MEN'S OVERALL AND TEAM RESULTS | WOMEN'S OVERALL AND TEAM RESULTS
 
NEWVILLE, Pa. – The Penn State Abington cross country teams competed at the Dickinson College Invitational, home of the 2014 NCAA Mid-East Regional, on Saturday.

The men's finished 16^th out of 48 teams. Junior Alexander Kane (Doylestown, Pa.) led the Nittany Lions for the fourth weekend in a row and finished 8^th overall, breaking the Top-10 school record in an 8-kilometer race with a time of 26:21.06. Kane beat out multiple runners from nationally ranked teams, such Division III schools like Dickinson College and Messiah College, along with Division II Shippensburg University and even Division I Bucknell University.

Senior Nicholas Volpe crossed the line in 86^th place with a personal best time of 28:43.49 and improved to the 4^th spot of the program Top-10 rankings. Freshman Nelson Costa followed suit with a personal best time of 29:28.92 for a 109^th place finish and an 8^th spot in the Top-10 rankings, while Billy Donovan crossed the line with a personal record of 30:04.79 for the 140^th spot to pick up the 9^th slot on the Top-10 list.

Other Abington finishers include freshmen Jeremy Castro finishing in 206^th (33:02.67) and Faheem Shah in 218^th (34:15.80) to round out the runners for the Blue and White.

The women finished 29^th out of 54 teams and were led by sophomore Valerie Santangelo with a 130^th place finish for a time of 26:54.43. Junior Gina Montgomery crossed the line in 29:49.45 for the 204^th spot, while freshman Kelly Hammond was close on her heels for the 209^th place in 30:06.09.

Other finishers include Jenina Santos in 215^th (30:33.25), Jacqualyn Horbury with the 249^th spot (33:55.71), and Jacquelyn Burkhimer with the 263^rd finish (37:55.77).

Abington will return to action next Saturday as the squads travel to Salisbury, Md. to participate in the Don Cathcart Invitational, hosted by Salisbury University.  The first race will commence at 8:30 a.m.