Women’s Cross Country Hosts RPI Fairgrounds Showdown

WASHINGTON COUNTY, NY – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women’s cross country team placed third among 16 teams in the 6K today at the RPI Fairgrounds Showdown, held at the Washington County Fairgrounds this afternoon. Ava Handel led RPI across the 6K course, finishing eighth overall in 21:40.1. Erin vonHousen followed in 15th with a time of 21:53.6, while Fran Mavricos placed 19th in 22:05.8. Charlotte Koutalidis and Karina Martinez completed the Engineers’ scoring five with back-to-back finishes. Koutalidis took 24th in 22:13.4, while Martinez crossed in 22:13.7 to place 25th. RPI’s five scorers were separated by just 33.7 seconds.…