ST. MARY'S CITY, Md. – The Cedar Crest College cross country team finished sixth at the United East Conference Championships, collecting 166 points.
 
St. Mary's College of Maryland won the team title with 30 points. Cairn University followed in second with 92 points. Lancaster Bible College was third with 101 points. Penn College and the University of Valley Forge rounded out the top five with 126 and 164 points, respectively.

Leading the way for the Falcons was first-year Erica Cook (Deming, Wash./Mount Baker) placing seventh overall and completing the 6K course in 26:26.26. The seventh-place finish earned Cook a First-Team All-Conference nod.
 
First-year Giada Smith (Springtown, Pa./Palisades) placed 21^st with a time of 28:14.15, which landed her on the All-Conference Second Team.
 
First-year Kasia Dos Santos (Slatington, Pa./Northern Lehigh) completed the course in 30:21.95 placing 35^th. First-year Arianna Gonzalez (Fallsburg, N.Y./Fallsburg Junior Senior) placed 59^th with a time of 35:01.51. First-year Abby Adams (Suffolk, Va./Lakeland) came behind Gonzalez with a time of 35:09.06 placing 60^th. Senior Laura Blanco (Allentown, Pa./Louis E. Dieruff) placed 66^th with a time of 36:03.29. First-year Lexy Jones (Tamaqua, Pa./Tamaqua Area Senior) rounded out the Falcons in the meet with a 76^th-place finish and a time of 39:51.9.

Cedar Crest will next compete at the NCAA Division III Metro Regional Championships hosted by Stockton University on Saturday, November 16 beginning at 11:00 a.m.

(Story Written By Emily Demarest)