Rowan teammates Anna Sasse from Williamstown, Allyson Wernik from Washington Twp. finish 1-2 at Herb Lorenz Invite at TCNJ!!!!!!

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Rowan’s Anne Sasse from Williamstown crosses the line 1st Friday at the Herb Lorenz Invitational in Ewing Township. Photo courtesy From the Backstretch.
Rowan’s Allyson Wernik from Washington Twp. crosses the line 2nd Friday at the Herb Lorenz Invitational in Ewing Township. Photo courtesy From the Backstretch.

Anna Sasse of Williamstown, a Rowan senior, recorded her first careercollegiate cross ​country invitational win Friday when she placed 1st at the 2nd annual  in Ewing Township.

Sasse ran 18:48 and led a 1-2-3 Rowan finish over 5,000 meters on the Green Lane Fields course near The College of New Jersey.

Sasse, a three-time New Jersey Athletic Conference champ in the 1,500 and steeplechase, finished 35 meters ahead of Allyson Wernik, a sophomore from Washington Township. Wernik ran 19:04 for 2nd place. That’s a lifetime 5K all-course PR for Wernik, whose previous best was 19:55 in a high school meet at Stockton. Mia Guerra, a senior from Hasbrouck Heights, was 3rd in 19:11 for Rowan.

All three ran well under the course record of 20:05 set at last year’s inaugural meet by Emily Hoegler of The College of New Jersey

Also in Rowan’s top 5 were sophomore Emily Zanni of Sherwood High in Olney, Md. [12th in 20:08] and sophomore Sharon Stakelback of Toms River East [18th in 20:48].

Rowan is ranked No. 1 in this week’s USTFCCCA NCAA Division 3 Metro Division poll.

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