PITTSBURGH, Pa. - The Penn State Behrend men's cross country team finished fifth out of 13 teams Saturday afternoon at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational. The Lions finished with a team score of 156.

Freshman Dylan Buffington (Brookville, PA/Brookville) led the Lions with an 18th place finish running  a time of 26:28.6. Behrend also got a 27th place finish from Devin Beggs (Franklin, PA/Franklin) who ran a 27:00.1.

Following Beggs was Alan Yocca (Plum, PA/Plum) who ran a 27:29.8, good for 34th place. Jacob Parsons (Titusville, PA/Maplewood finished just behind Yocca in 37th place with a time of 27:41.6. Coming in at 40th place was Josh Natalie, who finished the day running a 27:46.3.

The Lions will run again next Saturday at 10:00 a.m. at the Oberlin Invitational.