LEBANON, PA – The Wilkes University women's cross country team finished in fifth place at the Dutchmen Invitational 5k race hosted by Lebanon Valley College Saturday afternoon.

Full Results
 
Wilkes garnered a combined 120 team points in the race with four top-30 place finishers.
 
Morgan Jones (Huntley, MT/Huntley Project) led the Lady Colonels with an 11^th place finish finishing at 20:36.48, good for sixth all-time in school history in the 5k.
 
Caroline Rickard (Orwigsburg, PA/Blue Mountain) followed with a time of 21:38.40 for 21^st place. Kaitlin Sutton (Shavertown, PA/Lake Lehman) came in at 22:39.44 for 27^th overall while Brittany Martin (Frackville, PA/North Schuylkill) claimed 28^th place with a time of 22:42.47. Regan Murphy (Plainfield, PA/Pen Argyl) crossed the line at 23:40.10 for 33^rd place and Alexis Nicholson (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic) and Carly Hein (Northampton, PA/Northampton) rounded out the Wilkes runners with times of 24:38.70 and 25:03.11 respectively.
 
Misericordia University took home first place at the event with Eastern University following in second place as a team.
 
Wilkes remains idle through next week before competing at the Messiah Invitational on September 24 starting at 10:30 a.m.