EARLYSVILLE, Va. –
Isabella Coleman and
Norah Affanato had top-100 finishes for the Loyola University Maryland women's cross country team as the Greyhounds ran their final race before the upcoming Patriot League and NCAA Regional Championships on Saturday.
The Loyola women finished 13
th, and the men's team was 15
th with each running in strong packs that helped supplement their finishes at the University of Virginia's Panorama Farms Invitational.
Coleman was 74
th in 22:33.4, while Affanato came in 98
th with a time of 23:17.0.
The Greyhounds women had a tight finishing pack with three more runners coming in between 101
st and 108
th.
Maeve Lowther was 101
st (23:23.1),
Kiera Udell finished just over four seconds behind in 107
th (23:37.3), and
Kasey Boag moved into the Greyhounds' top-five was a second back of her in 108
th (23:38.4).
Meghan Leonard finished 121
st in 24:40.4, while
Kat Zysk was 124
th (25:00.8).
Maddie Hyde took 128
th (25:56.6, and
Talia Banafato was 129
th (26:00.7).
Dillon Harding led Loyola men's top-four runners who finished within 21 spots of each other, taking 125
th in 25:28.8.
Camden Spring placed 134
th in 25:42.8,
Mikey Byrnes moved up 16 spots in the race's last 3,000 meters for 138
th (25:51.0), while
Dylan Jock was close behind in 146
th (25:56.6) after going through 2,000 meters in 180
th.
Dennis McNamara paced the next group of finishers, taking 160
th (26:25.9), while
Ailin Oberlies was 167
th in 26:34.9 and
Christian Zawislack was 174
th (26:57.2).
Evan Alander was 177
th (27:14.1),
Evan Skurat took 184
th (27:53.7),
Billy Malone was 188
th (28:31.1) and
Colin Muller crossed the line in 192
nd (29:24.5).
Loyola will line up for the Patriot League Championships on November 2 in Easton, Pennsylvania, to start its championship stretch.
