MILTON, N.Y. — Giovanna Lisa led the Pratt Institute women's cross country team to a fourth-place finish and Justin Cai was the top finisher for the men at the 2024 Atlantic East Conference Cross Country Championships on Saturday at the Hudson Valley Sportsdome.
Lisa's time of 27:55.6 was good for 13th place in the field of 41 and earning the first All-Atlantic East honor in their first year in the league. Sarah Cawley (29:47.4) and Reeshane Villarama (29:56.7) finished back-to-back in 20th and 21st. Finn Powell captured 25th in 31:29.7 and Kathleen Chen completed the scoring in 28th in 32:13.3.
Marymount University won the women's team championship with a score of 35, snapping a five-year streak of Marywood University winning the women's title.
Cai turned in a top–20 finish for the men in 19th overall clocking in at 30:48.9. Andrew Langpap finished in 37th in 36:21.0, Andrew Weiss took 41st in 38:13.8 and Henry Domst paced 44th in 40:04.8 as the Cannoneers did not score in the team competition.
Marywood assembled a perfect team score of 15 to win their sixth straight men's team title.