BOSTON, Mass. – The Roger Williams University women's cross country team kicked off the 2022 season Friday afternoon at the Suffolk Short Course Classic.
The Hawks scorers averaged 12:40 as an average time to complete the 3.1k course, finishing in sixth out of a 15 team field.
Junior
Caitlin Boufford (Londonderry, N.H.) was the first Hawk to cross the finish line, completing the course in 12:03.5 beating her time from las season by 39.5 seconds.
Adriana Franzese (Shelton, Conn.) finished her first collegiate race a few seconds behind, with a time of 12:09.3.
Amanda Naylor (Glastonbury, Conn.) picked up points for the Roger Williams squad, with a pace of 6:35 per mile.
Leah Whearty (Walpole, Mass.) also added points, finishing over 50 seconds ahead of her time last season, 13:00.8.
Rounding out the point scorers for the Hawks are
Carolyn Narahara (Reading, Mass.),
Addie Cook (Park Ridge, Ill.), and
Sophie Marcille (Waterford, Conn.) who finished in 13:28.0, 13:30.6, and 14:05.8 respectively.
Roger Williams will compete again on Saturday, Sept. 10 at the Ron Ouellette Invitational hosted by University of New England.