LEWISBURG, Pa. – Four members of the Loyola University Maryland men's and women's cross country teams finished in the top-10 of their races on Friday as the Greyhounds opened the 2022 campaigns at the Bison Opener.
 
Abby Potticary paced the women's team with a fourth-place finish in the 3,900-meter race, while Nathan Galloway, Dillon Harding and Evan Alander all finished in the top seven of the men's 6,000-meter course.
 
The men's team finished second out of four schools – all fellow Patriot League members – that ran at the event, while the women's team took a fourth-place finish.
 
Galloway crossed the line in 19:01.5 to finish fourth, just in front of Harding who was fifth in 19:12.4. Alander rounded out the trio in the top-10 with a seventh-place finish just over two seconds behind Harding in 19:14.7.
 
Camden Spring finished 12^th in the men's race, running 19:24.7, and Billy Malone took 21^st in his collegiate debut with a time of 19:42.6.
 
Evan Skurat was 34^th (20:04.0), and Tyler Vega was a spot back in 35^th (20:08.5).

Dennis McNamara was 39^th in 20:23.1, while Dylan Jock took 41^st in 20:25.9. Connor Rebele was one place behind in 20:31.7, as Bryan Hickman (45^th, 20:38.1) and Ethan Ginyard (50^th, 21:25.8) also finished for the Greyhounds.
 
Potticary, who finished as Loyola's top runner in all six of the team's events last season, did so again Friday as she was fourth in 14:25.4.
 
Isabella Coleman was the next Loyola runner across the line, coming in 28^th in 15:27.1, while Norah Affanato was in 36^th, running 15:46.1 during her first Greyhounds competition.
 
Lily Angluin was two spots behind in 38^th (15:49.9), and Meghan Leonard and Amaya Cunningham ran 40^th (15:53.8) and 41^st (15:55.2), respectively, in their first collegiate races.
 
Olivia Malley was 50^th (16:12.3), and a group came in close behind her: Kasey Boag (53^rd, 16:34.8), Colette Lindley (54^th, 16:35.1), Maddie Hyde (55^th, 16:43.5), Marissa Branham Rodriguez (56^th, 16:45.3) and Smmie Spargo (57^th, 16:49.5).
 
The Greyhounds will be back in action in two weeks when they compete in Annapolis, Maryland, at the Navy Invitational on Friday, September 16.