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PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania’s men’s and women’s cross country teams will take flight to Terry Haute, Ind. as they take on the Pre-National Invitational on Friday, Oct. 16.
 
The Red and Blue women will split their team into the women’s Blue 6k (10:00 a.m.) and White 6k events (11:20 a.m.). Penn men will compete in the men’s Blue 8k at 10:40 a.m.
 
Allison Lee is coming off of her first Ivy League Athlete of the Week honors of her career and will look to continue her strong performance throughout the rest of the season.
 
Last Time Out – Paul Short Invitational (Oct. 2)
The Quaker men had a solid fifth place finish, leading to moving up to seventh place in the USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic regional poll. Chris Larnard, Joseph Ruiz, George Keen, Vinay Raman, and Nick Mazzeo made up the scoring five.
 
In the Open 8K, Brody Watt led the Red and Blue with a 27th-place finish, followed by Brian Gent and Nathan Blades.
 
On the women’s side, first-year Reid claimed the individual victory in the Open 6K, finishing seven seconds ahead of the runner-up. Lily Lyons and Alexa Matora also placed among the top 15, while Sara Khiri and Aoife Shovlin rounded out the Red and Blue’s top five.
 
In the College Gold 6K, Lee led the Quakers with a fifth-place finish, and Izzy Rodriguez placed 14th, improving significantly from her previous year’s performance. The women’s scoring group, which also included Quin Stovall, Sarah Fischer and Kelly Murray, helped Penn earn a second-place team finish to close out a strong meet for the Red and Blue.
 
Competing on Friday for the Quakers
Women’s Blue 6k (10:00 a.m.)
Sarah Fischer, Kelly Murray, Gabby Jones, Quin Stovall, Kate Hos, Izzy Rodriguez, Emily Reid, Allison Lee

Men’s Blue 8k (10:40 a.m.)

Esfan Daya, Kofi Fordjour, Raghav Gopalakrishnanm Liam Jordan, George Keen, Chris Larnard, Nick Mazzeo, Shane Murphy, Vinay Raman, Joseph Ruiz, Brody Watt

 

Women’s Blue 6k (11:20 a.m.)

Camille Jordan, L’Mio Edwards, Alexa Matora, Lily Lyons

 

Races in October

Oct. 23 – Haverford Invitational (Women)*

Oct. 31 – Ivy League Heps Championships  

*Event is a new addition to the schedule.

 

 

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