LANGHORNE, Pa. – Sophomore James Hamm (Turbotville, Pa./Warrior Run) and junior Sarah Donovan (Bergen, N.Y./Byron-Bergen) each posted top-25 finishes to pace the Lycoming College cross country teams, which saw 12 runners finish with career-best times at the Highlander XC Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 19.
 
Hamm finished 20^th in a field of 112 runners to lead the men's cross country team, as he became the first runner to cross the 30-minute mark on an 8K course this year, finishing in 29:19.90. The team also posted its best finish of the year, finishing fifth in a 12-team field.
 
Junior Jacob Miller (Cooperstown, N.Y./Cooperstown Central) finished second for the team, taking 32^nd with a time of 30:12.93 and sophomore Sean Hastings (Levittown, Pa./Neshaminy) finished 39^th in 31:10.22. Freshman Nick Pisani (New Egypt, N.J./New Egypt) was one of five men to post a career-best, finishing in 31:23.74 and sophomore Joseph Ingrum (Lodi, Calif./Lodi) also factored into the scoring for the men, taking 58^th in 32:44.80. Rounding out the top seven were senior Jacob McClain (Cogan Station, Pa./Jersey Shore) in a career-best 33:32.81 and junior Dan Yoder (Montoursville, Pa./Homeschooled) in 34:00.24.
 
Freshman Andrew Dion (Tiverton, R.I./Tiverton) (34:06.20), freshman James Vilardo (Hopatcong, N.J./Hopatcong) (34:14.16) and senior James Krizan (Montoursville, Pa./Homeschooled) (35:24.36) rounded out the team's career-bests.
 
Donovan, meanwhile, posted her second top-30 finish of the season to lead the women's cross country team to an eighth-place finish in a 15-team field. Donovan notched a time of 25:38.62, just four seconds off her career-best time on a 6K course, as she finished 25^th in a 142-runner field.
 
Senior Lindsay Decker (Shapleigh, Maine/Massabesic) took second for the team and 39^th overall, finishing in 26:03.82 and sophomore Rachel Fritz (Honesdale, Pa./Honesdale) paced a group of seven Warriors to notch career bests, as she finished 55^th with a time of 27:00.67. Senior Anna Summers (Shamokin, Pa./Shamokin Area) finished 64^th in 27:53.90 and sophomore Lindsay Smith (Easton, Pa./Easton Area) took 68^th in 27:56.81. To round out the top seven, senior Rachel Salmon (Lock Haven, Pa./Central Mountain) posted a time of 28:22.54 to take 70^th and freshman Haby Goloko (Baltimore, Md./Digital Harbor) added a career-best time of 28:31.67 to take 72^nd.
 
Junior Abigail O'Connor (Mt. Holly Springs, Pa./Homeschooled) (29:35.76), sophomore Rachel Ham (San Antonio, Texas/Homeschooled) (29:58.70), junior Jordyn Reilly (Cressona, Pa./Blue Mountain) (30:58.03), freshman Kaitlyn Barmore (Succasunna, N.J./Roxbury) (32.55.86) and junior Courtney Forry (Abbttstown, Pa./Cocalico) (38:07.36) also posted career-best times.
 
The Warriors get back in action on Saturday, Sept. 26, when they head to the Dickinson Long/Short Invitational at Big Spring High School.