Women's Team Results | Women's Individual Results

NEWVILLE, Pa. - The Swarthmore College women's cross country team finished fifth overall at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championship hosted by Dickinson College on Saturday.

Leading the Garnet was sophomore Indy Reid-Shaw, who navigated the 6,000-meter course in 22:42.7 for 23rd overall.  Senior Liz Tawa (23:03.1) and junior Sarah Nielsen (23:03.9) next crossed the line together, taking 34th and 35th places. All three-students also made the All-Mideast Region Team for placing in the top 35.

Junior Jenna Cody clocked in at 23:17.3 (44th), and freshman Isabel Erickson rounded out the Swarthmore top-five in 23:31.3 (54th).

Johns Hopkins placed first overall with 28 points followed by Dickinson (99) and Elizabethtown (131).  370 runners from 52 teams competed in this event.

Swarthmore will now wait to see if its resume and fifth-place finish will warrant the program's first NCAA Championship berth next weekend.
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Top-10 Team Standings (6k)
1. Johns Hopkins 28; 2. Dickinson 99; 3. Elizabethtown 131; 4. Allegheny 170; 5. Swarthmore 190; 6. Haverford 207; 7. Carnegie Mellon 217; 8. Moravian 257; 9. Grove City 310; 10. Misericordia 341.

Swarthmore Results:
23. Indy Reid-Shaw 22:42.7; 34. Liz Tawa 23:03.1; 35. Sarah Nielsen 23:03.9; 44. Jenna Cody 23:17.3; 54. Isabel Erickson 23:31.3; 87. Kate Hannah 24:14.3; 249. Irina Bukharin 26:55.3.