BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Saint Francis men's and women's cross country teams competed at the Paul Short Invitational on Friday afternoon, hosted by Lehigh University. In the Women's Brown 6k, the Red Flash women finished 15^th of 45 teams. On the men's side in the Brown 8k, the men's team placed 28^th of 39 teams.

WOMEN
Women's Results

The Red Flash women finished in the top third of teams in the Brown 6k at 15^th of 45 with 379 points. SFU had an average time of 22:44. Leading the way for the Flash were sophomore Morgan Kiebler (Export, Pa./Kiski Area) in 47^th place (22:26) out of 387 total competitors. Freshman Angela Barber (62^nd, 22:37) came in 11 seconds later, and sophomore Danae Peters (Manheim, Pa./Manheim Central) finished 72^nd in 22:43. Junior Danielle DiCello (McDonald, Pa./Canon McMillan) finished 90^th in 22:52.

Saint Joseph's University won the event with 166 points.

MEN
Men's Results

The Saint Francis men finished 28^th of 39 teams in the Brown 8k with 731 points. Sophomore Bryce England (Williamsburg, Pa./Williamsburg, Pa.) was the top finisher for the Red Flash with a 73^rd place spot in 25:45. In 85^th place and just three seconds behind England, Zachery Salek (Oakdale, Pa./West Allegheny) finished in 25:48. Shaun Allen (Forestville, Md. /Forestville)'s time of 26:35 earned him the third best time among SFU runners and 170^th place among the 354 male runners.

Shippensburg earned the victory with 57 points while taking three of the top five places and four of the top 20.                                                                                                         

The Red Flash men and women each return to action in two weeks at the Penn State Open on Oct. 17.