HAVERFORD, Pa. – The Haverford College women's cross country team defeated Swarthmore to finish as the top Division III team at the Main Line Invitational on Friday. With separate Division I and Division III scoring in a field that also included the University of Pennsylvania and Villanova, the No. 29 Fords defeated the Garnet by a 19-42 score.

The Fords swept the top three places among the Division III entrants with the senior trio of Nicole Giannetti, Amelia Keyser-Gibson, and Katie Sullivan leading the way. Giannetti was the first Division III runner across the line as she finished in a time of 17:56.1. Keyser-Gibson and Sullivan were less than 10 second behind her with times of 18:05.1 and 18:05.4.

First year runners filled the next three spots for the Fords and swept the sixth through eighth positions in the DIII field. Hannah Doll placed sixth with her time of 19:00.3, just five-tenths of a second ahead of Griffin Kaulbach (19:00.8). Hannah Yeakey crossed the line in a time of 19:03.5 and was less than a second ahead of Sophie Drew (19:04.4) for the final spot in the team's top seven.

Molly Hawkins (19:33.1), MaryKate Cavanaugh (19:58.7), Sarah Wade (20:06.1), Alison Love (20:15.2), and Julia Smith (20:19.2) also finished in the top 20. Hawkins was a 12th place finisher in the field.

Mariana Ramirez (20:20.5), Jolie Jaycobs (20:24.6), Mckenna Krall (20:31.6), and Angie Petrichenko (20:36.2) all broke the 21 minute mark during Friday's race. Zoe Arditi (21:02.7), Michelle Luu (21:50.8), Liana Alves (22:21.1), and Amy Zamora (23:06.7) also competed for the Fords on what turned out to be a hotter than expected day on the Alumni Cross Country Course.

Women's cross country will have two full weeks to prepare for the team's next competition. The Fords wrap up the month of September with the Dickinson Long/Short Invitational on Saturday, September 30. That race is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. and will also be the site of the Mideast Regional during the month of November.