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MOUNT MORRIS, N.Y. - Behind four All-Region honorees, including three who finished in the top 12 overall, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's cross country team finished third at the NCAA Division III Atlantic Regional Championships, one spot away from an automatic berth as a group. The Engineers, the first in school history to finish in the top three, can still qualify as an at-large team selection for the NCAA Division III Championship Meet, which takes place on November 21 in Winecone, Wis., at the Lake Breeze Golf Club.

Rensselaer, which is ranked 10th in Division III, was paced by sophomore Jaime Lord (Stony Point, NY / North Rockland), who was fifth overall with a time of 22:07.2 over the 6k course at Letchworth State Park. She ran at a 5:56 pace and placed under a second behind the fourth place finisher. Senior Shannon Trant was second on Rensselaer and eighth overall at 22:16.6, nearly two seconds in front of the ninth place finisher. Junior Maddie Dery (Mahopac, NY / Mahopac) was third on the team and 12th overall, crossing in 22:23.0.

Mary West (Fulton, NY / G. Ray Bodley), a junior, rounded out RPI's All-Region runners with a 28th place finish (22:54.1), while senior Alexa Sakorafos (Brookfield, CT / Immaculate) also scored for RPI with a 50th place finish (23:21.8).

There were 266 runners from 44 schools at the meet with St. Lawrence University's Megan Kellogg winning in a time of 21:44.6, 12 seconds in front of Taryn Cordani of Ithaca College (21:56.7). SUNY Geneseo, which is ranked sixth nationally and hosted the meet, won the team title with 75 points, followed by SUNY Oneonta (89), Rensselaer (103), St. Lawrence (128) and the University of Rochester (165). Oneonta is 15th in the nation, St. Lawrence is 13th and Rochester is 17th.
 

  3.   103  RPI                            (22:36.6  113:02.7 1:14.6)
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  1      5  Jaime Lord          SO  22:07.2
  2      8  Shannon Trant       SR  22:16.6
  3     12  Maddie Dery       JR  22:23.0
  4     28  Mary West           JR  22:54.1
  5     50  Alexa Sakorafos     SR  23:21.8
  6   ( 72) Loki Rasmussen      SR  23:42.3
  7   ( 95) Allison Thayer      JR  24:08.3