Men's Results | Women's Results

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. – Three Lycoming College cross country runners kicked off the 2014 campaign by earning medals to lead the team at the Delaware Valley Invitational on Saturday afternoon, Aug. 30. Sophomore Sarah Donovan (Bergen, N.Y./Byron-Bergen) and junior Lindsay Decker (Shapleigh, Maine/Massabesic) finished in the top 10 in the women's release to help the team finish fourth and freshman Sean Hastings (Levittown, Pa./Neshaminy) finished in the top 10 in his first race to help the men to a third-place finish.
 
Donovan notched a time of 25:34.80 to finish fifth, as set a career-best in the first race of the season. She ran the Delaware Valley course nearly 3:30 better than her freshmen year. Decker was close behind, notching a time of 26:09.04 to finish eighth, more than five minutes better than her first year with the program.
 
Hastings, meanwhile, was one of four Warriors to notch a time under 30 minutes on the 8K course, finishing in 28:18.85 to take 10^th and officially usher in a new era for the team. In total, 13 runners posted career-best times, as the women took fourth in a 10-team field and the men took third in a six-team field.
 
For the women, junior Rachel Salmon (Lock Haven, Pa./Central Mountain) notched a time of 27:50.78 to take 28^th place, dropping her best time at Delaware Valley by more than two and a half minutes. Sophomore Victoria Wilson (Ringwood, N.J./Lakeland) knocked four minutes off her best time at Delaware Valley, finishing 45^th with a time of 29:37.45. Rounding out the top six for the team, freshman Sarah Toth (North Granby, Conn./Granby Memorial) took 35^th with a time of 29:01.56 and sophomore Alysha Ardell (South Williamsport, Pa./South Williamsport Area) finished 40^th in 29:26.14.
 
Freshman Rachel Fritz (Honesdale, Pa./Honesdale) (30:48.18), junior Abigail O'Connor (Mt. Holly Springs, Pa./Home-schooled) (32:21.63) and junior Erin Hale (Oakfield, N.Y./Oakfield-Alabama) (32:33.93) also competed for the Warriors.
 
Sophomore captain Jacob Miller (Cooperstown, N.Y./Cooperstown Central) finished in 13^th place after dropping nearly five minutes off his best time at Delaware Valley and a minute off his previous best time of 30:08 set at the 2013 NCAA Regionals, as he notched a time of 29:08.75. Freshman James Hamm (Turbotville, Pa./Warrior Run) was close behind, finishing 16^th with a time of 29:09.95 in his first collegiate race and senior T.J. Guminski (Ambler, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) took 19^th in his first race, posting a time of 29:40.73.
 
Rounding out the top five, freshman Joseph Ingrum (Lodi, Calif./Lodi) finished in 27^th with a time of 30:43.14. Junior Peter Rittenhouse (Green Lane, Pa./Quakertown Community) also notched a solid opening meet time, notching a 30:45.31 to finish 28^th, as he dropped a minute and a half off his previous best time at Delaware Valley.
 
Sophomore Dan Yoder (Montoursville, Pa./Home-schooled) took 38^th with a time of 32:20.59 and sophomore John Woodburn (Fredericksburg, Va./Riverbend) finished 41^st with a time of 32:28.05, bettering his previous best time by more than half a minute.
 
Sophomore Josh Cram (Lock Haven, Pa./Central Mountain) (34:18.20), sophomore Donald Keys (Erie, Pa./Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy) (34:47.47), freshman Alexander Wherthey (Johnstown, Pa./Bishop McCort)  and freshman Trenton Jones (Houston, Texas/KIPP Sunnyside) (41:33.22) also competed.
 
The Warriors get back on the course on Saturday, Sept. 6, when they head to Lebanon Valley Invitational at Union Canal Tunnel Park.