CLINTON, Pa. – The Point Park men's and women's cross country teams each placed fifth at Saturday's 25^th Annual Carnegie Mellon Invitational hosted at Youthtowne Fields in Clinton, Pa.
 
MEN'S 8K
 
The Pioneers were led by Luke McKenna's 17^th place finish on Saturday (25:11.6). Ari Snyder was the second Pioneer to cross the finish line with a time of 25:36.8 (32^nd place). Canaan Thomas finished 43^rd (25:52.8).
 
On the team leaderboard, Point Park finished behind Ashland, Carnegie Mellon, Walsh and Northwood to complete the top five. With 178 points, Point Park was the highest-finishing Atlantic Region team on the leaderboard, finishing better than Davis & Elkins (194) and Slippery Rock (216) in seventh and eighth, respectively.
 
WOMEN'S 5K
 
The Pioneers women were led by Cassondra O'Connor (18:30.1) and Anna Babinyecz (18:30.4), finished 18^th and 20^th, receptively, in the 5k race. Ruby Ostrander finished in 31^st place (18:53.0) and Aubrey Smith (19:02.4) came in 38^th place.
 
On the women's team leaderboard, West Virginia took first, followed by Carnegie Mellon, Ashland, Walsh and Point Park rounding out the top five. Like the men, the Pioneer women were the top team finisher from the Atlantic Region, followed by Slippery Rock in sixth, Davis & Elkins in 10^th and Glenville State in 11^th.
 
UP NEXT
 
On Saturday, Oct. 24 the Pioneers return to action at the Go Fast River Run hosted by Lock Haven University. The event is set for Saturday afternoon at West Branch Cross Country Course (Women's race at 2 p.m., Men's race at 2:45).