Full Rankings

NEW ORLEANS, La. (Sept. 22, 2015) - On Tuesday, the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association put out its latest Division II East Region rankings, and the LIU Post women's cross country team was ranked eighth in the ledger.

The Pioneers are coming off a second-place finish at the LIU Post Invitational last Saturday (Sept. 19). Sophomore Talya Williams (Schenectady, N.Y.) and senior Elizabeth Stirling (Wantagh, N.Y.) led the women's side with a pair of Top-5 times in the 5k. Williams placed second (18:11.87), while Stirling came in right behind her in third (18:54.65). 

Williams' mark topped her own 2014 performance of 18:12 for the best 5k finish in program history. Not to be outdone, Stirling's time ranks sixth for a 5k in the Pioneer cross country annals.

Sophomore Lauren Hoffman (Melville, N.Y.) finished just outside the Top-10, clocking an 11th-place time of 20:09.54. Graduate Brooke Rozea (Syosset, N.Y.) ran a 21:30.08, which was good for 34th place. Freshman Kaitie Schillaci (Albany, N.Y.) added a 49th-place showing (22:27.11).

Head Coach Pat Slevin and the Pioneers are back in action on Friday, Oct. 9, when they compete at the Metropolitan Championships at Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, N.Y.