Jackson & Witt Earn All-ECAC Honors at ECAC Championship

Saturday, November 17

New York, N.Y.

10 a.m.

James Madison University

ECAC Championship

Jackson & Witt Earn All-ECAC Honors at ECAC Championship

11/17/2018 1:50:00 PM | Cross Country

ECAC Results 2018

BRONX, N.Y. – James Madison cross country closed out the 2018 season with a ninth-place team finish at the ECAC Championship. Two Dukes received All-ECAC honors for the finishes.

RACE RECAP

Erica Jackson and Averi Witt earned All-ECAC honors after finishing in the Top-40 of the race
Jackson set a huge personal record in the 5K having set her personal best last year at the ECAC Championship with a time of 18:40.1. This year her finish was 17:45
This was Witt's first 5K race as a Duke as she created a personal best mark of 17:48
Kayla Connelly, Grace Edison, Katie Fox, Lanie Jo Knight and Sinead Sargeant ran in their first 5Ks as JMU cross country runners
Madelynn Knight ran a personal best 18:35 as she set her previous best of 19:41.4 last year at the ECAC Championship
JMU finished ninth out of 18 teams with 226 points
Temple (23), Marist (99) and Stony Brook (135) finished as the top-three teams in the championship
Grace Moore of Temple won the race in 16:41

JMU RUNNERS: Out of 153 runners

Place	Name	Time
29	Erica Jackson	17:45
32	Averi Witt	17:48
46	Kayla Connelly	18:05
60	Grace Edison	18:24
75	Madelynn Knight	18:35
84	Katie Fox	18:43
112	Lanie Jo Knight	19:08
113	Sinead Sargeant	19:11

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING
Coach Rinker: "Erica stepped on a log on the course and hurt her foot pretty badly. She was on time and looking really good, but it caused her to drop back. She probably should have dropped out but she's just so tough. With the exception on that, we probably had our best meet of the season. They put themselves in good position early and then did a good job of focusing and passing people. It was a good way to end the season."

UP NEXT
While the cross country season has come to a close, the Dukes will take part in the indoor track season beginning on January 5 at the Father Diamond Invitational hosted by George Mason.