CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – Seven Lycoming College women's cross country runners posted personal course-record times at the DeSales University Cross Country Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 10, to go along with two men's runners that notched course records.
 
The women's team had several strong performances while finishing 13^th in a field of 17 teams, including one career-best 6K time of 30:42.75 from junior Jordyn Reilly (Cressona, Pa./Blue Mountain). The squad was led by a 51^st-place finish in a field of 175 runners by junior Sarah Donovan (Bergen, N.Y./Byron-Bergen).
 
Donovan broke her course record, posting a time of 26:50.64 and sophomore Rachel Fritz (Honesdale, Pa./Honesdale) added a time of 27:04.92 to take 58^th, breaking her previous best on the DeSales course by more than three minutes. Senior Lindsay Decker (Shapleigh, Maine/Massabesic) took 66^th with a course-record time of 27:23.87, sophomore Lindsay Smith (Easton, Pa./Easton Area) took 102^nd in a course-record 28:59.60 and freshman Haby Goloko (Baltimore, Md./Digital Harbor) took 108^th in 29:12.35 to round out the team's top five.
 
Senior Anna Summers (Shamokin, Pa./Shamokin Area) took sixth on the team with a course-record 29:29.70 and senior Rachel Salmon (Lock Haven, Pa./Central Mountain) rounded out the team's scoring seven with a time of 29:46.45. Junior Abigail O'Connor (Mt. Holly Springs, Pa./Homeschooled) was the other course-record setter, smashing her previous best at DeSales by seven minutes, posting a time of 31:00.71.
 
On the men's side, the team placed 12^th in a field of 17 teams, led by a 73^rd-place finish in a field of 164 runners from junior Jacob Miller (Cooperstown, N.Y./Cooperstown Central).
 
Miller notched a course-record time of 30:13.11 to pace the team, while sophomore Sean Hastings (Levittown, Pa./Neshaminy) took 101^st in 31:59.28 and freshman Nick Pisani (New Egypt, N.J./New Egypt) took 108^th in 32:31.90. Sophomore Dan Yoder (Montoursville, Pa./Homeschooled) took 120^th in a course-record 33:39.08 and freshman Andrew Dion (Tiverton, R.I./Tiverton) finished 124^th in 33:50.39 to wrap up the team's scoring five.
 
Freshman James Vilardo (Hopatcong, N.J./Hopatcong) took sixth on the team in 33:56.16 and sophomore Bryant Dietrick (Muncy, Pa./Muncy Area) took seventh in 34:01.71. Senior James Krizan (Montoursville, Pa./Homeschooled) finished in a career-best 34:40.15.
 
The Warriors get back on the course on Friday evening, Oct. 23, when they head to the LVC Last Chance Run Fast Invitational at 4:30 p.m. at Union Canal Tunnel Park.