Kings Park, NY – Sophomore Attoya Harvey of the Monroe University women's cross country team won her third straight race as the Mustangs placed eighth out of 19 teams at the St. Joseph's Long Island Invitational at Sunken Meadow State Park on Saturday afternoon.

Harvey won her third straight race with a time of 20:20.40.

Freshmen Tanesia Gardiner and Stephanie Delouis followed Harvey on the leaderboard for Monroe, finishing with respective times of 21:47.30 and 27:39.10.

Sophomore Julihanna Johnson was the next placed Mustang, finishing with a time of 30:53.30.

Rounding out the Mustang racers was freshman Aleisha Clarke, who clocked in with a time of 34:11.20.

The Mustangs will now prepare for the 2024 NJCAA Division I Cross Country Championships, which will take place on Saturday, November 9, at Green Pole Park in Richmond, VA. The championship meet is scheduled to start at 11 am.

ABOUT THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM AT MONROE UNIVERSITY
The athletic program at Monroe University encompasses a total of 28 teams competing across nine sports. There are 20 varsity and junior varsity programs, as well as the Monroe University marching band, competing on the New Rochelle campus as the Mustangs (NJCAA Division I). The Monroe Express, based out of the Bronx campus, has seven teams competing at the NJCAA Division III level.
 
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