UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The top runners from the men’s and women’s cross country team traveled to University Park, Pa. on Friday to compete in the Penn State Open Invitational. The women were able to take home a 12th place finish out of 19 teams with a score of 311. The men fought hard, but were only able to take away a 14th place finish.
The women’s 12th place finish was enough to beat Duquesne and Lehigh, who were ranked 11th and 10th in the Mid-Atlantic region, respectively. Stephanie Ward led the way once again for the women. The freshman is proving to be a driving force the Bulls, having been the first Bull to cross the finish line in each race this season. The Honeoye Falls, NY native brought home a 25th place finish Friday, clocking in at 20:59 and averaging a 5:37 mile. Ward missed out on a 24th place finish by one second. Also performing well for Buffalo is junior Morgan Mahoney. Mahoney was able to seal a 41st place finish, clocking in at 21:16.
The men weren’t able to take home a finish as well as they had hoped. They took home a 14th place finish with 337 points. Jack Jibb, a sophomore from Monroe, NY, took away a 38th place finish. Jibb finished with a time of 25:48. His time was one second faster than the 39th place finisher from Virginia Tech. Brian Crimmins also helped pace the Bulls, clocking in at 26:09.
The Bulls traveled half of the team to University Park; the other half will be competing at the Canisius Classic Saturday. The race is set to begin with the women at noon and the men at 12:45pm.
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