Young Runners Lead Cross Country
The Muhlenberg cross country teams showed off their young talent at the season-opening Lehigh Invitational, a meet dominated by Division I competition.
The women were led by senior Caiti Kinnear, who came in eighth among Division III runner and ran 17 seconds faster than last year in the same meet. Placing second and third for the Mules were freshmen Maggie Holderith and Ava Lundy.
Of the top six for the Muhlenberg men, three were freshmen and the other three were sophomores. The top two finishers were freshmen Marc Sebastian Montalvo and David Seel.
Montalvo's 19:53 was the fastest clocking by a Mule freshman in a 6K at Lehigh since 2015.
Six of the seven Mules who had previously raced in this meet had lifetime bests for the 6K race.
complete results
Women's Team Scores
1. Pennsylvania 15
2. Lehigh 73
3. St. Joseph's (Pa.) 74
4. West Virginia 93
5. Moravian 139
6. Muhlenberg 180
Muhlenberg Scorers
59. Caiti Kinnear, 25:12.3
67. Maggie Holderith (pictured above right), 26:40.5
73. Ava Lundy, 28:04.2
74. Hadley DeVarennes, 28:09.2
76. Isabelle Hoffman, 28:41.2
77. Lydia Jenkins-Ford, 29:05.1
78. Lauren House, 29:12.0
Men's Team Scores
1. St. Joseph's (Pa.) 33
2. Pennsylvania 37
3. Lehigh 53
4. Moravian 124
5. DeSales 133
6. Muhlenberg 194
7. Fairleigh Dickinson 210
Muhlenberg Scorers
60. Marc Sebastian Montalvo, 19:53.2
66. David Seel, 20:03.5
73. Matthew Hajel, 20:17.3
79. Andrew Smolowitz, 20:35.1
83. David Ludwig (pictured above left), 20:45.7
87. Raam Ravishankar, 20:56.3
88. Charles Ohanian, 21:00.3
Players Mentioned
Players Mentioned
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