Thornton-Fillyaw, O'Connor Post Top 5s at Charger Invitational

LANCASTER, Pa. - First year Tanise Thornton-Fillyaw (Bethedsa, Md.) and sophomore Sophie O'Connor (Shorewood, Wisc.) each finished in the top five for the Goucher College women's cross country team at the Charger Invitational hosted by Lancaster Bible on Friday afternoon.

The Gophers did not post a team score.

Thornton-Fillyaw placed second in the event in a field of 41 with a 6K time of 26:13.7.  O'Connor placed fourth overall with a mark of 26:49.2.

Emma Kistner (Woodlawn, Md.) recorded a time of 29:45.8 to finish 14th overall.  Maria James (Westminster, Md.) ran a time of 31:45.2.

Goucher returns to action on Saturday, October 1 when it heads to Salisbury's Don Cathcart Invitational.