GLASSBORO, N.J. – In its final competition before the Centennial Conference Championship at the end of October, the Haverford College women's cross country team raced against some of the top teams they will see in the coming weeks, resulting in a fourth place team finish at the Rowan Inter-Regional Border Battle. The Fords scored 152 points for the meet to edge out William Paterson, falling only to nationally-ranked Otterbein, Johns Hopkins, and Dickinson.

The Fords' top three seniors all placed in the top 20 of a field which featured 239 finishers in the championship race. Katie Sullivan was the first of those Haverford runners across the line as she placed ninth overall with a time of 21:54.7. Nicole Giannetti (22:02.8) and Amelia Keyser-Gibson (22:26.2) turned in the 13th and 18th fastest times of the meet.

First years Hannah Doll and Hannah Yeakey were Haverford's final scoring runners. Doll crossed the line in a time of 23:15.8 to place 48th overall, while Yeakey finished in a time of 23:28.6 to place 64th overall. Sophie Drew (23:43.2) also broke the 24 minute mark and finished in 80th place. Another first year, Molly Hawkins, was Haverford's seventh finisher with a time of 24:10.8. Jolie Jaycobs (24:31.8), Julia Smith (24:44.8), and Alison Love (25:06.5) were also entrants for Haverford into the championship race.

Haverford finished second as a team in the open race with six of the top 32 finishers in that meet of 114 entrants. Mckenna Krall led the Fords with a time of 23:57.4 to place sixth overall in the field. Sarah Wade (24:39.4) and MaryKate Cavanaugh (24:52.8) just missed the top 10 with their respective 14th and 16th place finishes. Angie Petrichenko (25:06.5) and Michelle Luu (25:18.2) were the Fords' fourth and fifth finishers in the open race.

Women's cross country will now turn its attention to the postseason as the Fords' next race will be the aforementioned Centennial Conference Championship at Gettysburg on Sunday, October 29. Haverford placed third as a team last year. The women's race will start at 12 p.m. noon that day as the men are scheduled for the 11 a.m. start in the championship meet.