CARLISLE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's cross country team finished 19^th out of 35 teams Saturday with a team score of 708 at the Dickinson Invitational long/short competition.

In the 6k competition, the Lions finished 25th with a team score of 311.

Katie Manno (Erie, PA/McDowell) led the Lions finishing 109^th with a time of 26:26.51. Placing 149^th was Miranda Boatman, (Bellefonte, PA/Bellefonte) who finished with a time of 27:39.11, second fastest for the Lions on the day.

Freshman Catherine Fox improved from her previous 6k time and finished with a time 27:58.12. Fox finished 161^st. Behind Fox was Alexa Haverly. (Erie, PA/Villa Maria Academy) Haverly also improved her 6k time finishing with a mark of 31:44.27

In the 4k event, Behrend finished 29^th out of 40 teams with a team score of 392.

The Lions were led by Abby Gilmore (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) in the 4k event. Gilmore placed 181^st with a time of 18:19.51. Franki DiSalvo finished in 208^th place running a 19:02.73.

Just seven spots behind DiSalvo was freshman Rachel Pell. (Elizabeth, PA/Elizabeth Forward). Pell ran a time of 19:20.38

Behrend will run again October 11^th at 11:00 am at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational.