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LEBANON, Pa. – Kate Mowrey and Chad Bomgardner led the way for Lebanon Valley's cross country teams at the 44th annual Dutchmen Invitational, held at Union Canal Tunnel Park on Saturday morning, Sept. 10.

LVC's men's squad finished second overall with a team score of 60, while the women earned a third-place finish thanks to a team score of 61.

Bomgardner ran a strong race, finishing the 8k course in 27:38.75, good enough to earn a third-place finish. Mowrey was LVC's top finisher on the women's side, coming home with a sixth-place finish in a time of 20:11.50.

Noah Brady's 28:27.48 earned him an 11th-place finish, while Nick Scullin crossed the finish line in 14th after posting a time of 28:53.62. Garrett Santis' solid freshman start continued, as he come home 15th with a time of 29:00.30.

Ibsen Powers (17th) and Kyle Munro (22nd) each cracked the 30-minute mark, with Powers finishing in 29:09.28 and Munro crossing the line in 29:58.96.

"Our men ran really well to finish second," said head coach James O'Brien '07, M'16. "Chad (Bomgardner) toughed out a big finish for us up front and Noah (Brady) also found his way into the top 10. "Nick (Scullin), Garrett (Santis), and Ibsen (Powers) all found each other and completed our scoring group by working together as a pack. I'm pleased with how we are competing relative to the workouts we've completed, as I know we have a lot of forward momentum that we can build on over the next few weeks."

Lauren Decker earned a top-10 finish with her time of 20.30:41 and Sarah Grow came home 14th after completing the course in 20:54.15. Hannah Kurek's time of 21:00.63 was good enough to earn her a 15th-place finish, while Hannah Kramlik was close behind her in 17th with a time of 21:05.25.

Rebecca Sitler crossed the finish line in 20th place after pushing a 21:35.34 pace and Mackenzie Lausch earned a 22nd-place finish with a time of 21:48.10.

"Our ladies kicked off the day with a very strong showing," said O'Brien. "We had our group go out controlled and move up throughout as a tactic to withstand the heat. We were very effective. Misericordia is very good and Eastern beat us a bit on the front end but we were right in the mix."

"Kate (Mowrey) is off to a stellar beginning to her freshman year, leading the way for us again with a strong finish," he continued. "Lauren also did a good job in breaking up Misericordia's scoring contingency while Tilly (Grow) and Hannah squared (Kurek and Kramlik) worked together effectively as a small pack. We have great depth and that is only going to get better for us as the season goes on."  

Former LVC standout Michael Harnish '15 won the men's race in a blistering time of 27:13.92, while Eastern's Greg Thomas earned a runner-up finish thank to his 27:27.76 pace. Eastern's Kierra Zack was the women's individual champion after finishing with an impressive time of 18:51.98, while Misericordia's Bethany Killmon came home second in 19:34.57.

Both Misericordia's men's and women's squads took home the team titles with scores of 42 and 32, respectively.

The Dutchmen will look to build on Saturday's success when next in action on Thursday evening, Sept. 22 when they travel to Lancaster Bible for the Chargers' Homecoming Invitational.