CENTER VALLEY, PA – Eight of 10 Wilkes University women's cross country runners set their season best time in a 6k race as the team placed 15^th of 27 teams Saturday afternoon at the DeSales Invitational.

There were 268 total runners on the course as Wilkes scored 459 team points with its five scoring runners. Dickinson was the team champion with 28 points.

Overall Results

Team Results

Autumn Pedron (Pottsville, PA/Minersville) set her career best time of 26:21.8 to finish in 88^th overall. Caroline Rickard (Orwigsburg, PA/Blue Mountain) was the second Colonel across the line in 97^th with a time of 26:31.6 for a season best. Also scoring for Wilkes and setting a season best time were Sara Ross (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth) (132nd, 27:26.3), Kyleigh Smeltzer (Manchester, PA/Northeastern) (157^th, 28:10.6) and Sydney Rochette (Colchester, CT/Academy of Aerospace and Engineering) (171st, 28:29.8).

Kaitlin Sutton (Shavertown, PA/Lake Lehman) finished in 29:40.8 for her season best time and placed 198^th. Mia Walker (Matawan, NJ/Matawan Regional) was 200^th with a 29:53.0. Cassidy Lee (Rocky Mount, NC/Nash Central) (212^th, 30:34.0) and Arianna Ryan (Brockton, PA/Tamaqua) (222nd, 31:12.0) set season best marks. Jill Weston (South Canaan, PA/Western Wayne) rounded out the Colonels participating with a 31:50.0 in 229^th place.

Next up for the Colonels is a trip to Glassboro, N.J. for the Inter-Regional Border Battle this coming Saturday, October 13 at 11:45 a.m.