CLINTON, Pa. -- Point Park men's and women's cross country are set to compete in the 25th annual Carnegie Mellon Invitational on Saturday. The men will run an 8K at 10 a.m., and the women will run a 6K at 10:45 a.m.
The Pioneer men's team picked up its second win of the season on Sept. 25 in the team's last race at the Atlantic Region Preview Meet. Luke McKenna took third place in the meet en route to earning his second MEC Men's Runner of the Week title.
McKenna was one of four Pioneers to finish in the top 12, with Chase Bowen (26:10.4) finishing seventh, Canaan Thomas (26:42.9) finishing 10th and Ari Snyder (26:43.9) placing 12th. Jorge Estalella's 16th-place finish rounded out the top five, as he finished in 26:52.4.
Point Park's women's team finished second in the meet, led by Anna Babinyecz placing fifth and Cassondra O'Connor taking sixth place. Zabine von Westernhagen finished in 13th place with her time of 23:44.8. She finished on spot better than teammate Aubrey Smith who turned in a time of 23:50.4. Paige McMahon recorded a time of 24:08.4, good for 17th place to round out the team's top five.
Point Park's men's team moved up to the second spot in the USTFCCCA DII Atlantic Region Poll, while the women's team is currently ranked sixth in the region.
The following Pioneers will compete in the meet:
Women
Anna Babinyecz
Avery Crook
Desilets Dubois
Hailey Holloway
Olivia Hutcherson
Paige McMahon
Beth Moody
Kyleigh Nagy
Cassondra O'Connor
Ruby Ostrander
Giulia Pologruto
Aubrey Smith
Zabine von Westernhagen
Men
Elijah Bechdel
Chase Bowen
Alex Castaneda
Jorge Estalella
Petros Fragkiadakis
Sam Herrera
Pedro Lemos
Joshua Maurer
Luke McKenna
Dakoda Perry
Albin Petschauer
Thomas Prechtl
Teagan Ritz
Ari Snyder
Liam Surgenavic
Ethan Syner
