ROCK HILL, S.C. – Appalachian State University women's cross country topped the competition on Saturday morning at the Winthrop Open, making it the second the second consecutive win for the Mountaineers in Rock Hill.

“This was a very satisfying win for the women,” said head coach Michael Curcio. “This course gives us a benchmark to see our progress, especially after this 3 week training cycle.”

Junior Justine Stocks took first place overall, running a 18:02.84 and beating her former personal record by 2 seconds.

Senior Katie Cagle finished third in the meet for the Apps and also recorded a new personal best with a time of 18:08.12.

Senior Meaghan McCauley and junior Kayla Schneider each tallied new PR's, finishing fourth and fifth overall with times of 18:09.55 and 18:10.33, respectively.

“This year they averaged 18:09 with a 12 second spread,” said Curcio. “We actually had 11 ladies finish within 45 seconds.”

The Mountaineers had four other runners recording new personal records, including sophomores Dana Cox, Brittany Williams, Samantha Campanaro and Shelby Howell.

The Black and Gold finished first with 19 points, followed by Davidson with 69 and Winthrop with 95.

“Our ladies have had a great summer of training and have a lot of depth,” said Curcio. “We will need that through the later part of the season to do well at the SoCon Championships.”

Appalachian will be back in action when they host the Mountaineer Open in Boone on Oct. 4 at 5 p.m.