From left, Brianna, Christina and Amanda Faust
One, two, three, go! Triplets team for cross country
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manda, Brianna and Christina Faust would like to set one thing straight: The fraternal triplets do not intentionally try to finish races in the order in which they were born. It just seems to work out that way. The sisters have made an instant impact on the Quinnipiac women’s cross-country team as freshmen. Amanda, the eldest of the three, won Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week four times last season as the team
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captured its sixth straight NEC title. Although they are not identical, Quinnipiac head coach Carolyn Martin admitted that she had a hard time figuring out who was who. “I still have to take a second look when they’re running to be able to tell,” Martin said. Sisterly squabbles aren’t an issue for these three. “I remember Coach Martin told us at the beginning of the season, ‘If you girls have any problems with each other, don’t bring it to practice.’ We don’t really fight, though,” Amanda said. “We’re quite civilized.”
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Before deciding to come to Quinnipiac, the trio helped lead their high school in Emmaus, Pa., to three consecutive crosscountry state championships. When it came to choosing a college, none of them could fathom going to different schools. All three are physician assistant majors. As the daughters of a military father, the triplets have lived all over the country and even Germany. “So we always had each other, and I think that’s one thing that made us close,” Christina said.
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