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Osborne Lead Owls in NAC Championships on Home Course

Osborne Earns Second Team All Conference Honors

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine – Four Husson University runners finished among the top eight to lead the Eagles to the team title at the 2023 North Atlantic Conference Women's Cross Country Championship, Saturday afternoon at the UMaine-Presque Isle Cross Country Trails. Katelyn Osborne led UMPI with second team honors.
 
Lilianna Peters of SUNY Cobleskill won the individual championship with a time of 24:44.8 on the 6K course. Husson teammates Grace Bedore took second at 25:09.7 and Payton Goodwin finished third with a time of 25:16.5. Ava Dowling was sixth for the Eagles at 25:37.3 and teammate Miranda Dunton's clocking of 26:06.8 was good for eighth place.
 
Husson scored 37 points, the same total that won the 2022 Championship. This is the second straight title for Husson and the fourth in the program's history. SUNY Cobleskill was second this season with 82 points.
 
Peters earned both the NAC Women's Cross Country Runner of the Year and Rookie of the Year awards for her first place finish. This is the third straight season that a women's runner has earned both the Runner of the Year and Rookie of the Year honors, and it is the eighth time in the history of the championship.
 
Previous winners of both the Runner and Rookie awards were Delhi's Alexa Wolcott (2022), Husson's Dowling (2021),  Northern Vermont-Lyndon's (now VTSU-Lyndon) Zosia Prince (2018), Castleton's Kaylyn Crompton (2016), New England College's Abby Shafer (2013), Husson's Angela Stauble (2010), and UMaine-Farmington's Emily Farley (2006).
 
Following Husson and Cobleskill in the team results were UMaine-Farmington in third with 87 points followed by SUNY Morrisville (91), SUNY Delhi (118), Thomas (155), Maine Maritime (184), Lesley (186), host Maine-Presque Isle (201) and Eastern Nazarene (215).
 
SUNY Canton could not compete in this year's Championship due to travel issues.
 
The top 15 runners earn All-North Atlantic Conference accolades, with the top eight on the First Team and finishers nine through 15 receiving Second Team honors.
 
First Team All-North Atlantic Conference
Lillianna Peters, SUNY Cobleskill
Grace Bedore, Husson
Payton Goodwin, Husson
Joy Evans, UMaine Farmington
Ivy Murphy, SUNY Morrisville
Ava Dowling, Husson
Katherine Ledermann, SUNY Cobleskill
Miranda Dunton, Husson
 
Second Team All-North Atlantic Conference
Alyssa Freeguard, SUNY Cobleskill
Hannah Nangle, Lesley
Alexus Lennon, SUNY Morrisville
Madison Kennedy, SUNY Morrisville
Katelyn Osborne, UMaine-Presque Isle
Mary Bryant, SUNY Delhi
Anna MacDonald, UMaine-Farmington
 
UMPI Finishes
Team: 9th with 201 points
Katelyn Osborne: 13th 27:27.1 (7:21.7 split)
Serena Lufkin: 37th 33:58.6 (9:06.7 split)
Alex Harrinton: 50th 39:25.5 (10:34.4 split)
Shelby Shea: 55th 41:21.8 (11:05.6 split)
Madisyn Petrucci: 41:32.2 (11:08.4 split)
 

Next Up: NCAA-3 North Regional Championships November 11th
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Players Mentioned

Katelyn Osborne

Katelyn Osborne

Senior
Serena Lufkin

Serena Lufkin

Junior
Shelby Shea

Shelby Shea

Senior

Players Mentioned

Katelyn Osborne

Katelyn Osborne

Senior
Serena Lufkin

Serena Lufkin

Junior
Shelby Shea

Shelby Shea

Senior

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