ERIE, Pa. - The Penn State Behrend women's cross country team placed first with a score of 23 at the annual PSB Invitational held on Friday evening.

Distance: 6k
Teams: 2
Total Runners: 19

Key Moments:

* The Lions defended their title by claiming the PSB Invitational, defeating Westminster and four runners from Alfred
* The Pioneers had the top finisher in Mari Jablonski with a time of 25:20.8
* Behrend had six runners place in the Top 10
* Olivia Nola (Erie, PA/Collegiate Academy) was behind Jablonski with a second-place time of 25:57.1
* Julia Fasiczka (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) led a pack of five straight Behrend finishers, taking fifth place with a time of 26:38.4
* The next four times belonged to the Lions starting in sixth Emily Ferrans (Bradfordwoods, PA/North Allegheny) with a time of 26:52.8, Izzy Spires (Wattsburg, PA/Seneca) in seventh (26:57.6), Jessie Johnson (Edinboro, PA/General McLane) in eighth (27:46.6) and Megan Swantner (Saxonburg, PA/Knoch) in ninth (27:55.5)

Next Up:

* The Lions return to action on Saturday, Sept. 25 at the Harry F. Anderson Invitational held in Rochester, NY. Meet begin at 10 am.