BRISTOL, R.I. – The Roger Williams University Women's Cross Country team marched their best finish since 2010, coming in 18^th at the 6K NCAA DIII Mideast Regional Cross Country Championship at Harness Park in Waterbury, Connecticut on Saturday afternoon. Two runners set new personal-best times on the day while the Hawks placed a pair in the top-100.
 
Roger Williams had a team score of 536 points to finish 18^th out of the 24 teams at the race as they also finished as the top Commonwealth Coast Conference school on the day. Williams College took first as a team with a team score of 90 followed by Middlebury College with a score of 99 and Amherst College with 102.
 
Individually, Amanda Naylor (Glastonbury, Conn.) was the top finisher for RWU, coming in 62^nd out of the 172-runner field after recording a time of 24:14.5.
 
Naylor was followed by Caitlin Boufford (Londonderry, N.H.) in 96^th (25:10.5), Laini Pizzitola (Southington, Conn.) in 128^th (26:02.7), Carolyn Narahara (Reading, Mass.) in 130^th (26:05.9), and Emma Maywalt (Wall Township, N.J.) in 135^th (26:21.1). Narahara and Maywalt each set personal records in the 6K with their times.
 
Leah Whearty (Walpole, Mass.) and Ali Henderson (Hingham, Mass.) rounded out the RWU runners competing in the race. Whearty finished 147^th with a time of 26:52.0 while Henderson was 152^nd with a time of 27:20.1.
 
Hawk Highlights
62^nd – Amanda Naylor; 24:14.5
96^th – Caitlin Boufford; 25:10.5
128^th – Laini Pizzitola; 26:02.7
130^th– Carolyn Narahara; 26:05.9 (PR)
135^th – Emma Maywalt; 26:21.1 (PR)
147^th – Leah Whearty; 26:52.0
152^nd – Ali Henderson; 27:20.1
 
What's Next
The regional championship race concluded their 2021 season.