HARTFORD, Conn. – The JWU (Providence) cross country team captured the first Conference of New England (CNE) Championship in program history Saturday afternoon at Keney Park.

Junior Amanda Intrieri won the event with a time of 21:59.9 – which was more than 10 seconds faster than the second-place finisher – as the Wildcats finished with 39 points and featured five of the top 11 finishers. For her efforts, she was named to the CNE All-Conference First Team.

Complete Results

Intrieri has now led the team in every meet in which she has competed this fall, and she entered Saturday fresh off an individual win at the Connecticut College Invitational that featured more than 250 competitors.

Junior Caroline Carter – who was unable to complete at last year's event – took seventh place (24:03.8), followed by senior Evelyn Eastman in eighth (24:08.6) and junior Lulani Haslinger in ninth (24:09.5).

Sophomore Josie Spaulding (24:23.8) and graduate student Avery Goshert (24:56.7) finished in 11th and 19th place, respectively. Other finishers for the Wildcats included first-year Shelby Querry (26:53.9, 59th), junior Madelyn Andresen (28:15.0, 71st), graduate student Allison Bourdin (29:16.3, 84th) and sophomore Lily Hurst (31:54.6, 94th).

Saturday's field consisted of 110 competitors representing 11 member institutions across the conference. JWU held off holding off both the University of New England (49) and Suffolk (67) to capture the title.

The Wildcats will return to action on November 14 when they take part in the NCAA Mideast Regional in Manchester, Conn.