9/10/16

Vineland, NJ -

Mercer women's cross country beat Del Tech Terry 25-36 to win the Dukes Invitational hosted at Cumberland County College.  Freshman Lismarie Godinez (Hamilton, NJ/Nottingham) was the top Vikings finisher, finshing the 5K course in 6th place with a time of 23:17.  The Vikings had two other top finishers, freshman Mani Rivera-Kissling (Hamilton, NJ/Steinert) 7th place in 23:26 and sophomore Sage Southard (Westampton, NJ/Rancocas Valley) 9th in 23:53.  The Vikings had three other finishers in the top 15: freshman Jackie Leszycynski (Robbinsville, NJ/Robbinsville) 12th in 24:43, sophomore Megan Jean (Burlington, NJ/Burlington Twp.) 13th in 25:23 and freshman Veronica Wise (Burlington, NJ/Burlington Twp.) 14th in 25:34.