Joanna Kershner leads the Bobcats in the Founding Tree 6K XC Invitational at Hampshire College

Joanna Kerchner (SO/Reading, PA) led the Bobcats through the Founding Tree 6K with a time of 28:22, improving her time 10 minutes from a week ago at the St. Lawrence University Ronald Hoffmann Invitational.

Joanna Kershner leads the Bobcats in the Founding Tree 6K XC Invitational at Hampshire College
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September 29, 2024

Joanna Kershner led the way for the Bobcats in the Women's 6K event at the Hampshire College Founding Tree Invitational on Saturday with a time of 28:22 to place 16th overall.  Kershner had a tough race a week ago at St. Lawrence University in the Ronald Hoffmann Invitational, and yet she took a full ten minutes off her 6K time at Hampshire College.  

Chloe Freund (FR/Clinton, NY) has been leading the team through the first month of competition, and she improved her 6K time by two-minutes finishing in 29:06 to place 24th.  Brooklynn Shumway (SO/Bloomingdale, NY) placed 31st in 30:22.  All three runners improved their competition pace times considerably at the Founding Tree, and are laying a great foundation for the Yankee Small Conference Championships taking place on this same course at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA.

The Bobcats will be running in the Paul Smith's College 10K and Half Marathon on Saturday October 5th as a relaxed flaming leaves event that allows the team members to run with family members and friends without the pressures associated with a collegiate meet.  This will begin with an 8:00 AM start at the entrance to the college at the junctions of State Route 86 and 30, heading SW towards Saranac Lake, and then following the Jones Pond, Rainbow Lake Road and the Oregon Plains Road with the half marathon finishing near the former Norman's Store in Bloomingdale, NY.

Women's Finishers:  60                    Men's Finishers: 104

Women's Team Scores                                 Men's Team Scores

  1. Emerson 28                                         1.  Norwich 46
  2. Norwich 64                                         2.  Fitchburg State 53
  3. UMass Boston 77                               3.  Paul Smith's 125
  4. Castleton 91                                        4.  WOLBI 137
  5. Fitchburg State 134                             5. Emerson 141
  6. Albany Pharmacy 149                        6. SUNY Canton 152
  7. Elms 152                                             7. Castleton U. 193
  8. SUNY Canton 192                              8. UMass Boston 197
  9. Inc: Paul Smith's, NHTI, WOLBI,          9. NHTI 214

Mitchell, Hampshire, St. Joe's (CT)         10. Hampshire 238

                                                                  11. Albany Pharmacy 250

                                                                  12. Mitchell 345

 

Official Meet Results: https://milesplit.live/meets/639449/events/2/results/F/M

Name

1 Mile

2 Mile

6K

Place

Pace/Km

Pace/Mile

Joanna Kershner

7:21

15:03

28:22

16/

4:43

7:37

Chloe Freund

7:12

14:55

29:06

24/

4:51

7:48

Brooklynn Shumway

7:31

16:06

30:22

31/

5:03

8:09