LEWISBURG, Pa. – Led by freshman Patrick Cropsey and senior Christina Daniels, the Loyola University Maryland men's and women's cross country each finished ninth at the Patriot League Championships at Bucknell University on Saturday.
 
The men's team edged Colgate University for ninth place by beating the Raiders by one point. The women's team also topped Colgate to take ninth.
 
Army West Point won the men's championship for the second-consecutive year. Host Bucknell won its fourth-straight title and now leads all Patriot League teams with 12 women's championships.
 
Cropsey led the men's team by taking 47^th place with a time of 27:45.3; the freshman has been the Greyhounds' top runner in every meet this season. Brandon Rossi was the second-best runner for Loyola, finishing 53^rd with a time of 28:03.3.
 
Freshman Nathan Galloway was close behind Rossi, placing 58^th with a time of 28:20.0, and another freshman, Jake Fowler, finished in 65^th place (28:36.6), while sophomore Sam Miller was 66^th (28:44.0).
 
Senior Tyler Schoch placed 67^th with a time of 28:45.8 while senior Alex Buchholz was 69^th with a time of 29:05.3.
 
Freshman Spencer Askine (29.47.3), senior Colin Chandler (30:06.9), junior Sam Williams (30:25.8) and sophomore Peter Butler (30:36.0) also competed for the Greyhounds.
 
In the women's race, Daniels was the top runner for the Greyhounds as she finished 46^th with a time of 23:22.6. Junior Kayleigh Caggiano was close behind as she finished 48^th in 23:26.2.
 
Senior Mary Sutton finished 51^st (23:42.6) just ahead of freshman Grayce Heineman (23:45.1).
 
Sophomore Tara Ryan ran 54^th in the race (23:50.7) while junior Audrey O'Neill was 58^th (24:06.3). Senior Gabrielle Silvestri was 61^st with a time of 24:14.1.
 
Courtney Wallace (24:34.0), Kelly Williamson (24:48.5), Kate Raggone (25:03.0) and Grace Jansson (25:07.4) also ran for the Greyhounds.
 
The Greyhounds return to action on Friday, November 9 when they compete at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic regional meet at Penn State University at 11:00 a.m.