Women's XC Wins Behrend Invitational
The Penn State Behrend women’s cross country team finished first out of 11 teams during their home meet Friday afternoon scoring 41 points for the 5K race.
ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's cross country team finished first out of 11 teams during their home meet Friday afternoon scoring 41 points for the 5K race.
Fredonia placed second at the invitational with a team score of 50. Gannon followed in third (52) and Westminster came in fourth with a score of 83.
Leading the Lion's for the second straight meet was freshman Savanna Carr (Franklin, PA/Franklin Area) with a first place overall finish. She finished with a time of 19:35.0. Riley Crissman (Bradford, PA/Bradford Area) crossed the line second for Behrend and third overall with a time of 19:50.6. Caitlin Plazony (Fairview, PA/Fairview) placed eighth overall 20:18.6.
Jenna Shelton (Cabot, PA/Knoch) and Kelley Giles (North Huntington, PA/Norwin) rounded out the Lion's top five finishers with times of 20:41.8 and 21:18.3 respectively giving them 10th and 20th place overall finishes.
Behrend is back in action on September 30th at Geneseo with a start time of 11 am.