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    • Women’s Cross Country Bests Gordon In “Battle Of The North Shore” For Seventh Straight Season

    Women’s Cross Country Bests Gordon In “Battle Of The North Shore” For Seventh Straight Season
    August 30, 2025
    Results

    WENHAM, Mass. — The Endicott women's cross country team defeated host Gordon College in the "Battle of the North Shore" dual meet on Saturday morning.

    Endicott edged Gordon, 25-32, to improve to 7-1 overall in the all-time series (started in 2017).

    Hannah Shepard (Keene, N.H.) finished second overall on the 5-kilometer course with a time of 19:32.62.

    Alexa Suchy (Guilford, Conn.) followed in third place (19:49.08), while Raegan Gagne (North Attleboro, Mass.), Corinne Robert (Mattapoisett, Mass.), and Lulu Steele (Bedford, Mass.) rounded out the rest of the scoring lineup (5th — 20:20.76 | 6th — 20:54.30 | 9th — 21:30.18).

    INSIDE THE NUMBERS

    • Second career runner-up finish for Shepard in the "Battle of the North Shore" dual meet (2022). 
    • Suchy, Gagne, and Robert all posted personal bests.
    • The Gulls placed six runners inside the top-10, including Allie DeVoe's (Ridgefield, Conn.) bookend performance (10th — 21:31.76).
    • Gagne and Rebecca Zuniga (New Braunfels, Texas) made their collegiate debuts (Zuniga, 12th, 21:40.11).
    • Alyson Bortz (Dover, N.H.) also finished 15th overall (21:50.97), helping Endicott's entire lineup to an average 5k time of 20:25.39.

    WHAT'S NEXT

    Endicott competes in the Pop Crowell Invitational, hosted by Gordon, on Saturday, September 13 at 10:45 AM. 

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    (Photo Credit - Bradley Griffin '28)