LANSING, MI – Competing against the top Division III teams in the region and nation, the Penn State Behrend women's cross country team finished 28th out of 36 teams at the NCAA Pre-Regional meet held at Olivet College on Saturday morning.
Distance: 6k
Teams: 36
Total Runners: 319
Key Moments:
* The University of Chicago was the top team finisher, followed by MIT and Wisconsin-La Crosse
* The Lions faced nine ranked teams in the nation, taking 28th place overall
* Senior Savanna Carr (Franklin, PA/Franklin Area) paced the Behrend Lions
* Carr finished 95th overall with a time of 23:57.5 to be the first Behrend runner to cross the finish line
* Placing 124th overall and second for the Lions was Olivia Nola (Erie, PA/Collegiate Academy) with a time of 24:17.6
* Freshmen Lindsey Hartle (Pittsburgh, PA/Avonworth) ran to a 188th-place finish in 25:17.0, while Emily Micciche (Weymouth, MA/Weymouth) came in 232nd place with a time of 26:03.9
* Ivy Laffan (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) was fifth on the team and 256th overall (26:41.5) and Bethany Litwiler (Reynolds, PA/Reynolds) ran 26:53.8 for 260th place
* Megan Swantner (Saxonburg, PA/Knoch) tallied a time of 27:58.1 (275th) for the 6K
Next Up:
* The Lions return to action on Saturday, October 15 at the Inter-Regional Rumble hosted by Oberlin.
