LEBANON, Pa. – The Lebanon Valley Women's Cross Country team had a strong finish to the regular season with a first place finish at the Last Chance Run Fast Invitational on Friday afternoon at Union Canal Tunnel Park in Lebanon.
 
The Dutchmen topped the field of five scoring teams with a score of 31. Eastern University was second with 42 points while Delaware Valley University was third with 52 points. Gwynedd Mercy University was fourth with a score of 110 and Penn State Berks was fifth at 115 points. Division I Mount St. Mary's junior Elizabeth Freymann won the individual title in a time of 23:33.7 over the 6,000-meter course. She won by one second in a close race over Jone Zabeleta who finished in 23:34.3.

"This was an awesome opportunity to let some of our younger talent shine, where four of our top five ran lifetime PRs on the day, Head Coach James O'Brien had to say about the performance. "Christine was especially impressive navigating the course after a small setback a few weeks ago, and looks poised to make an impact for us during championships season."

Christine Wagner was the top LVC finisher as the first-year finished fourth overall out of 43 runners with a career-best time of 25:10.0. Caroline Borleis was the second finisher for the Dutchmen in seventh place with a career-best time of 25:54.9. Nina Milosevic was right behind her in eighth with a career-best time of 26:09.8. Dani Fetterolf was 11th with a time of 26:31.7 while Dashira Almodovar Pena rounded out the top five runners in 16th with a career-best time of 27:27.4.
 
Madison Sneath ran a career-best 28:43.0 to finish 21st and Ciara Millan crossed the line in 29:10.1 to finish 24th. Alex Janner was 32nd in 32:25.7 while Brooke Eberhard finished in 33:13.1 to finish 34th.
 
The Dutchmen will be back in action next Saturday at Messiah University for the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships.

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