NEWVILLE, Pa. – The Wilkes University women's cross country team finished 21^st out of 25 teams at the Dickinson Short-Long Invitational Saturday morning.

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The Lady Colonels finished with a team score of 238 in the 6k long course race.

Freshman Autumn Pedron (Pottsville, PA/Minersville) finished first for Wilkes, coming in 121^st overall with a career-best time of 26:40.6. Senior Moriah Teed (Newark Valley, NY/Newark Valley) followed in 126^th with a career-best time of 26:52.9. Sophomore Caroline Rickard (Orwigsburg, PA/Blue Mountain) was the final Lady Colonels runner to count toward the team score by finishing in 159^th with a time of 28:31.7.

Senior Kaitlyn Sitch (Weatherly, PA/MMI Prep) rounded out the Wilkes participants in the 6k race with a season-best time of 29:02.3 in 168^th place.

Five Wilkes runners competed in the 4k short course event with senior Carmen Hillman (Urbana, OH/Graham School) (112^th, 17:47.7.) leading the way. Sophomore Kaitlin Sutton (Shavertown, PA/Lake Lehman) (121^st, 18:06.9), freshman Faith Jensen (Mount Bethel, PA/Bangor) (132^nd, 18:40.9), senior Michelle Brenneman (Schuylkill Haven, PA/Schuylkill Haven) (153^rd, 19:46.8), and sophomore Mumi Koroma (Lansdale, PA/Penn Wood) (175^th, 22:53.9) rounded out the participants.

The Lady Colonels return to action on Saturday, October 7 for the DeSales Invitational in Center Valley, Pa. starting at 11:15 a.m.