PR’s Abound for Lynx Cross Country at Pop Crowell Invitational

Posted: Sep 13, 2025

THE BASICS

Event: Pop Crowell Invitational

Location: Wenham, Mass. – Gordon College

Date: Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025

Men's Course – 8K
Women's Course – 6K

THE LEAD – On Saturday, September 13, a total of 13 Lesley University runners recorded a personal record (PR) during their individual performances at the 2025 Pop Crowell Invitational hosted by Gordon College. The women's team posted an 8^th place team finish while the men took home a 9^th place showing.

LESLEY HIGHLIGHTS

Sophomore Rebecca Hall (Richmond, Vt.) blew away her previous 6K PR time finishing in 26:07 for 30^th place, knocking 95 seconds off her previous best in a 6K race.
Seniors Madison Reed (Burlingame, Calif.) and Maddy Duskocy (Ellington, Conn.) posted PR's coming in at 28:48 and 28:49 for 68^th and 69^th place finishes.
Juniors Bethany Slivka (Berkley, Mass.) and Desire Lopez (Ventura, Calif.) rounded out the top-five LU scoring runners, also recording PR's while junior Chelsea McIntosh (Martinsburg, W. Va.) and second year Ella Behling (Danvers, Mass.) posted PR's in as well.
On the men's side, senior Zephaniaya Alvarado (Manhattan, N.Y.) PR'd in the 8K race with a 17^th place finish and 28:07 showing.
First year's Prince Calhoun (Woburn, Mass.) and Jonathan Le Maitre (Easton, Pa.) clocked in at 28:38 and 31:39, both PR's for 24^th and 69^th place spots in the field.
Sophomores Liam McNeil (Hudson, N.H.) and Osmin Castaneda (East Boston, Mass.) and junior Bendjy Auguste (Medford, Mass.) rounded out the Lynx runners, all recording collegiate PR's.

WINNING PERFORMANCES

Wellesley won comfortably on the women's side with five runners placing in the top 12 spots while Wentworth took home the men's race having five top-25 finishers..
Fitchburg State's Paulino Guevara Mateo earned the Men's individual champion honors with an 8K time of 25:39 while Emerson College's Yasmin Defne Dadik bested the women's field by over a minute (22:08) to win the 6K race.

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