LOCK HAVEN, Pa. -- Three more school records were broken on a day that saw the Davis & Elkins women finish third and the men fourth in the team standings in the Lock Haven University Invitational Saturday. The event featured more than forty-five institutions and nearly 1,000 total competitors over four different races on the day.

In the women's race, Freshman Lydia Falkenstein once again led the way with a school record 6K performance (21:18) to finish seventh overall in the field of 286 runners. Falkenstein now owns both the 5K and 6K school records just three races into her young career.

Sophomore Lauren Twyman led a charge of Senator women running to big personal best performances behind Falkenstein. Twyman (22:06, 28th), freshman Kaitlin Pappas (22:18, 38th), junior Ella Hesson (22:20, 41st), and sophomore Savanna Hardman (22:22, 45th) rounded out the team scoring and gave the Senators another school record scoring average time of (22:04).

In the team standings, the women finished third overall out of thirty-seven schools in the Crimson Championship Division. In a meet that featured most of the Atlantic Region, the Senators finished only behind one region program, Charleston, who won the meet and one spot ahead of Slippery Rock in a tight one-point difference.
 
In the men's race, the Senators broke a school record for the second week in a row. They finished with an impressive 24:40 team average in the 8K course. Sophomore Jan Thewes (24:27) led the way with a tenth-place overall finish in a field of 264 runners.

Thewes was followed by five more Senators under the 25-minute barrier: senior Henry Schmidt (24:40, 19th), junior Thijs Terlouw (24:41, 21st), junior Gabe Conder (24:44, 22nd), junior Jackson Gibson (24:50, 24th), and freshman Charlie Stephenson (24:56, 27th).

In the team standings, the men finished fourth overall out of thirty-five schools in the Crimson Championship Division and just one-point behind Slippery Rock for third. On the day, the men were the third-highest finishing Atlantic Region program, with Charleston also winning the men's team title.

Full Results: https://tfrrs.org/results/xc/21602/22nd_Annual_LHU_Invitational_Open

Up Next
The Senators will be off from competition this weekend before making a trip to Charlotte for the NCAA Division I-hosted Royals Invite (Queens University) on Oct 6. It will be a meet that features multiple DI programs and multiple DI Nationally and Regionally-ranked programs. It will be the final regular season meet before the championship season begins.

Competing in Crimson Division races:
 
Women's Individual Times (place in field of 286 runners)
21:18, Lydia Falkenstein (7^th)
22:06, Lauren Twyman (28^th)
22:18, Kaitlin Pappas (38^th)
22:20, Ella Hesson (41^st)
22:22, Savanna Hardman (45^th)
22:33, Cameryn Wheeler (56^th)
23:54, Jensen Kraft (142^nd)
24:17, Suze Gipmans (163^rd)
24:43, Sierra Taylor (191^st)

Men's Individual Times (place in field of 264 runners)
24:27, Jan Thewes (10^th)
24:40, Henry Schmidt (19^th)
24:41, Thijs Terlouw (21^st)
24:44, Gabe Conder (22^nd)
24:50, Jackson Gibson (24^th)
24:56, Charlie Stephenson (27^th)
25:01, Pablo Velt (30^th)
25:09, Konnor Allison (36^th)
25:14, Cooper Gibson (40^th)
 
Competing in White Division races:

Women (168 runners)
24:18, Brooke Jacobs (18^th)
24:24, Rachel Snedden (21^st)
24:25, Hannah Scoggin (22^nd)

Men (211 runners)
25:58, Slate Swiger (7^th)
25:59, Christopher Lucas (8^th)
26:34, Juan Amann (23^rd)
27:15, Takaleb Turner (45^th)