Women's Cross Country | 11/10/2022 9:55:04 AM
Houghton University senior Amanda Burrichter was named Empire 8 Championship Runner of the Meet, as the conference announced its 2022 Women’s Cross Country All-Conference selections on Thursday, November 10.
Burrichter emerged from a bunched up lead pack of six runners over the final 2,000-meters to earn the individual victory by just over seconds over Lilianna Hanning of Nazareth College in the Empire 8 Championship event on October 29 from Field of Dreams Park on the campus of Houghton. Two-time individual defending champion Riley Corey of St. John Fisher University was third overall in a time of 23:11.8.
The Empire 8 first, second and third team selections were determined at the championship meet on October 29. The top-seven finishers earned first team honors, while finishers 8-14 garnered second team accolades and finishers 15-21 were third team picks. Burrichter and St. John Fisher’s Riley Corey earned All-Empire 8 first team honors for the fourth consecutive season, while St. John’s Fisher’s Lauren DeMichele garnered first team accolades for the third straight year.
2022 Empire 8 Women’s Cross Country All-Conference Selections
Empire 8 First Team
Amanda Burrichter, Sr., Houghton
Lilianna Hanning, Jr., Nazareth
Emily Weaver, Jr., Nazareth
Elizabeth Ingellis, So., Russell Sage
Riley Corey, Sr., St. John Fisher
Lauren DeMichele, Jr., St. John Fisher
Laura Witt, Jr., St. John Fisher
Empire 8 Second Team
McKenzie Hall, Jr., Alfred
Rachel Domaracki, Sr., Houghton
Noelle Linenfelser, Fr., Houghton
Mackenzie Feeney, Jr., Russell Sage
Brigid McKee, Jr., St. John Fisher
Jade Dening, So., Utica
Gianna Welker, Fr., Utica
Empire 8 Third Team
Mari Jablonski, Jr., Alfred
Kennedy McCoy, So., Houghton
Paige Ackley, Jr., Nazareth
Alexis Anagnostopulous, Sr., Nazareth
Ella Impaglia, Fr., Nazareth
Peyton Tripp, So., Nazareth
Olivia Grinnell, Fr., St. John Fisher
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