CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – The Centenary University women's and men's cross country teams turned in several strong performances against a talented field on a course that featured fairly constant rolling hills at the DeSales Invitational.

"The course was challenging with rolling hills throughout," said head coach Pat Regan. "Runners started in the center of campus, ran up to and around the neighboring cornfields and dropped back down through the center of campus and finished with a trail around the athletic center. Despite the challenging course andnd with the near perfect weather, the Cyclones produced several season bests and a couple of other runners within 20 seconds of their bests."

Senior Meghan Barone ran a 31:30 on the 6k course to record the top finish by a Cyclone on the day. Sophomore Kelly Ann Earrusso posted a time of 37:13, which was her personal best.

Sophomore Yvanna Germosen led a pack of Cyclones across the line as Germosen and sophomores Megan Tinger and Lucy Kucharski all finished within five seconds of each other.

Germosen had a time of 42:42.2, Kucharski crossed in 42:42.6 for a personal best and Tinger rounded out the group with a 42:47.

Senior Roxana Gonzalez contributed a time of 44:31 to the group's efforts.

Sophomore Jared Aponte led the Cyclone men in the 8k race as he posted a time of 32:27.

Next to cross the line for the Cyclones was freshman Anthony Ferrara with a time of 39:12, which is a personal best.

Senior Matt Oehrlein completed the course in 40:59 while sophomore Matt Perine followed him home just over two minutes later (42:13).

Rounding out the Centenary contingent was Ellis Brown who ran a 53:14.

Centenary is back in action on Saturday, Oct. 30 when it takes part in the Atlantic East Conference Championship.