Fis and Dischert Round Out Jasper Fall Invitational with Top-10 Finishes

MIDDLETOWN, NY – The Rider University women's cross country team notched a 4^th place finish at Saturday's Jasper Fall XC Invitational, with Liz Fis and Maddie Dischert logging fourth place and eighth place finishes respectively amongst the field of 139 runners in the women's 6000 meter race.

"The women raced really well today. This was a challenging course with some really good competition and they did a great job of managing this challenge. They did a really nice job of racing the second half of the race. We have a good team and we took steps towards being really good today. Liz ran outstanding today. She was patient and then aggressive over the second half of the race. Maddie ran a strong race today as well. They are a great tandem and we need both of them firing for us to be good. We had many women take some really good steps forward today." – Head Coach Bob Hamer

Liz Fis repeated her performance from last weeks Lafayette Invite, logging another Top-Five finish while placing fourth in Middletown with a time of 21:32.6. Maddie Dischert also logged a Top-10 finish in eighth place with a time of 21:49.9.
Ashley Doyle, Nicole Dauberman, Olivia Bortz, and Rebekah Hickey made up the middle-pack of Broncs runners, with Doyle finishing 35^th with a time of 22:34.8, Dauberman finishing 40^th with a time of 22:48.6, Bortz finishing with a time of 23:06.9, and Hickey finishing with a time of 23:33.1 in 65^th.
Victoria Botte finished in 82nd, recording a time of 23:56.0 while Kaelyn Barker finished in 86^th with a time of 24:13.7 and Riley Servis finished with a time of 24:15.0 in 87^th.
The Broncs Top-7 logged a total race time of 2:39:22 while averaging a time of 22:46 with a spread of 2:34.