WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Five members of the Lycoming College cross country teams set career highs on Saturday morning, Sept. 12, to pace the team on a wet course, with the women's team finishing 10^th in a field of 15 teams and the men's team finishing 11^th.
 
Three women's runners posted career-best times on the 6K course, led by a time of 28:31.39 from sophomore Rachel Fritz (Honesdale, Pa./Honesdale), while freshman Haby Golocko (Baltimore, Md./Digital Harbor) posted a time of 29:52.29 and junior Abigail O'Connor (Mt. Holly Springs, Pa./Home-schooled) notched a time of 31:26.35.
 
Two freshmen men also added career-bests on an 8K course, with Nick Pisani (New Egypt, N.J./New Egypt) posted a career-best 32:05.96 and James Vilardo (Hopatcong, N.J./Hopatcong) added a time of 34:24.91.
 
Junior Sarah Donovan (Bergen, N.Y./Byron-Bergen) led the women's team, posting a time of 27:35.54 to finish 65^th in the field of 187 runners, while senior Lindsay Decker (Shapleigh, Maine/Massabesic) was 74^th, finishing in 28:03.90. Fritz took third on the team, finishing 86^th, while sophomore Lindsay Smith (Easton, Pa./Easton Area) (29:50.79, 118^th) and Golocko (119^th) rounded out the team's scoring five. Senior Anna Summers (Shamokin, Pa./Shamokin Area) came in 125^th in 30:10.71 and senior Rachel Salmon (Lock Haven, Pa./Central Mountain) took 131^st in 30:28.46 to cap the team's seven placewinners.
 
Junior Jacob Miller (Cooperstown, N.Y./Cooperstown Central) paced the men's team, finishing 73^rd in 30:43.96 and sophomore Sean Hastings (Levittown, Pa./Neshaminy) took 82^nd in 31:26.88 in the field of 165 runners. Pisani took third for the team and 96^th overall, sophomore Joseph Ingrum (Lodi, Calif./Lodi) finished 121^st in 33:26.96 and junior John Woodburn (Fredericksburg, Va./Riverbend) rounded out the top five in 33:52.71 to take 128^th. Vilardo finished 130^th and junior Bryant Dietrick (Muncy, Pa./Muncy Area) capped the team's top seventh in 133^rd with a time of 34:53.08.
 
The Warriors get back in action on Saturday, Sept. 19, when they head to the Highlander Cross Country Invitational in Langhorne, Pa. The women's race begins at 11 a.m. and the men at 12 p.m.