Bridgeport Cross Team Teams Wrap Up Regular Season At Post University Invitational
Alina Sotnikova Takes First Place In Women's Event; Naqwan Crowell Grabs Fourth For The Men
Middlebury, Conn.-The University of Bridgeport cross country teams wrapped up the regular season portion of their 2014 schedules on a wet, windy and chilly Wednesday afternoon in Hop Brook State Park taking part in the Post University Invitational which was scored as three separate dual meets among the four school competing as the host Eagles and the Purple Knights were joined by Caldwell College and Concordia (N.Y.) University.
The Bridgeport women picked up two wins on Wednesday topping Post, 25-30 and edging Concordia, 26-27. Caldwell defeated the Purple Knights, 20-43.
UB senior Alina Sotnikova (Riga, Latvia) won the women's event completing the course in a time of 19:35.79.
The Bridgeport men fell in all three of their meets, 19-43 versus Post, 22-30 against Concordia and 19-40 to Caldwell.
Senior Naqwan Crowell (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) was the top finisher for the Bridgeport men covering the course in a time of 17:02.12 which put him in fourth place.
Up next for the Bridgeport cross country teams will be the 2014 East Coast Conference Championship Meet hosted by Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, New York on Saturday, November 8th.