GRANTHAM, Pa. – Freshmen Quincy Amabile (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg Area) and Kaylee Long (Milton, Pa./Milton Area) once again posted top-20 finishes to lead the Lycoming College cross country teams at the Messiah Cross Country Invitational on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 24.
 
Amabile ran the seventh-fastest 8K course in program history, finishing in 28:07.17 on the hilly course to take 13^th place out of 124 runners, to lead the Warrior men, which finished 11^th out of 11 teams.
 
Long, meanwhile, paced the women's team with an 18^th-place finish, posting a time of 25:10.47 on the 6K course in a field of 162 runners, as she came up just five seconds shy of her career best.
 
The women's team came in eighth in a field of 13 teams, finishing ahead of MAC foes King's, Alvernia and Wilkes. Junior Rachel Fritz (Honesdale, Pa./Honesdale) took second on the team and finished 44^th in 26:26.39, dropping nearly six minutes off her previous best at Messiah.
 
Running her first race of the year, senior Victoria Wilson (Ringwood, N.J./Lakeland) finished 71^st in 27:36.99 and senior Sarah Donovan (Bergen, N.Y./Byron-Bergen) took 73^rd in 27:44.15, both times which were their best at Messiah. Freshman Amanda Goulden (Wharton, N.J./Morris Hills) finished 106^th with a career-best 29:22.39 to round out the scoring five.
 
Also factoring in the scoring, senior Abigail O'Connor (Mt. Holly Springs, Pa./Home-schooled) finished in 30:50.15 and senior Jordyn Reilly (Cressona, Pa./Blue Mountain) crossed the line in 30:54.80.
 
Behind Amabile on the men's side, senior Jacob Miller (Cooperstown, N.Y./Cooperstown Central) posted his best time at Messiah, finishing in 31:24.30 in his first race of the year, taking 73^rd. Freshman Gustavo Vergara (Santa Ana, Calif./Valley) took 91^st in 32:59.74 and junior Joseph Ingrum (Lodi, Calif./Lodi) took 93^rd in 33:10.98, his best time at the Messiah race.
 
Rounding out the top five, senior Donald Keys (Erie, Pa./Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy) finished in 34:48.46, while seniors John Woodburn (Fredericksburg, Va./Riverbend) (35:25.96) and Dan Yoder (Montoursville, Pa./Home-schooled) (36:38.12) also factored in the scoring.
 
The Warriors get back on the course on Saturday, Oct. 8, when they head to the DeSales University Invitational. The men's race will begin at 10:30 a.m. before the women get set to go at 12 p.m.