ANNAPOLIS, MD. – Abby Potticary ran a strong race Friday evening to take second in the women's 6,000 meters, leading the Loyola University Maryland cross country teams at the Navy XC Invite.
 
Dillon Harding made his collegiate debut on the men's side and was the top finisher not from the host school, placing 11^th overall to pace the Greyhounds men.
 
In the team race, the Loyola women took second behind the Midshipmen, scoring 71 points to better UMBC's third-place score of 77. Navy and UMBC went one-two in the men's race, but the Greyhounds came in a strong third-place out of seven teams.
 
Three men's runners placed in the top-25, led by Harding's time of 25:07.81 on the 4.9-mile course at the U.S. Naval Acadmey Golf Club. Nathan Galloway came in 17^th in 25:39.55, while Patrick Cropsey was 25^th in 26:03.13.
 
Ethan Ginyard, Tyler Vega and Dylan Jock all cross the finish line within four spots of each other. Ginyard led in 34^th (26:34.44), and Vega was two spots back in 26:45.78. Jock rounded out the quartet in 38^th with a time of 26:47.26.
 
Camden Spring (49^th, 27:31.16), Evan Skurat (50^th, 27:31.65) and Bryan Hickman (55^th, 28:08.75) rounded out the Loyola men's contingent.
 
Behind Potticary's second-place finish of 22:55.15, Grayce Heinemann (15^th, 24:05.14), Kate Ragone (25^th, 24:59.00) and Maeve Lowther (27^th, 25:06.95) all finished in the top 30 for the Loyola women.
 
Isabella Coleman ran 35^th in 25:50.19, and Lily Angluin was one place behind at 26:00.45. Catie O'Hehir finished 37^th (26:02.54), just in front of Megan Daviero (41^st, 26:23.23). Sydney Votruba placed 45^th in 26:54.15, and Isabel Slimm ran 47^th in 26:57.74.
 
A pair of Greyhounds also ran in the men's 5,000 meters. Aidan Day took 19^th in 18:12.77, and Conor Rebele was 24^th in 18:49.04.
 
Loyola dominated the women's 5,000 meters with 10 runners finishing second through 11^th. Sammie Spargo was second in 22:14.19, followed by Carly Spinner (22:22.60), Kasey Boag (22:22.74) and Grace Shartle (22:23.84) in the top-5.
 
Olivia Malley was sixth in 22:27.64, while Grace Morgan (23:13.23), Bridget Hackett (23:39.83), Allegra Devoe (23:40.99), EVee Schoenberg (24:13.02) and Ajia Morrison (24:26.18) completed the Greyhoudns running group.