NORTHAMPTON, Mass.--Junior Kylee Drugan-Eppich (Madbury, N.H./Oyster River) earned medalist honors as the Smith College cross country team finished placed three in the top five as the Pioneers finished second at the season opening Smith College Invitational on Saturday. 

Drugan-Eppich crossed the line in 19:59.41, just ahead of teammate Danielle Opatovsky (Shoreham, N.Y./Shoreham-Wading), who came in second in 19:59.81 in her first collegiate race.  Classmate Katie Ferrall (Guilford, Conn./Guilford) added a fifth place finish in 20:19.44.  Also scoring points for Smith were Abby Mosca (Manchester, N.H./Central), who finished in 15th place in 20:49.13, and Micaela Young (Saugerties, N.Y./Saugerties), who finished 32nd in 21:42.52.

Smith totalled 55 points, one behind  Wellesley College, who took the team title with 54 points.  The Blue had five in the top 15, including Nos. 8-11.

Courtney Collins (Cincinnati, Ohio/Summit Country Day) came in 36th place in a time of 21:49.84, while Katie Paulson-Smith (Apple Valley, Minn./School of Environmental Studies) (56th, 22:44.24), Charlotte Dzialo (Longmeadow, Mass./Longmeadow) (79th, 23.41.49), Bess Hepner (Leverett, Mass./Amherst) (81st, 23:46.06), Cynthia Masai (Eldoret Rift Valley, Kenya/Moi Girls) (87th, 24:08.10), and Leslie Hillsamer (Princeton, N.J./Montgomery) (101st, 24:33.58) rounded out the Pioneer harriers.

Smith will be back in action in two weeks, racing at the Wesleyan Invitational in Middletown, Conn., on September 22.

Full Results

(Note: A scoring change moved Smith from co-champions to second play.  We apologize for any inconvenience)