Falcons Have Strong Showing at Maple Syrup Challenge

Randolph, Vermont. – The Fitchburg State University women's cross country team finished 3rd with 81 points at the Vermont Tech Maple Syrup Challenge on Saturday afternoon.

How It Happened

 The Falcons had a pair of top 10 finishers, junior Lilah McAndrew (Old Lyme, Conn.) and classmate Abigale Murphy (Quincy, Mass.) finished 9^th (21:23.08) and 10^th (21:51.32) respectively. First year Joy Wambui  (Danvers, Mass.) was next at 16^th with a time of 23:27.27, while senior Meryem Majaoudou (Ayer, Mass.) had a strong effort at 22nd (27:03.32).

Inside the Numbers

• Juniors Erin Maida (Danbury, Conn) (27:51.29), Kayla Scarela (Fitchburg, Mass.) (30:01.67) and Courtney Brouillet (Fitchburg, Mass.) (32:06.28) rounded out the top 30.
• Middlebury won the 2021 Maple Syrup Challenge with a total of 15 points.

Up Next

Falcons return to action next Saturday at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational.