Dukes Win ECAC Championship For Second Consecutive Year

Saturday, November 18

New York, N.Y.

11:15 a.m.

James Madison University

ECAC Championship

11/18/2017 1:59:00 PM | Cross Country

@JMUCrossCountry ECAC Women's Results

BRONX, N.Y. – Led by four top-10 finishers, the James Madison cross country team won the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship on Saturday for the second consecutive year.

RACE RECAP
The Dukes tallied 60 points with an average 5k time of 18:11.46. Senior Carol Strock paced the Dukes for the second consecutive year in the race, as Strock finished second out of 210 runners with a time of 17:53.0. Sophomore Caitlin Swanson, senior Nora Raher and sophomore Emily Murphy rounded out the top-10 for JMU and all of whom set new personal records with times of 18:02.4, 18:08.6 and 18:13.2, respectively.

JMU RACE RESULTS (Full Results Here)
Carol Strock, 17:53.0, 2^nd
Caitlin Swanson, 18:02.4, 5^th
Nora Raher, 18:08.6, 7^th
Emily Murphy, 18:13.2, 10^th
Erica Jackson, 18:40.1, 36^th
Erin Saunders, 19:01.8, 54^th
Nicole Goff, 19:12.0, 65^th

COACH RINKER'S REMARKS
"I'm extremely proud of this group. We had some sickness last week at the NCAA Southeast Regional and we were disappointed with our finish. To come back and have a great day today shows the teams' toughness, resiliency and competitiveness. I could not ask for a better team!"

PERSONAL RECORDS SHATTERED
Every JMU runner following Strock, set their new personal record in the 5k race. The six new personal records in the most set in a single race this season.

ECAC DOMINANCE
The Dukes have secured top-two finishes in the ECAC Championship Race six times in the last eight years, with four of the six years JMU has won the championship.
First Place: 2010, 2012, 2016, 2017
Second Place: 2013, 2015