Center Valley, PA (October 12) – FDU-Florham Women's Cross Country team participated in the 41^st Annual DeSales University Invitational and came away with multiple personal records from the 6k course.

Overall, Lebanon Valley was awarded the meet win as they totaled 45 points for first place. Haverford secured second place with 54 points, and Messiah followed for third place with 62 points. FDU-Florham competed in the race, but with less than five runners the Devils were unable to record a score as a team.
 
Briella Bagnato (Allendale, NJ) saw a top 30 finish as she claimed 27th overall with a 26:08.8 time and was able to drop 30 seconds off her best time. Sophomore Mai Purse (Ringwood, NJ) produced a season-best with an 11-second time drop for a 32:09.7 overall time and a 105th placement.

In the back half of the pack for the Devils, Julia Flynn (Manhattan, NY) was seen in 108th place for a 32:41.1 time which resulted in over a minute being chopped off her personal record.   
Briana Flatt (Bridgewater, NJ) was the last Devil to cross the line as she saw a large time drop in her personal record by over four minutes to secure a 35:19.4 time for 124th place.
 
FDU-Florham looks to Saturday, October 19 for their next meet at the Inter-Regional Boarder Battle hosted by Rowen. The women will start at 11:00 am. The course will be a preview for the NCAA DIII Metro Regional Championship.  
 
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