Women's 5K Recap
• Niagara's Annina Marullo finished eighth in the event with a time of 19:27.6, her career-best 5k time.
• Margaret Nawojski, Sara Mueller and Alissa Mete also posted top-15 finishes with times of 19.29.9, 20:05.2 and 20:11.4, respectively.
• Kate Pratt finished with a time of 21:36.6 to finish 27th overall and round out the scoring for NU.
• Lydia Chunco and Victoria Achtziger-Hughes finished with times of 21:39.1 and 21:55.5, respectively.
Men's 5K Recap
• Junior Braden York finished 15th overall with a time of 16:38.2, recording the best men's team individual finish at the Little Three since former Purple Eagle Ryan DeLola placed 15th in 2019.
• Finishing two spots behind York in 17th place was Caleb Noble who finished with a time of 16:42.1.
• Gabe Valdivia ran a 17:48.17 to finish 35th overall, followed by Bobby Adams in 39th place with a time of 18:23.7.
• Reid Tichy rounded out the Purple Eagles scoring with a time of 22:05.5.
Niagara Notes
• York's time of 16:38.2 is the best of his collegiate career.
• Marullo, Nawojski, Pratt, Mueller, Chunco and Achtziger-Hughes all posted career-best times.
• Noble broke the 17-minute mark for the first time in the 5k.
Coach Kloiber's Comments
"What a great way to open the season! Every athlete had a pace strategy and each one of them executed it exactly. They worked together, followed the plan and battled well in the final third of the race. When you put all of that together, personal bests usually happen. It is only the first meet of the year, and we know there's a lot more training and racing to do; but this should give the team a big boost of confidence that their training is sound and they're in a good place to build from."
"Our freshmen both had all-time personal bests, which is a terrific way to kick off their collegiate career, but that also means that when we move up to the 6k for Margaret and the 8k for Caleb, they're going to be better prepared for that transition. They both did a fantastic job of getting in their summer training, and running this well in the first meet should justify the work they put in. Meanwhile, our upperclassmen almost all opened up with NU personal-bests. We still have a few folks who are working through some leftover aches and pains from summer, but once those issues shake-out in the next couple of weeks, we fully anticipate that Mete, Valdivia and Adams will roll right into the rhythm with their teammates."
Up Next
• Niagara will run in the Yellow Jacket Invitational on Saturday, Sep. 17 in Rochester, N.Y.
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