Langhorne, PA – The Centenary College women's cross country team claimed fourth place at the Colonial States Athletic Conference Championships hosted by Cairn University at Core Creek Park on Saturday afternoon. 

Priscilla Ortiz (Denville, NJ / Morris Knolls) once again set a new school record for a 6K race posting a time of 23:38 and smashing her previous record setting performance at the 2013 NCAA Atlantic Regional by a minute (24:37).   

Ortiz placed third overall and earned First Team All-Conference honors while Abigail Voelkner (Denville, NJ / Morris Knolls) posted her personal best (24:46) and crossing the finish line in 14^th place.  Voelkner also earned Second Team honors to lead the Cyclones in the 6K race. 

Katherine O'Connell (Nutley, NJ / Nutley) finished with an overall time of 26:11 which was good enough for 27^th place, while Morgan Haller (Stroudsburg, PA / Pocono Mountain East) followed as she sped to a time of 26:13. 

Andrea Huber (West Chester, PA / Henderson) completed the course in 29:08 to place 56^th, Jessica Martin (Freehold, NJ / Freehold) finished in 31:17 (64^th) and Jessica Condrack (Roselle, NJ / Abraham Clark) posted 34:09 (74^th).  

Melissa DeRemer (Hillsborough, NJ / Hillsborough) rounded out the times with a 37:01 (82^nd) while also earning CSAC Sportsmanship team honors. 

As a team, Centenary placed fourth with 121 total points only five behind Immaculata University who placed third with 116.  Gwynedd Mercy claimed first place as a team with 42 points and Marywood University came in second with 45.

For the men's 8K race, Mariano DelValle (Brick, NJ / Brick Township) led the Cyclones with a time of 31:06 placing 24^th and also earned CSAC sportsmanship honors.   Colin Critchlow (Bridgewater, NJ / Bridgewater – Raritan) posted a time of 37:56 and Andrew Rodriguez (Flanders, NJ / Mount Olive) finished the course in 39:15. 

The women's team will compete at the NCAA Atlantic Regional November 15^th in Rochester, NY at Genesee Valley Park.  The race begins at 12:15pm. 

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