The Muhlenberg women's cross country team had its second straight strong showing against tough competition at Haverford's Main Line Invitational.

Competing against three Division I schools and three other Division III regionally ranked schools, the Mules placed sixth out of seven teams. Ranked 10th in the Metro Region coming into the race, Muhlenberg finished 23 points ahead of Widener, which was ranked seventh in the region.

The two Division III teams ahead of Muhlenberg are ranked second in the Metro (Haverford) and fourth in the Mid-Atlantic (Elizabethtown).

Senior Abby Dalton was third among Division III runners (26th overall) with a time of 18:00.1, 13 seconds better than her clocking in the same meet two years ago. Senior Marielle Avola was the seventh Division III finisher.

The six Muhlenberg runners crossed the finish line in almost the exact same order as in the first meet of the season with the exception of junior Adrienne Ellison (pictured above), who moved up a spot to fourth.

The Mule men, also ranked 10th in the region, placed eighth and had the second-best spread (1:27) among the five Division III squads.

Sophomore Nathan Reimer and freshman Markus Vottero ran 1-2 for Muhlenberg, while junior Conner Soderstedt (pictured above) was the Mules' fourth finisher for the first time in his career with a time of 23:28.1, 32 seconds better than in the 2019 meet.

complete results

Women's Team Scores
1. Villanova 17
2. Penn 62
3. La Salle 74
4. Haverford 106
5. Elizabethtown 151
6. MUHLENBERG 174
7. Widener 197

Muhlenberg runners
26. Abby Dalton, 18:00.1
36. Marielle Avola, 18:59.9
55. Caiti Kinnear, 20:45.2
62. Adrienne Ellison, 21:15.3
63. Lauren House, 21:29.0
65. Ellen Maguire, 21:44.8

Men's Team Scores
1. Villanova 23
2. Penn 53
3. La Salle 85
4. Haverford 113
5. Swarthmore 143
6. Widener 172
7. Elizabethtown 186
8. MUHLENBERG 251

Muhlenberg runners
78. Nathan Reimer, 22:50.0
88. Markus Vottero, 23:19.0
90. Pat Smurla, 23:28.1
92. Conner Soderstedt, 23:37.5
99. Mason Tran, 24:17.6
105. Isadore Silver, 24:56.5
109. Noah Halterman-Mitchell, 25:11.5