GETTYSBURG, Pa. – The Cedar Crest College cross country team impressed at the Aubrey Shenk Invitational, hosted by Gettysburg College on Saturday. The Falcons finished 32^nd and placed ahead of conference schools Penn State Harrisburg, Lancaster Bible College, and Penn College and finished within 16 points of St. Mary's College of Maryland.

"I can't express how proud I am of this team," said Head Cross Country Coach Jaryd Flank. "Without a doubt, this is the best cross country performance during my time here, and quite possibly the last decade. If we perform up to our standard like we did today at Conference Champs, we are capable of being top-two in the United East."

The Falcons posted six season-bests in the meet on Saturday.

Graduate student Ryley Schwalm (Pottsville, Pa./North Schuylkill) broke her own 6K program record, placing 20^th out of 452 runners, clocking a time of 21:58.4.

Junior Giada Smith (Springtown, Pa./Palisades) moved from eighth to fifth all-time in program history with the fastest 6K time, crossing the finish line in 25:12.4, marking a new personal record by a minute.

First-year Alicia Cruz (Easton, Pa./Wilson Area) recorded a personal record time of 27:30.5, beating her previous personal-best time by almost three minutes.

First-year Carly Dachenhausen (Quakertown, Pa./Quakertown Community) registered a time of 28:11.9, making it a new personal-best time by two minutes.

Senior Emily Matoushek (Waymart, Pa./Forest City Regional) finished in a time of 30:33.0, which marked a personal record time by one minute.

Junior Abby Adams (Suffolk, Va./Lakeland) closed out the Cedar Crest runners in the field, crossing the line in 34:00.1.

Cedar Crest will have a week off to prepare for the United East Conference Championships, which will take place at Union Canal Tunnel Park in Lebanon, Pennsylvania on Saturday, October 31.