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Grace Tilton
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Women's Cross Country Tim Volkmann, Geneseo athletic communications

Grace Tilton Wins NCAA Atlantic Regional

Grace Tilton
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MT. MORRIS, N.Y. - Senior Grace Tilton broke her own course record and won the NCAA Atlantic Regional with a time of 21:07.0, besting the 269-runner field to win the individual championship (21:07.0). She broke the 6-kilometer course record time she previously set last month during the Geneseo Invitational (Oct. 5) by over 40 seconds.

New York University ran to the 2013 NCAA Division III Atlantic Region Women's Cross Country Championship, Saturday afternoon, at the Highbanks Recreational Area of Letchworth State Park. The 38 school 6K event was hosted by SUNY Geneseo.

RPI was 10th overall. Following Tilton, who has qualified for next Saturday's NCAA Championship Meet, was junior Christine Artime, who was 44th overall. Junior Hailey Beyer was 54th with a time of 22:57.7. 

 10.   302  RPI                            (22:49.9  114:09.2 2:33.9)
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  1      1  Grace Tilton        SR    21:07.0
  2     44  Christine Artim     JR    22:45.8
  3     54  Hailey Beyer        JR    22:57.7
  4     99  Shannon Trant       SO    23:37.8
  5    104  Alexa Sakaforas     SO    23:40.9
  6   (132) Emily Stickles      SO    24:07.0
  7   (138) Andrea Duncan       FR    24:12.8

NYU compiled a winning score of 97 points to edge four-time defending champion St. Lawrence (103), along with The College of New Jersey (148), Geneseo (149) and Oneonta (177) and the rest of the field.

Four NYU runners finished in the top-20, led by junior Emily Cousens who logged her second-straight Atlantic Regional top-10 finish in ninth place (21:40.8) after running to ninth last year. Senior defending individual champion Amy Cymerman notched a third-place effort (21:21.0) to lead St. Lawrence.

With their top-two finishes, NYU and St. Lawrence earned automatic berths to next week's NCAA Division III Championships in Hanover, Ind. Sixteen other team at-large bids will be awarded across the nation's eight total regions, while the top-seven individual finishers from today's race not on one of the team qualifiers will also qualify for the national championship.
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