to senior runner for the BC Eagles, Liv Westphal, who placed first by 21 seconds and clocked a time of 16:30.0 in the women’s 5K. This time is a new meet record. Though the meet is only two years old, Westphal’s time will hold up as one of the best times in the past decade on this course.
Westphal Wins Home Meet in Dominant Fashion
Westphal led the Eagles to a fourth place finish overall in the meet. Danielle Winslow finished in twentieth, second for the team, with a time of 17:32.0, almost a full minute faster than her 2013 time of 18:30.0. Junior Laura Hottenrott in her first cross country race for the Eagles finished in 37th the line at 17:52.0. Rounding out Boston College’s top five runners were senior Brittany Winslow, who ran an 18:15.0 and sophomore Megan Young, who finished at 18:20.0.
Today’s race marks the first day in the NCAA qualifying period for cross country in 2014. None of the positions will be significantly shaken after the results of this afternoon, but the quality of the field today at Franklin Park was reflected by the number of great fans in the area who were out in droves on this beautiful sunny afternoon in Boston. Flotrack covered the meet and produced great race footage, photos and videos of the top teams and top performers.
No. 16 Boston College placed fourth out of the 21 teams in attendance with a score of 192. No. 1 Michigan (55), No. 5 Georgetown (77), and No.15 Syracuse (134) took the first three spots respectively. No. 25 Dartmouth finished fifth with a score of 207.
Julie Heyde on Success of BC Invite
In the women's open 5K, six Eagles finished in the top 20. Three placed in the top five including sophomore Amanda Rickert, who finished first overall with a time of 18:38.0, junior Megan Ritchie who placed second at 18:44.0, and freshman Madeline Adams who finished fifth with a time of 18:49.0.
Sophomore Meagan Roecker placed eigth, clocking a time of 18:57.0. Freshman Clarissa Modde finished 14th with a time of 19:19.0, and freshman Abby Seel finished 17th at 19:35.0,
On the men's side, Oregon's Edward Cheserek finished first in the 8K with a time of 24:20.0. Cheserek also won last year's Battle in Beantown and went on to win the individual NCAA Championship.
Boston College senior James Newhouse finished with a time of 26:00.0.
No. 3 Oregon took first place as a team with a score of 24, followed by No. 8 Syracuse (52), No. 16 Providence (79), Georgetown (103), and Dartmouth (142).
The Boston College women's cross country team races next on Oct. 11 at the New England Championships at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass.
