BETHLEHEM, PA – Nine members of the University of Rochester women's cross country team ran in the Open Women's 6K race at the Lehigh University Paul Short Run before the afternoon races were canceled due to heat on Friday at the Goodman Campus Cross Country Course.
 
The Women's 6K Open race went off at 10:15 a.m., with Claire McDonald pacing the Yellowjackets with a 218th-place result in the 430-runner field and a time of 25:00.4. Close behind her was Juliana Raigosa, who clocked in at 25:10.6, good for 233rd.
 
Ella Yanni, Ariane Yedidia and Miranda Fioravanti all joined McDonald and Raigosa, finishing in the top 300, with Yanni taking 266th with a time of 25:43.1, while Yedidia came in 271st, crossing the finish line in 25:48.0, and Fioravanti placed 298th at 26:24.2.
 
Next up for the Yellowjackets was Lilly Streicher, who clocked in with a time of 26:39.9, good for 310th.
 
Kara Goldstein and Solvieg Wartchow finished one after another, with Goldstein coming in 331st, with a time of 27:43.3, while Wartchow placed 332nd, less than a second behind Goldstein with a time of 27:24.6.
 
Chloe Fietze was the Yellowjackets' final competing runner in the open race, finishing 338th with a time of 27:34.9.
 
The Yellowjackets also had 10 runners set to compete in the Women's College White 6K race set for 1:15 p.m. before the meet was canceled due to the heat.
 
Rochester next will compete at the SUNY Geneseo Mike Woods Invitational on Friday, Oct. 16, in Mt. Morris, NY, at 12:00 p.m.