BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Saint Joseph's women's cross country team opened the 2024 campaign with a third-place team finish at the Lehigh Invitational on Friday evening.
 
ABOUT THE EVENT:

• The 6k race took place at Lehigh University.
• St. Joe's finished third of five teams in the event.
• The team average of the five scorers was 23:09.
• The field was comprised with 70 runners, including 22 Hawks.

 
HOW THE HAWKS FINISHED:

• Ava Curry led all Hawks with a top-three time in the field, opening her season with a 22:09.7 finish.
• Joining Curry in the top 10, Danika Slits made her collegiate debut with a sixth-place effort and a time of 22:35.9.
• Madison Buddenbohn was the third scorer for the Hawks to cross the finish line, finishing 20^th with an effort of 23:31.2.
• Six Hawks finished in a row to take 23^rd-28^th, the pack led by freshman Sabrina Paz with a 23:40.9 time. Only five seconds behind her, sophomore Grace Fennell posted a finish of 23:45.6. A trio of seniors in Lauren Charboneau (23:51.2), Lauren Hino (24:00.1) and Katie Sparks (24:01.7) were followed by freshman Emily Peifer (24:02.3) to round out the grouping.
• Danielle Juliano and Grace Rudder rounded out the top half of the field with times of 24:08.5 and 24:14.0.

 
UP NEXT:
St. Joe's returns to action in two weeks, competing on Friday, September 13 at the Spiked Shoe Invitational hosted by Penn State.