The Charger Cross Country teams were in action Friday night when they hosted the Red & White Invite on the campus of Lancaster Bible College. They welcomed the LBC Alum team and Harcum College to compete in the 5K action. The night ended with an opportunity to honor the senior members of the team. The Chargers will travel to Bethlehem, PA on Saturday, September 30th to participate in the Paul Short Invite hosted by Lehigh University.
Men's Team
Mitchell Gray continues to have an impressive start to the 2023 season. He crossed the line in a time of 16:26, nearly two minutes ahead of second-place finisher
Daniel Lefko who crossed in a time of 18:10.
Alex McWilliams was able to highlight his Senior Night with a new personal best time of 18:29 to better his previous best of 19:03.2.
Harry Gibson (18:43, new personal best) and
Adam Horning (18:49) were both close behind.
Jaden Royal crossed the line in a time of 19:36. Despite this being senior
Ryan Barthelemy's first cross country season with the team, he was able to make the most of his Senior Night by setting a new best in the 5K with a time of 20:50.
Mark Wright finished in a new personal best of 21:54 while
Dustin Frantz finished in 25:03.
Women's Team
Five of the seven team members ran new personal best times in the 5K with the other two competing in their first 5K cross country race of their careers.
Dana Keller topped all competition, running a new personal best time of 20:56 to improve her previous best time of 21:29.3. Senior
Jurnee Acosta finished the race in a time of 25:59, knocking just over two and a half minutes off of her previous best time of 28:35.3 set in 2021. Fellow senior
Kenzie Baughman competed in her first cross country 5K, crossing the line in a time of 25:56. The race was also the first 5K race in
Abby Ames' career and she turned in a time of 22:17. This was the second 5K for the freshman trio of
Lydia Goodling (24:21),
Rosa Johnson (26:27), and
Hannah Scott (29:23) and they each improved their times from the first meet of the season.
Thoughts from Coach Katy Latta
"I'm real proud of the effort I saw in both the men's and women's races. It was great to see them run with former LBC Cross Country runners and also some former teammates. I think we've got the start of something special and am excited to see the Alumni Team Race grow."
As mentioned, the Chargers return to action when they travel to Bethlehem, PA on Saturday, September 30th to participate in the Paul Short Invite hosted by Lehigh University.
