Ellie Goldberg, a West Chester junior from West Deptford, placed 3rd overall and helped the Golden Rams to a perfect score of 15 points Saturday at the West Chester Season Opener in East Marlborough Township, Chester County, Pa.
Goldberg ran a PR 15:56 over the 4,000-meter course at Unionville High School and finished behind only teammates Taylor Atkinson [15:26] and Kristina Tapia [15:30].
Goldberg did not run cross country at West Deptford. She ran track and had an 800 PR of 2:27.13 for 800 meters and 6:12.44 for the mile.
But she’s blossomed as a collegiate runner, and her progression at 4,000 meters shows her steady improvement in three years at WCU: 18:55 as a freshman in 2022, 17:01 and then 16:30 as a sophomore last fall and now 15:56, which is a 34-second PR.
Also in the top 10 was The College of New Jersey junior Noelle Falzone, a Cherokee graduate. Falzone was TCNJ’s second finisher, taking 7th overall in 16:37.
Georgian Court’s top finisher was senior Amirah Beasley from Washington Township.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 