Women's Cross Country Earn Sixth At LHU Invitational

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – Freshman Diana Dunn (Media, Pa. / Penncrest) excelled as she placed fifth, leading the Golden Rams to a sixth-place finish out of eighteen teams at the Lock Haven University Invitational held Saturday afternoon. The top finisher for the Golden Rams managed a final time of 22 minutes and 46 seconds. Next to cross the finish line was sophomore Amanda Kodis (Garnet Valley, Pa. / Garnet Valley), earning a time of 23:39 and slated at 27th. Teammate Julia Delgrosso (Springfield, Pa. / Cardinal O'Hara) was right behind her, finishing 38th with a time of 23:59. Senior Alie Smith (Shippensburg, Pa. / Big Spring) was 64th with a time of 24:46, while freshman Tara McLaughlin (Lansdale, Pa. / North Penn) came in three seconds later to place 65th. Overall, coach Comstock stated that he was "very pleased with how well the women are progressing. You can sense the confidence growing within the team each week. We stayed very patient and conservative through the first mile and began to pick off large groups runners the rest of the race." West Chester is back in action next Saturday when they head to Bethlehem for the Paul Short Run.