Falcons Compete at UMass Dartmouth Invitational

North Dartmouth, Mass. – The Fitchburg State University women's cross country team placed 24^th overall with a total of 640 points at the 44th annual UMass Dartmouth Cross Country Invitational this afternoon.

Meet: Corsair Cross Country Invite
Place: 24th – 640 Points (30 Teams)

How It Happened

Junior Abigail Murphy (Quincy, Mass.) paced Fitchburg State with a 74^th place time of 20:15.40 over the 5K layout, while classmate Lilah McAndrew (Old Lyme, Conn,) followed with a time of 20:27.40.

Newcomers Joy Wambui (Danvers, Mass.) and Meryem Majaoudou (Ayer, Mass.) crossed the finish line with times of 21:46.20 and 22:36.10, respectively. Rounding out the top finishers for the Green and Gold were junior Erin Maida (Danbury, Conn) and junior Courtney Brouillet (Fitchburg, Mass.).

Inside the Numbers

• Fitchburg State placed 23^rd overall at the 2019 Corsair Invite with a total of 635 points.
• WPI won the 2021 Corsair Cross Country Invite with a total of 68 points

Up Next

Falcons will compete at the 2021 Purple Valley Invite next Saturday, hosted by Williams College at Mount Greylock High School, starting at 12:00 PM..