Center Valley, Pa- The Penn St. Berks Men's & Women's Cross Country Teams showed their growth with every runner setting new personal best times in the Aubrey Shenk Invitational hosted by Gettysburg College on Saturday, Oct. 19.

The outstanding performances were headlined by Trent Jordan, whose time of 27:25.3 was the 6^th fastest 8K time in school history. Nathaniel Leano and Ben Carman ran together, finishing in 124^th and 126^th respectively.

The women's team was led once again by Naomi Fay who set a new PR with a time of 26:19.6. Heather Hoffman also had her best outing of the year, finishing the race with a PR of 30:20.0.

The Aubrey Shenk Invitational featured teams from across all three levels of NCAA competition, which helped to push each runner to their best time of the season. The men's team took 16th of 20 teams while the women's team placed 21st of 21 teams.

Women's 6K Results
Naomi Fay- 26:19.6 (133^rd Overall)
Heather Hoffman- 30:20.0 (104^th Overall)
Natalya Rivera- 36:20.0 (206^th Overall)
Megan Kroninger- 37:46.6 (208^th Overall)
Alishbah Ahmed- 43:17.2 (211^th Overall) 

Men's 8K Results
Trent Jordan- 27:25.3 (72^nd Overall)
Nathaniel Leano- 28:27.5 (124th Overall)
Ben Carman- 28:33.7 (126^th Overall)
Simon Rickert- 29:55.3 (170^th Overall)
Cristian Corona- 31:53.9 (199^th Overall)
Amir Nutter-Smith- 35:47.1 (217^th Overall)
Mark Shiroshita- 36:04.5 (218^th Overall)
Daniyal Kamran- 41:44.1 (224^th Overall)

WHO'S NEXT 
The Lions will be back in action when they take part in the Last Chance Run Fast Meet hosted by Lebanon Valley College on Friday, Oct. 25. The race is scheduled to start at 3:00 PM.  

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