EARLYSVILLE, Va. – The Loyola University Maryland men's and women's cross country teams had their final races on Friday morning before the upcoming championship season, competing at the University of Virginia's XC23 Invitational at Panorama Farms.
 
Both teams finished seventh with Abby Potticary and Dillon Harding logging top-40 finishes for their sides.
 
Harding moved up eight spots over the last 3,000 meters to cross the line in 35^th place with a time of 25:17.6. The freshman was 52^nd overall through 3,000 meters and 43^rd through 5,000 before making his final push.
 
Nathan Galloway also had a top-50 finish for the men's team, running 25:44.0 to take 50^th.
 
Patrick Cropsey rose 10 places in the final stretch, covering the 8,000-meter course in 26:1-.2 to finish 58^th, while Jake Fowler was nearby in 62^nd at 26:20.4.
 
Ethan Ginyard (81^st, 27:17.0), Tyler Vega (84^th, 27:50.1) and Dylan Jock (85^th, 27:54.6) rounded out the men's scoring.
 
Evan Alander (88^th, 28:10.5), Evan Skurat (93^rd, 28:39.2), Bryan Hickman (94^th, 29:12.2) and Aidan Day (95^th, 29:28.6) were also among the finishers for the Greyhounds.
 
Potticary led the women's team with a 32^nd-place run, finishing in 18:31.4 for her time leading the Greyhounds out of the same number of races this season.
 
She was followed by three other Loyola runners who finished in the top 50, led by freshman Isabella Coleman. She took 43^rd in 19:17.6, while Grayce Heinemann was 48^th (19:34.3) and Kate Ragone finished 50^th (19:37.0).
 
Caite O'Hehir and Maeve Lowther finished within two seconds of each other, taking 55^th and 56^th, respectively, with times of 20:04.8 and 20:06.3.
 
Isabel Slimm and Marissa Branham were 64^th and 65^th in 20:46.7 and 20:48.6, while Kasey Boag and Sammie Spargo took 68^th (21:33.8) and 69^th (21:36.3).
 
The Greyhounds will be back in action on Sunday, October 31, with a Halloween-day running of the 2021 Patriot League Championships that will be held at Lehigh University.