Stony Brook junior Christina Melian finished 14th overall at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown at Franklin Park Friday afternoon.

Christina Melian, a junior from Staten Island, N.Y. has distinguished herself in the opening cross country meets of the season.

Each year, the Stony Brook University football team invites several players to attend the school with the possibility of being a non-scholarship-receiving player on the roster (walk-ons). In the summer of 2010, defensive back Christian Ricard was one of these players.