Woods Breaks Landmark, Program Record at Lock Haven Invite

By: Jennifer Jones
Director of Sports Information
jonesj@juniata.edu • juniatasports.net
Photo: JD Cavrich Photography

HUNTINGDON, Pa. - Juniata College cross country had a record day at the Lock Haven Cross Country Invitational Saturday.  Senior Katrina Woods (Shirleysburg, Pa./Mount Union) broke the women's Landmark Conference and program record in the 6K and senior Nate Alter (Pittsburg, Pa./Taylor Allderdice) broke the men's 8K program record running the fastest Landmark time this season at the distance.

Woods shaved over 1:30 off her previous season best time to finished third overall out of 231 runners.  This is her first time cracking the top three of a race this season and third in the top five.  Her time of 21:44.20 beat the 2009 Landmark record set Susquehanna's Casey Hess at the NCAA Mid-East Regional by 8.9 seconds.  It also crushed her previous personal best by over a minute.  She is only the second Landmark runner to break 22:00 in the 6K. 

Juniata had three runners finish in the top half.  Along with Woods, was sophomore Jecenia Duran (Temple, pa./Central York) and senior Courtney Peterson (York, Pa./Central York).  Both ran career-best times at the invite.  Duran finished 92 in a time of 24:34.0, nearly a minute faster than the previous best she set earlier this season at the Catholic Invitational.

Peterson was the 102 runner across.  She recording a time of 24:55.2, over 1:50 faster than previous season best, and 45 seconds better than her previous career-best mark.

As a team, the women placed 12^th.  Juniata continues its season on Saturday, Sept. 28 at the Father Bede Invitational hosted by Saint Francis University.

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