Women’s Cross Country Back on the Course Saturday at James Earley Invitational

Women’s Cross Country Back on the Course Saturday at James Earley Invitational
Posted: Oct 10, 2025

BOSTON – Suffolk women's cross country will take part in the James Earley Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 11, at Stanley Park in Westfield, Massachusetts. The Rams will compete in the 5k championship race at 11:30 a.m.

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LAST TIME OUT
Suffolk women's cross country shined at the Blugold Invite with a 10th-place performance Friday afternoon at the Whitetail Golf Course.  

The Rams combined for 325 points to finish in the top-10 of the 36-team pack at that featured four programs in the United States Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Top-30. Suffolk's average 6k time of 23:51 put the blue-and-gold as the eighth-best NCAA Division III team in the Badger State.  

MORE READING: Women's Cross Country Claims 10th at BluGold Invite

THE HEATS
Suffolk will be represented by Janelle Bryant, Maria Gallant, Kaitlyn Cullen, and Katarina Ferreira in the women's 5k championship race.

THE COURSE
Stanley Park features rolling terrain that challenges both endurance and strategy. 

THE COMPEITION
The Rams will run against a 23-team field that includes Conference of New England (CNE) foes Curry, Roger Williams, and Western New England, along with nationally ranked programs No.2 Williams and No.18 Tufts. 

RAMS REMINISCE: JAMES EARLEY INVITATIONAL

  • The Rams have competed at the James Earley Invitational once, in 2014.
  • Megan Murphy led the Rams with a time of 22:01:67.
  • Suffolk finished 40th out of the 44 squads. 

REGIONAL RANK
Suffolk women's cross country moved to seventh in the East in Week 4 of the U.S. Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) regional rankings, the national organization announced Tuesday afternoon. 

MORE READING: Women's Cross Country Dips to Seventh in East in USTFCCCA Rankings

SUFFOLK'S SCHEDULE
Suffolk will turn its attention to the CNE Championship that is on tap for Saturday, Nov. 1. The Rams will attempt to five-peat on the campus of Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts.