LOCK HAVEN, Pa. -- Point Park men's and women's cross country are set for the 17th annual Go Fast River Run on Saturday. The meet, which is hosted by Lock Haven University, will feature a women's 6K at 11 a.m. and a men's 8K at 11:45.

Both Point Park teams took fifth place in their last meet at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational on Oct. 10. Luke McKenna, who was named the Moe's Southwest Grill Men's Pioneer Athlete of the Month on Oct. 12, led the men with his 17th-place finish. Ari Snyder grabbed 32nd place, and Canaan Thomas finished 43rd. 

Point Park finished the meet as the highest-placing team in the Atlantic Region, beating out Davis & Elkins and Slippery Rock.

Cassondra O'Connor and Anna Babinyecz led the women, finishing in 18th and 20th, respectively. Ruby Ostrander took 31st place, and Aubrey Smith turned in a 38th-place finish. The women also finished as the best team from the Atlantic Region, having placed better than Slippery Rock, Davis & Elkins and Glenville State.

The Pioneers were tabbed fourth and sixth, respectively, in the fifth edition of the US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) DII Atlantic Region poll.