Moore Takes Top-10 Finish at Princeton Invitational

Saturday, October 14

Princeton, N.J. (Princeton)

10:30 a.m.

Temple University

Princeton Invitational

Photo by: Erin Locascio

Moore Takes Top-10 Finish at Princeton Invitational

10.14.17 | Women's Cross Country

Full Results

PRINCETON, N.J. - Temple women's cross country competed at the 2017 Princeton Invitational on Saturday where Sophomore Grace Moore took a top-10 finish in the field of 179.

Keys to the Race
> Moore placed sixth at West Windsor Fields, completing the 6K in a personal best time of 21:32.9.
> Temple's No.2 finisher was junior Katie Leisher. Leisher crossed the finish line in 22:01.7 (16th).
> Freshman Lucy Jones scraped the top 20 with a time of 22:09.4 (20th).

Race Notes
> As a team,Temple finished sixth overall, just ahead of Big 5 rival La Salle.
> The last time the Owls competed at Princeton was in 2015 for NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals. Former Owl Blanca Fernandez snagged the individual title in the race.

Quotable
> "Today we went in with the mindset of winning the race. Despite one of our top runners not being able to finish the race, two of our freshmen really stepped up this week. Lucy Jones ran the best race of her college career and Helene Gottlieb really took it up a notch from her last competition two weeks ago. It's crunch time now as the conference and regional races are approaching. Now, it is more about mental preparation because the majority of our physical work has already been done." - Head coach James Snyder

Up Next
> Next up for women's cross country is the most anticipated race of the season - The American Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships, hosted at Belmont Plateau on Saturday, Oct. 28.

Temple Results
6 Grace Moore, 21:32.9
16 Katie Leisher, 22.01.7
20 Lucy Jones, 22.09.4
46 Helene Gottlieb, 22:42.1
81 Michelle Joyce, 23: 20.3
111 Millie Howard, 23:54.2