UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State cross country competed at the Notre Dame Invitational Friday, with the women (302) earning 12th place in the 5,000-meter race and the men (642) coming in at 21st place on a five-mile course.
The women finished ahead of seven regionally ranked squads: 13th-place Vanderbilt (No. 6 in South Region), 14th-place Butler (No. 9 Great Lakes Region), 15th-place Charlotte (No. 8 in Southeast Region), 16th-place Southern Utah (No. 9 in Mountain Region), 17th-place Purdue (No. 8 in Great Lakes Region), 18th-place Navy (No. 6 in Mid-Atlantic Region) and 19th-place SMU (No. 5 in South Central Region).
Both fields feature highly-touted schools, as the men squared off against six nationally ranked teams and 13 others slotted in their respective regional rankings, and the women's race featured five top-25 teams and 13 others placed in regional rankings.
Penn State Women's Top-Five Results:
Points Runner Time
37 Faith Demars 16:50.7
41 Madaline Ullom 16:52.5
44 Kileigh Kane 16:56.8
88 Makenna Krebs 17:29.0
95 Sophia Toti 17:32.4
Penn State Men's Top-Five Results:
Points Runner Time
112 Jonah Powell 24:50.0
127 Brendan Colwell 25:04.0
132 Brandon Hontz 25:08.1
133 Behailu Bekele-Arcuri 25:09.6
139 Evan Dorenkamp 25:17.6
The Nittany Lions close out the regular season at home with the Penn State National Open Friday, Oct. 14.
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