BOSTON, Mass. –Senior Leah Miller (Thomaston, Conn.) broke her previous Lesley course record by one second this afternoon at the New England Championships at Franklin Park, finishing the 5k course in 19:38 to pace the Lynx. Miller beat her record of 19:39 set at the 2011 New England Championships.
Seniors Anastasia Lutkevich (Mansfield, Mass.) and Jacqueline Rosa (Wolcott, Conn.) were next to cross the line for the Lynx, finishing 20:51 and 21:08, respectively.
Sophomore Emilia McGrath (Bowdoin, Me.) came in at 22:10 while and junior Elena Pereira (Wilmington, Vt.) finished the course in 22:17.
Sophomores Michelle Goldberg (Hauppage, N.Y.) and Arianna Thomas (Shrewsbury, Vt.) came in consecutively at 24:18 and 24:22, while freshman Sydney Altschuler (Durham, Conn.) and junior Caroline McCormack (Pembroke, Mass.) followed closely behind at 24:23 and 24:24, respectively. Junior Megan Lander (Ossipee, N.H.) rounded out the finishers for the Lynx, coming in at 25:17.
Lesley will return to action and look to secure their sixth consecutive New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Championship on Saturday, October 26th at Bay Path College.