The Muhlenberg cross country teams faced some tough competition in their first race in three weeks, competing at Haverford's Main Line Invitational.

Division I schools Villanova and Penn were joined by regionally ranked Division III teams from Haverford, Swarthmore and Washington and Lee in the two races. 

The Mule men came in fifth, led by a 13th-place finish by senior Jason Richwall (pictured above left). He was ninth among collegiate runners and the third Division III runner across the finish line.

Sophomore Pat Smurla was Muhlenberg's second runner for the first time in his career, coming in 34th overall with a time of 21:34.8, more than a minute faster than the 22:54 he ran in the same race last year.

Only two runners competed for the Muhlenberg women. Sophomore Abby Dalton came in 13th overall, third among Division III runners, and senior Stephanie Ng (pictured above right) was 49.

complete results: men | women

Men's Team Scores
1. Penn 18
2. Haverford 54
3. Swarthmore 92
4. Widener 108
5. MUHLENBERG 123

Muhlenberg runners
13. Jason Richwall, 20:34.0
34. Pat Smurla, 21:34.8
52. Jonah Silverman, 22:15.2
61. Sam Morgan, 22:41.6
78. Conner Soderstedt, 24:00.6
83. Adam Stefan, 27:13.1
84. Kyle Tassone, 27:36.8

Women's Team Scores
1. Villanova 15
2. Washington and Lee 62
3. Penn 80
4. Swarthmore 96
5. Haverford 128
6. Widener 181

Muhlenberg runners
13. Abby Dalton, 18:13.1
49. Stephanie Ng, 19:46.9