GRANTHAM, PA – The Wilkes University women's cross country team finished in thirteenth place at the Messiah Invitational Saturday afternoon. The Lady Colonels garnered 334 total team points in the 6k race.

Full Results
 
Kyleigh Smeltzer (Manchester, PA/Northeastern) led all Wilkes finishers coming in 63^rd place with a time of 27:09.45. Caroline Rickard (Orwigsburg, PA/Blue Mountain) followed in 85^th place at 28:10.25. Carmen Hillman (Urbana, OH/Graham School) finished in 104^th place with a time of 29:18.02 while Alexis Nicholson (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic) came in at 30:13.08 for 121^st place.
 
Moriah Teed (Newark Valley, NY/Newark Valley) crossed the line in 122^nd place at 30:25.99, Kaitlin Sutton (Shavertown, PA/Lake Lehman) in 132^nd at 31:03.45 and Michelle Brenneman (Schuylkill Haven, PA/Schuylkill Haven) in 133^rd at 31:11.43. Carly Hein (Northampton, PA/Northampton) (134^th/31:14.54), Amanda Beck (Goshen, NY/Goshen Central) (143^rd/31:57.51), Kaitlyn Sitch (Weatherly, PA/MMI Prep) (144^th/32:02.49) and Taylor Arnold (Rome, PA/Northeast Bradford) (145^th/32:08.53) rounded out the Lady Colonel finishers.
 
Wilkes will compete next on October 8 at the DeSales Invitational starting at 10:30 a.m.