BOSTON– The Utah women's cross country team placed third at the sixth-annual Battle in Beantown Friday afternoon in Boston. Freshman Scarlet Dale led the way for the Utes as she finished in 14th place. 
 
"I thought our kids ran great, ran very tough, but the race went off very fast and we were trying to be a little more conservative then we were but we had to stay in the race," head coach Kyle Kepler explained. "I thought our kids did a great job particularly our front four early in the race." 
 
Dale finished the five-kilometer course in a time of 17:39.7. Coming in behind Dale was junior Sarah Feeny and redshirt freshman Cara Woolnough. Feeny earned 20th with a time of 17:45.8 while Woolnough placed 32nd with a time of 17:53.8. Rounding out the top five scorers for the Utes was freshman Sophie Ryan and junior Sarah Newton. Ryan captured 44th with a time of 18:04.9 and Newton placed 51st with a time of 18:07.1. 
 
"Those four were packed together for about sixty percent of the race and then they kind of got split up a little bit, but they ultimately did a great job of holding on," Kepler said. 
 
Also competing for the Utes was freshman Kennedy Powell, sophomore Aubrey Argyle, senior Sadie Wassum, freshman Sara Leonard, and junior Caitlin Faust. Powell placed 52nd (18:08.30, Argyle earned 58th (18:11.8), Wassum captured 92nd (18:34.9), Leonard placed 132nd (18:58.3), and Faust earned 162nd (19:17.0). 
 
"Where we made the difference was with our fifth, sixth, and seventh runners who really came flying home," Kepler said. "Sarah Newton, Kennedy Powell, and Aubrey Argyle they got buried early in the race and had a lot of work to do in the end but they really came charging home and did a great job over the last mile." 
 
Utah finished in third place overall with 161 team points. Ole Miss captured the team title with a total of 102 team points. Georgia Tech placed second with 105 total team points. The Utes finished ahead of four different ranked teams in the field including 24th ranked Minnesota (4th), 27th ranked Dartmouth (5th), 22nd ranked Syracuse (9th), and 11th ranked Providence (11th). 
 
The Utes will be back in action Friday Oct. 5, at the Steve T. Reeder Invitational hosted by Utah State University.  
 
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