Bethlehem, Pa. - The cross country teams returned to action this afternoon at the annual Paul Short Invitational, hosted by Lehigh University. The women's team highlighted the performance, finishing in sixth out of a field of 29 teams while the men's team placed 26th in the field of 35 teams.

Senior Kathleen Healy led the way for the Lions in her season debut, running the 6k race in a time of 23:25.2 for 13th overall. Sophomore Carli Scheiffele (24:25.8) and senior Marie Naudus (24:27.0) also finished inside the top-50.

Freshman Martina Mileti (25:06.1) and senior Alaysia Cobb (25:14.0) both finished within the top-100 with Mileti setting a new personal-best. Freshman Anelisa Fulgieri (25:48.4) also set a new personal-best in the race.

On the men's side, freshman Anthony Baldasano ran an 8k time of 27:31.2, finishing in 53rd in his collegiate debut. Junior Peter Bagattine also finished in under 30 minutes at 28:16.5 while senior James Nichol followed at 30:19.1.

Freshman John Abad (31:03.1) and senior Matthew Rathje (31:21.5) rounded out the scorers Freshman Jack Vahey (33:04.7) and sophomore Christopher Diaz (34:24.0) each ran personal-best races.

Both teams will be back next weekend at the Highlander Invitational (Oct. 11) from Newark, N.J. The men will kick things off with their race at 11:00 a.m. followed by the women at 12:00 p.m.