PHILADELPHIA, PA – Junior Natascha Alves was the top Rutgers-Newark finisher as the Scarlet Raiders placed 12th among 13 teams in the Cabrini Invitational held at Belmont Plateau. 

2009 Cabrini Invitational Results

The Raiders generally improved their times against a strong field while covering the same 5-kilometer course that they had covered just a week before in the Belmont Classic. 

Alves finished 81st in a field go 98 runners in a time of 24:30.88 to led the way for the Raiders. 

First-year sophomore Ania Shiyanova ran a 26:40.17 to finish 112th, just ahead of junior Kenitra Washington who clocked a 27:06.65. 

Rounding out the Raider scoring were junior Selamawit Rutty (27:33.01) and Krissy Arias (38:44.31). 

Rutgers-Newark travels to Richard Stockton College on Saturday to run in the CTC Championships.