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Runner of the Week: Abby Mosca

Abby gets taped up before the race.

Abby Mosca, a sophomore from New Hampshire, earned the honor of Runner of the Week after her stellar performance at Open New England Invitational at Franklin Park, October 8.  She showed her talent and team dedication even more heartily this past weekend at the Seven Sisters Invitational.  During this race at Bryn Mawr, Abby took on the role of "pack leader." The goal was to establish this season's first real pack appearance on the trail, intimidating all competitors with four Smith uniforms one beside the other during the race--not to mention improving the team score by finishing close together.  Abby slowed her speed slightly in order to pace and encourage Victoria, Kristin, and Katie to stick together and with her through the first two miles.  Abby's leadership led to each of those runners improving their times 12-30 seconds from last week's race; and, despite spending much of the race communicating with and encouraging the pack, Abby's overall time slowed by only 11 seconds compared to last week's 5k.  Phenomenal work, Abby!