Lions Finish Ninth In Fredonia 6K

FREDONIA, N.Y. – The Penn State Behrend women's cross country team placed ninth at the Kara Hall Memorial Invitational, hosted by Fredonia on Saturday.

Distance: 6k
Teams: 13
Total Runners: 140

Key Moments:

* Junior Lindsey Hartle (Pittsburgh, PA/Avonworth) was the first Lions to cross the finish line on Saturday
* Hartle ran a time of 25:37.1 for 52^nd place out of 140 runners
* The next finisher for Behrend was Baylee Dernar (Wattsburg, PA/Seneca) in 66^th with a time of 26:09.9
* Bethany Litwiler (Reynolds, PA/Reynolds) (26:29.9), Alivia Hetrick (Waterford, PA/Waterford) (26:45.3), and Sam Abate (North East, PA/North East) (26:51.9) all finished in top-90 for the Lions in 74^th, 82^nd, and 85^th, respectively
* Other Lions that competed at Fredonia were Macie Horvath (Hermitage, PA/Hermitage), Abby Major (Erie, PA/McDowell), and Lynzey Reinsel (North East, PA/North East)
* As a team, Behrend finished with a team score of 267 for ninth place out of 13 teams
* Rochester was victorious (51), followed by Ithaca (60) and RIT (71)

Up Next:

* Behrend heads to Gettysburg on Saturday, Oct. 19 to compete in the Aubrey Shenk Invite. Race time is slated for 11 a.m.