LANCASTER, Pa. – The Lebanon Valley College cross country teams were in action on Thursday afternoon as the Dutchmen competed at the Franklin & Marshall Invitational at the Baker Campus Fields in Lancaster.
 
The women ran first and finished third out of four teams with a score of 90. Division II Millersville University was first with a score of 24, while Franklin & Marshall was second with a score of 34. LVC finished third with 90 points, and Lancaster Bible College was fourth with 107. The Dutchmen's top five runners packed up and finished from 17th to 21st at 21:35 on the 5,00-meter course. Caroline Borleis led the pack, followed by Charlee Kurtz, Nina Milosevic, Christine Wagner, and Jocelyn Saultz. Grace Buerke rounded out LVC runners in 29th place with a time of 22:50.
 
The men's squad finished second out of three teams with a score of 42. F&M won with 24 points, and LBC was third at 68 points. Josh Miller was the top finisher for the Dutchmen, running a 5,000-meter time of 16:36 to finish fifth. Caden Bell was right behind him in sixth place with a time of 16:43. Logan Koehn ran 16:51 to finish eighth and Ben Graybeal was 10th in 17:04. Cooper Allred ran 17:19 to place 13th, while Thad Gilbert was 14th in 17:23. Owen Kreider ran 17:36 to finish 17th and Ethan Darlington was right behind him in 17:46. Trevor Gipe ran 17:54 to place 20th, Aidan Jennings ran 18:09 to place 24th, and Michael Royles rounded out the LVC finishers in 29th with a time of 18:50.
 
The Dutchmen will return to action on Saturday, October 17. The women's team and some of the men's team will compete at the Aubrey Shenk Invitational hosted by Gettysburg College. The top men's runners will head to Connecticut for the Connecticut College Invitational at Harkness Park in Waterford, Connecticut, for what is expected to be a big race against national and regionally ranked competition.

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