FREDONIA, N.Y. -- The Oneonta women's cross-country team had their top five runners all place in the top 25, out of 124 runners, to win the Kara Hall Memorial Invitational in Fredonia, Friday morning. The Red Dragons beat 12 other teams in the 6K and finished with 64 points to win the event, averaging a time of 23:59.9 and a spread of 1:34.8. Oneonta last competed in the event in 2023, when they also took home first place.

"Effort wise there were a lot of improvements in today's race in comparison to our last meet," said Associate Head Coach Meghann Tanner. "The course was harder, but the women showed up and took the win over some good teams."

Junior Natalia Sweat (Newburgh, NY/Newburgh) led the charge for Oneonta with a third-place finish, and senior Anya Sloth (Oneonta, NY/Oneonta Senior) was right behind with a seventh-place performance. Sweat finished the race at 23:03.7, while Sloth crossed the finish line at 23:48.1.

Sophomores Summer Sayaves (Levittown, NY/General Douglas MacArthur), Jill Cinquina (Cortlandt Manor, NY/Walter Panas), and junior Anna Kern (Central Valley, NY/Monroe-Woodbury) rounded out the team's top five. Sayaves was third on the team and 13th overall with a time of 24:06.6. Cinquina was fourth for the Red Dragons with a time of 24:22.2 for an 18th place finish, and Kern finished the race 25th overall at 24:38.5.

Freshman Alannah McCarthy (Slingerlands, NY/Clayton A. Bouton) and junior Sophia Allen (Scotia, NY/Scotia Glenville) finished sixth and seventh for Oneonta. McCarthy crossed the line with a time of 24:49.6 to place 30th overall, and Allen ran the course in 25:11.5 to place 39th in the field. Freshman Paige Baker (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) and senior Keyla Mendoza (Freeport, NY/Freeport) were right behind Allen and finished the race 42nd and 45th, respectively. Baker came in at a time of 25:19.6, while Mendoza finished at 25:23.5.

Oneonta is back in action on Friday, October 16, when they travel to Geneseo for the Mike Woods Invitational at Letchworth State Park at 10 am.