Victory at the Penn State National

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Securing the top two placements and five in the top 25, the No. 19 West Virginia cross country team beat two nationally ranked opponents en route to its first team victory of the year Friday morning at the Penn State National in University Park, Pa.

Under a steady rainfall and tough course conditions, the Mountaineers won the 6k race with 45 points, led by first- and second-place finishers Kate Harrison and Kaitlyn Gillespie, who paced the course in 20:50 and 20:53, respectively. The Mountaineers overcame Connecticut (70 points), No. 20 Penn State (77), No. 26 Duke (91), Grand Valley State (171) and Miami of Ohio (211), and 23 other schools for the win.

"We are happy with today's result," says WVU coach Sean Cleary. "It has been two years since we won a big invitational as a team, so this was a pleasing run. Our depth was a little stronger this week.

Redshirt junior Sarah-Anne Brault arrived third for the team in sixth place with a time of 21:21, while redshirt senior Ahna Lewis followed closely behind in 11th place in 21:41. Redshirt senior Kaylyn Christopher also scored team points with a 25th-place finish in 22:16.

"Watching Kate (Harrison) and Katie (Gillespie) out in front controlling this field shows how things have been progressing for us," Cleary says. "We know exactly where we need to improve on this result. This is a nice tune up for the BIG EAST in a couple of weeks."

Several other Mountaineers competed and had solid finishes, including redshirt junior Stephanie Aldea in 35th place in 22:26 and redshirt junior Jordan Hamric in 59th place in 23:05.

Teammates Hallie Portner (83rd, 23:23), Aubrey Moskal (90th, 23:28), Sarah Martinelli (94th, 23:33), Chelsea Jarvis (124th, 23:52) and Stephanie Caruso (152nd, 24:19) also raced at the event.

The Mountaineers next compete at the BIG EAST Conference Championship on Oct. 29 in Louisville, Ky.

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