Parker and Woods lead Juniata XC teams at Dickinson Long-Short Invitational

CARLISLE, Pa. -- Junior Ceth Parker (Sabillasville, Md./Catoctin) and freshman Katrina Woods (Shirleysville, Pa./Mount Union) paced the Juniata College men's and women's cross country teams at Saturday's Dickinson College Long-Short Invitational. 

Parker completed the 4K course in a personal best time of 12:43, finishing 25^th overall. Freshman Nate Alter (Pittsburgh, Pa./Taylor Allderdice) was the next highest Juniata finisher in 60^th position with a time of 13:22, while Jon Pfadenhauer (Old Westbury, N.Y./The Wheatley School) was 79^th with a mak of 13:35. Kenny Goodfellow (Duncansville, Pa./Hollidaysburg) was 102^nd with a time of 13:50, while John Lugg (Lock Haven, Pa./Western Reserve Academy, Ohio) posted a time of 14:13 to finish 124^th.

Freshman Marty Henderek (Titusville, N.J./Hopewell Valley Central) was the top Juniata performer in the 8100m event, running a time of 30:05 to finish 120^th. Kevin Donohue (Sandy Hook, Conn./Newtown) was 146^th with a time of 31:09, while rookie Trevor Guyer (Lewistown, Pa./Indian Valley) was 155^th with a mark of 31:38. 

On the women's side, Woods ran the 4K in a time of 15:48, good enough for 31^st overall in the event. Senior Megan McQuillan was not far off Woods' pace, running a personal best 4K time of 15:50 and placing 33^rd.  Jessica Koenig (Milford, Pa./Delaware Valley) also set a new personal best in the 4K, running a time of 15:57 and finishing 41^st. 

Other Juniata finishers in the 4K event, all with new personal bests, were Caroline Morgan (Havertown, Pa./Haverford Township) in 16:12 (51^st), Alyssa Grube (Lititz, Pa./Warwick) in 16:52 (83^rd), Casey Hoffman (Coplay, Pa./Parkland Senior) in 17:30 (112^th), and Elizabeth Linde (Kirkwood, Pa./Solanco) in 17:40 (122^nd).

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