Three weeks into the cross country season, Blanca Fernandez has proven she can succeed on any surface.
In her first year on the Owls’ cross country team, the senior has back-to-back first place individual finishes at the Big 5 Invitational and Main Line Invitational.
In the last two weeks, she topped Villanova’s six-time All-American Angel Piccirillo and Ashley Montgomery from the University of Pennsylvania, who qualified for the 1,500-meter at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 2014 and 2015.
“She’s gone up against a very good field,” assistant coach James Snyder said. “With a couple of girls from Villanova who have been there before, she took the win.