Results: Men | Women

ABINGTON, PA – After a solid opening to the season last weekend, the Maritime College men's and women's cross country teams were back in action on Saturday at the PSU Abington Invitational from Lorimar Park.  Competing against a full field of Division III opponents, the Maritime men finished second overall out of 15 teams.  The Privateer women also took second in a nine-team field.

Jack Lehnhardt (Dunkirk, MD) was seventh in the men's race, running 8000 meters in 29:27.20.  Jake Mundok (Lewes, DE) also had a top 10 showing, placing ninth in 29:34.50.  C.J. Elwell (Charlestown, RI) took 17^th in 30:24.91, while Jonah Yonks (Mount Sinai, NY) posted a time of 32:04.53, which was good for 32^nd place.  Declan O'Connor (Westfield, NJ) grabbed 43^rd place in 32:50.50, and he was followed by Pietro Lorino (West Nyack, NY) in 47^th (33:05.17) and Dean Butkiewicz (Middle Village, NY) in 49^th (33:27.41).

Maritime was the only squad with two top 10 finishers and recorded a team score of 108 points.  Penn State-Harrisburg had a team score of 89 points to take the team title.  The individual winner was Penn College's Mitchell Campbell (28:02.26).

In the women's race, Maritime placed three in the top eight and six in the top 20.  Rebecca Zareva (Allen, TX) placed fourth overall with a time of 27:26.24 over 6000 meters.  Adelle Leger (Middletown, NY) was the second Privateer across the line, capturing sixth place in 28:11.40, and Rachel Zareva (Allen, TX) took eighth in 28:36.86.  Mary Cirelli (Oreland, PA) (16^th, 31:41.92), Aisling Donnelly (New City, NY) (18^th, 32:01.46) and Caravel Losch (Butler, PA) (19^th, 32:05.17) all finished within 24 seconds of each other, while Tori Gay (Whiteford, MD) recorded a 37:41.34 clocking, which was good for 39^th place.

The Privateers' team score was 52 points, placing them well clear of every squad except St. Mary's (MD).  Led by individual winner Madeline Blaisdell (26:30.62), St. Mary's (MD) captured the team crown with 31 total points.  Running unattached, Shannon DiCristina of FDU-Florham had the fastest overall time, 25:37.71.

On Friday, Maritime returns to Pennsylvania for the Paul Short Run, hosted by Lehigh University.  The men's race gets underway at 9:30 a.m., with the women set to follow at 10:15 a.m.