BUFFALO, NY – Sophomores Lydia Demarest and Olivia Fesmire each hit new personal best times as the Roberts Wesleyan University Women's Cross Country team competed at the Canisius University Alumni meet Saturday at Delaware Park.

Demarest was the top Roberts finisher with a new best time of 19:11.6 and placed 22nd overall out of 122 runners. Fesmire was the next Redhawk to finish as she clocked a new PR with a time of 19:39.8 and placed 33rd overall.

Roberts was the seventh-place team in the field of 11 collegiate teams with 180 points. Detroit Mercy won the team title with 45 points.

Sophomore Emma Lipa was just a second behind Fesmire with her time of 19:40.8 in 34th position and senior Mia Lucyshyn was 46th with her time of 19:55.9. Sophomore Rose Wilson rounded out the team scoring for Roberts with a 20:31.1 and a 61st place finish.

Freshman Juliana LaFountain also ran for Roberts and recorded her best time of the year with a 20:32.9 and placed 62nd overall.

The cross country teams will host the East Coast Conference (ECC) Championships November 7 on the home course at Roberts.