CENTER VALLEY, PA – Junior Victoria Barlow (Ridge, NY/Bishop McGann-Mercy Diocesan) recorded a top-15 program time in the 6k as the Wilkes University women's cross country team placed 10th of 19 teams at the DeSales Invitational Saturday. Five of the Colonels runners set personal records on the day.

Results

Wilkes scored 280 team points among its top five finishers in the race that featured 179 total runners.

Barlow recorded a personal record time of 24:42.8 for the 14th fastest 6k time in program history. She placed 29th overall.

Junior Sara Ross (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth) recorded a personal record of 25:33.6 to finish 52nd overall. First year Alyse Fay (Verona, PA/Oakland Catholic) was 61st with a personal best 25:46.3. First year Courtney Negra (Colonia, NJ/Colonia) also set a personal record with a time of 27:06.6 as she placed 94th. Junior Sydney Rochette (Colchester, CT/Academy of Aerospace and Engineering) rounded out the Wilkes scorers with a time of 27:33.1 in 105th overall.

Junior Mia Walker (Matawan, NJ/Matawan Regional) finished in 109th with a time of 27:42.4 and first year Abby Lewis (Troy, PA/Troy) followed in 112th with a time of 27:44.9. First year Regan Metz (Berwick, Pa./Berwick) recorded a personal best with a finishing time of 28:05.7 as she placed 116th.

Rounding out the Colonels on the course were first year Amy Agreda (Shelton, CT/Shelton) (119th, 28:24.1), Sophomore Mia Hensil (East Berlin, PA/Bermudian Springs) (120th, 28:26.3), first year Abby Kuppinger (Syracuse, NY/West Genesee) (126th, 28:53.5), junior Arianna Ryan (Brockton, PA/Tamaqua) (146th, 31:36.9), sophomore Alexa Boersma (Clarks Summit, PA/Abington Heights) (149th, 32:41.7), first year Christina Colosimo (Emmaus, Pa./Emmaus) (168th, 38:22.2), and first year Naomi Michel (Macungie, PA/Emmaus) (169th, 38::26.9).

Misericordia won the team title with 55 points. Olivia Visaggio of Misericordia was first overall with a time of 22:48.9.

The Colonels return to the course next Saturday for the Inter-Regional Boarder Battle hosted by Rowan University in Logan Township, N.J.