In her season debut at Vassar College's Ron Stonitsch Invitational, RPI junior Nia Goddard finished first overall with a time of 19:01.6 on the 5k course. She ran a 6:08 pace and was more than 10 seconds ahead of the runner up's time of 19:11.8. Nia led the Engineers (39 points) to a 28-point victory over the second place team (67 points) in the 9-school field that included 95 competitors.