Pacers Set PRs Up and Down Lineup at Gettysburg

Joelle Ruccio moves to seventh all-time at Marywood

Gettysburg, Pa. — Every Marywood University women's cross country runner set a personal record at the Aubrey Shenk Invitational Saturday held at Gettysburg College. It was the Pacers' last meet before their postseason.

Marywood finished 33rd out of 46 teams. The Pacers scored 923 points with an average 6K time of 26 minutes, 28 seconds.

Joelle Ruccio moved to seventh all-time at Marywood with a 22:23.4 finish. Ruccio came in 30th overall with a 6-minute pace. She was the fifth fastest Division III freshman in the field, and she dropped 23 seconds off her previous best.

Janelle Sababria ran 19 seconds faster than her previous best with a time of 25:43.5. Her performance improved her to 54th all-time at Marywood.

Kimberly Smyser recorded a 26:52.7 run that was 3:52 faster than her previous best. She improves to 66th all time at Marywood.

Cassandra Juliano ran a 1:24 better than her PR with a time of 27:43.1. Elle Brennfleck clocked in at 29:39.5 in her first career 6K race.

Marywood will compete at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships on Oct. 31 in Owings Mills, Maryland.

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Players Mentioned

Joelle Ruccio: 5' 0"; Freshman

Kimberly Smyser: 5' 7"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Joelle Ruccio
: 5' 0"; Freshman

Kimberly Smyser
: 5' 7"; Freshman