Danis Leads Wildcats at NCAA Regionals

Friday, November 15

Buffalo, N.Y.

11:00 AM

University of New Hampshire

NCAA Regional Championships

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Meg Champagne, Elisabeth Danis, Shannon Murdock (Photo by Michelle Bronner)

Photo by: Michelle Bronner

11/15/2019 2:39:00 PM | Women's Cross Country

Results

Junior Elisabeth Danis posts top-10 finish at NCAA Northeast Regional

BUFFALO, N.Y. – University of New Hampshire junior Elisabeth Danis (Nottingham, N.H.) was a top-10 finisher as the Wildcats' women's cross country team took 11^th place in the team standings at the 2019 NCAA Northeast Regional cross country championship meet.

Danis set a new personal best time on the 6-kilometer course, finishing in 19:41.1, good for an eighth place overall finish. Danis earned All-Region honors for her top-25 finish, and will await the NCAA Cross Country selection show this Saturday, November 16 at 5 P.M. on NCAA.com to see if she receives an at-large bid to the NCAA Championship meet next Saturday, November 23 in Terre Haute, Indiana.

New Hampshire took 11^th in the team standings with 295 points. The Wildcats also took 11^th place in the regional meet in 2016 with 319 points. UNH's best team finish in the Northeast Regional was sixth in 2014, with 183 points.

This years meet was won overall by Harvard with a team score of 92 points. Second was Cornell at 126 points. The overall individual winner was UAlbany's Hannah Reinhardt finishing in 19:28.4.

MEET RESULTS:
Other scoring Wildcats included:

Senior Meg Champagne (Plattsburgh, N.Y.) took 33^rd place overall with a time of 20:22.5, setting a new personal best in the 6k. It's Champagne's third meet in a row in which she's set a personal best.
The next Wildcat across the finish line was fifth-year Shannon Murdock (Exeter, N.H.) taking 40^th overall in 20:37.6.
Junior Caroline Mahoney (Bedford, N.H.) finished the 6k course in 21:27.7, finishing 103^rd overall.
Junior Cayla Barretto (Woburn, Mass.) set a new personal best with a time of 21:33.4, finishing 113^th.
New Hampshire's two displacement runners were sophomores Nicole Yeomans (Foxborough, Mass.) and Lauren Dean (Gilmanton Iron Works, N.H.). Yeoman's took 165^th in 22:19.5, and Dean took 198^th in 22:47.2.

FROM THE COACH:

...on Elisabeth Danis
"The highlight of the day is definitely Elisabeth [Danis] finishing 8^th in this race; it's a fantastic achievement, she ran an aggressive hard race and I'm very proud of her. We'll find out on Saturday if she gets an at-large bid. She put herself in a position to be selected, so we'll see if she gets in."

…on Meg Champagne
"Meg Champagne, that's the highest she's ever finished in this race, went out and ran a great race and I want to thank her for all her great cross country races for the University of New Hampshire; she's been a part of some great teams."

…on Shannon Murdock
"[Shannon Murdock] went out hard today; she's our senior captain, she'll be missed greatly and we'll look forward to the track season, but as far as cross country goes she's been a remarkable athlete for the University of New Hampshire and I can't think of anyone who's been more committed to the program and our success."

…on the team as a whole and the future
"We had a great season, we won a New England championship, the conference championship, finished 11^th in the region, one of the best teams UNH has ever had. The rest of the team will be returning next year, I feel like we ran our best race two weeks ago and just ran out of gas. We'll regroup, get ready for track, and be better next season."

--Head Coach Robert Hoppler

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