Complete Villanova Results

RALEIGH, N.C.--Junior distance runner Nicole Hutchinson (West Vancouver, B.C.) ran one of the fastest 5000 meter races in school history in her very first collegiate 5K race at the Raleigh Relays on Friday night. Hutchinson recorded a time of 15:46.22 and crossed the finish line just over three seconds ahead of the runner-up from meet host North Carolina State. Her time is the fifth-fastest by a Wildcats runner in a race held during the collegiate season, and she is the first Villanova athlete in nearly six years to break 16 minutes in the 5000 meters.

Also on the docket for the Wildcats in North Carolina was the 10,000 meters later on Friday evening. Junior Bella Burda (Pleasant Valley, N.Y.) competed in her third collegiate 10K race and finished seventh overall with a time of 34:19.67. The third-year runner and Villanova cross country standout is ranked fourth on the program's all-time performance list in the 10,000 meters and was an NCAA East Preliminary qualifier as a sophomore last season.

The rest of the Wildcats in action on Friday all competed at the Florida Relays. Senior Siofra Cleirigh Buttner (Dublin, Ireland) ran in the fastest section of the 800 meters and came in seventh with a time of 2:05.13. Sophomore McKenna Keegan (West Grove, Pa.) had one of the team's top performances of the day with a personal best time of 2:06.20 in the 800 meters, lowering by more than a second the mark she had set during the indoor season which just ended. Sixth-year senior Kelsey Margey (Huntington, N.Y.) posted a time of 2:06.46 in the same section as Keegan, while freshman Rachel McArthur (Bristow, Va.) ran in the fastest section and crossed the finish line in 2:08.17.

Junior Kaley Ciluffo (Le Claire, Iowa) and freshman Lauren Ryan (South Yarra, Australia) each finished strong in the 1500 meters. Ciluffo came in sixth out of more than 50 runners with a time of 4:19.79, while Ryan followed in 12th place after being clocked in 4:21.74. Among other athletes in action for Villanova, sophomore Danielle Burns (Phoenix, Ariz.) tallied times of 14.06 in the 100 meter hurdles and 1:02.83 in the 400 meter hurdles. Redshirt freshman Trudy-Ann Williamson (Kingston, Jamaica) ran the 100 meterse in 11.94, while freshman Sarah Jones (Sewell, N.J.) finished with a time of 14.31 in the 100 meter hurdles.

The PDF link at the top of this release contains the Wildcats full set of results from Friday's action at both the Raleigh Relays and the Florida Relays.