CARLISLE, Pa. –The Shenandoah University men's and women's cross country teams returned to action this Saturday with a pair of strong performances at the Dickinson College Long/Short Invitational.

The No. 7 in the South women finished were 12^th in the combined after posting 17^th in the short (4K) event and 12^th place showings in the long (6K) while the men were eighth in their short.

The SU men did not run anyone in their long (8K) event and thus only posted a team score in one of the three categories.

There were 26 women's and 26 men's teams at the meet.

Junior Amy Smith paced the Hornet women by finishing 12^th of 142 runners in the 6K with a time of 23:59.

Sophomores Roni Frye and Tracey Swope backed Smith up by finishing 52^nd and 59^th overall with 25:21 and 26:07, respectively.

Teams scored three runners in each category.

In the women's 4K, senior Jennie Ott was 14^th of 203 runners with a 15:20, classmate Brandi Sobanko 99^th at 17:13 and freshman Ashley Stewart 144^th with an 18:06.

On the men's side, the entire squad ran in the 4K event.

Shenandoah captured its eighth place finish, defeating conference rival Christopher Newport, with a 23^rd place showing from Josiah Renton, a 33^rd from Ryan Taylor and a 64^th from Jake Garcia.

Renton ran a 12:41, Taylor a 12:54 and Garcia 13:26. There were 211 runners in the 4K race.

SU is back in action in two weeks at the Don Cathcart Invitational hosted by Salisbury University.

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