The Lancaster Bible College Men's and Women's Cross Country teams competed in the Franklin & Marshall Invitational across town on Thursday evening with each team running a 5K race. The Men's team finished third out of three teams while the Women's team finished fourth out of four teams.
 
Men's Recap
David Helms (Sr.) led the Chargers with a 2nd-Place finish overall, crossing the line with a time of 15:41.4 and trailing only F&M's Zach Houff who won the race by just three seconds over Helms. The next finisher for the Chargers was Ethan Dell (Jr.), crossing in 12th-Place with a time of 17:15.3. The Chargers' next two finishers went back-to-back in Matthew McKinney (Fr.) and Isaac Sollenberger (Fr.), crossing just a second apart with McKinney clocking in at 18:00.2 and Sollenberger at 18:01.6. Another pair of LBC finishers were just over 18-minutes as John Spackman (Sr.) had a time of 18:10.4 and Victor Hanley (So.) made it with a time of 18:11.8. Jaden Royal (Sr.) clocked in just under 19-minutes with a time of 18:57.9 and Caleb Woods (Sr.) was the final Charger to cross with a time of 23:48.4.
 
Women's Recap
Seana Dougherty (Jr.) was the top finisher for the Chargers as she placed 13th overall with a time of 20:54.9, setting a new personal record for a 5K race. Kylee Antrim (Jr.) ran in her first race of the season today, finishing with a time of 26:19.6, with Katie Riederich (So.) finishing right behind her by a second at 26:20.5. Julia Bauman (Fr.) was next for the Chargers with a time of 36:15.4, then Francesca Weigand Lash (So.) rounded out the LBC finishers with a time of 37:44.8.
 
Up Next:
The Chargers will compete in the Aubrey Shenk Invitational hosted by Gettysburg College on Saturday, October 17 in Gettysburg, Pa.