Nola Delivers Sixth Place Finish For Lions
The Penn State Behrend women's cross country team finished with a combined team score of 572 to place eighth at the Dickinson College Long-Short Meet Saturday afternoon.
CARLISLE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's cross country team finished with a combined team score of 572 to place eighth at the Dickinson College Long-Short Meet Saturday afternoon.
Distance: 6k
Teams: 24
Total Runners: 159
Key Moments:
* Behrend placed 16th in this event with a team score of 419
* Sophomore Lindsey Hartle (Pittsburgh, PA/Avonworth) was the first to finish for the Lions, registering a time of 24:07.0 for a 51st place finish
* Teammate Savanna Carr (Accident, MD / Franklin Area) was the next Lion to cross the finish line in 62nd place with a time of 24:31.8
* Five Lions competed in the 6k race
Distance: 4k
Teams: 20
Total Runners: 135
Key Moments:
* As a team, the Lions finished 15th with a team score of 153 in the 4k race
* Olivia Nola (Erie, PA/Collegiate Academy) scored a top 10 finish for Behrend in the 4k race
* Nola ran a time of 14:57.2 for a sixth-place finish
* Her time trumps former Behrend runner Haley Hughes, who finished with a time of 15:49.4 on the short course
* Ivy Laffan (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) and Carly Amon (Stoneboro, PA/Lakeview) also competed in this race for the Lions
Up Next:
* The Lions will run at the Houghton Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 7. Race time is scheduled for 11:00 a.m.