Lions Place Second at Buffalo State Invitational

Penn State Behrend tallied three top five finishers and placed second overall at the Buffalo St. Invitational on Friday afternoon.

August 30, 2013

ERIE, Pa -- The Penn State Behrend men's cross country team tallied three top five finishers and placed second overall in the Buffalo St. Invitational on Friday afternoon.

Denis Lydon (Plum, PA/ Plum) finished second overall with a time of 26:16 in the 8K race. Jake DeWeese (Freedom, PA/ Freedom Area) and Matt McWilliams (Waterford, PA/ Fort LeBoeuf) placed fourth and fifth with times of 26:30 and 26:32, respectively.

Matt Smolinski (Wexford, PA/Wexford) and Devin Beggs (Franklin, PA/ Franklin) ran identical times of 27:04, placing 13^th and 15^th. Tyler Rigby (South Park, PA/ South Park High School) finished 20^th with a time of 27:16, and Tyler Yost (Waterford, PA/ Fort LeBoeuf) rounded out the top seven, running a time of 27:51.

Behrend will next compete at the Fredonia Invitational, September 7^th at 11 a.m.