ELKRIDGE, Md. – The Haverford College women's cross country team claimed third place at Saturday's Centennial Conference Championship. Johns Hopkins University won its third consecutive title, followed by Dickinson College. Haverford has finished third or better at the Centennial championship in 11 consecutive seasons.

Hopkins' Cecelia Furlong was the individual champion, taking first with a time of 21 minutes, 29.00 seconds. The Blue Jays had four of the top-eight finishers.

Emily Lipman was the Fords' top finisher. Last year's defending individual champion came in 11th in a time of 22:38.00. Erin Seglem and Harper Hubbeling were the next two HC runners to finish, taking 21st and 22nd, respectively, with identical times of 23:11.00.

Alice Vienneau was just three seconds behind Seglem and Hubbeling, coming in 24th. Emily Scott rounded out the Fords' scoring, with her 26th-place performance of 23:31.00.

Flora Berklein (23:35.00) and Rachael Potter (23:38.00) took 28th and 30th, respectively, to give Haverford seven runners in the top-30. First place Hopkins was the only other team with seven among the top-30 finishers.

Haverford finished with 104 points, three ahead of Swarthmore College – giving the Scarlet and Black its fourth point of the school year in the Hood Trophy standings.

The Fords will now focus on the NCAA Mideast Regional, Saturday, Nov. 13. The race will be hosted by Carnegie Mellon University in Slippery Rock, Pa. on the same course the Fords raced on Sept. 25.