Langhorne, Pa. (September 4) – The FDU-Florham women's cross country team shined at the Cairn University Mini Highlander 4k on Friday afternoon as they finished 1-2-3-4-7, won the team title and junior Shannon DiCristina (Wayne, NJ) broke the 4k school record.
 
DiCristina, who took home the gold medal with her first place finish in a time of 16:21.4, broke the program record from 2007 which was held for all of this time by Danielle Odom who ran an 18:20.4 at the Stevens Invitational that year.
 
"The men's and women's team were hungry to get back in the trail from their long hiatus and came back with smashing results, said FDU cross country head coach John Cahill. "The women entered the race with high hopes to run the 4k with speed and strength, it truly showed with the fast times and their muddy shoes. Taking home first place in this tune up race will showcase the high hopes for the season.Next week we plan to pick the tempo up in a more familiar course at Vassar College."
 
Senior Bridget Lapham (West Hempstead, NY) finished in second place with a time of 16:55.6, sophomore Mary Griffin (Ridgefield, NJ) finished in third place with a time of 17:02.7, senior Clare Posillico (Baldwin, NY) finished fourth with a time of 17:47.4 and first-year Maria Marquez (Harrison, NJ) finished in seventh with a time of 19:13.2
 
Next Saturday, September 11 the FDU Devils will travel to Vassar College for the Ron Stonitsch Invitational.