Lyons, Kearns are solid in Devils Debut at Delaware Valley: USciences

September 4, 2010

Lyons, Kearns are solid in Devils Debut at Delaware Valley

Jordan Lyons ran her fastest 6,000-meter race ever in her Devils debut and freshman Abby Kearns placed ten seconds behind her as the University of the Sciences women's cross country team opened their 2010 season with an eighth place finish at the DVC invitational in Doylestown, Pennsylvania on Saturday.

Sciences finished with 216 points, 24 behind seventh place Misericordia College. Elizabethtown college, ranked 4^th in the D-II Mid-East region, won the race with 48 points, placing three runners in the top five overall. The Devils were the top team amongst the three Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference schools competing in the meet.

Lyons (Washington Township HS/Sewell, N.J.), who last year competed for Chestnut Hill College, was the first Devils runner to finish, crossing the line in 36^th place overall with a personal-best time of 26:07.01. sophomore Kristin Waters (West Genesee HS/Syracuse, N.Y.), an All-CACC performer last year, finished just .39 behind Lyons with a time of 26:07.40. Lyons time was over a minute faster then her previous best 6K race, set last year on the same course. Waters was less than four seconds off her best 6K time of 26:03, set at last year's NCAA East Regional.

Kearns (Holy Cross HS/Scranton, Pa.) made an impressive Devils debut, finishing two places behind Waters with a time of 26:17.40. JuniorsJessica Kaminski (Charter School of Wilmington/Hockessin, Del.) and Kimberly Brown (Toms River East HS/Toms River, N.J.) rounded out the Devils top five scorers. Kaminski was 73^rd overall with a time of 28:13.89 while Brown was 77^th overall with a time of 28:18.89.

Emily Schwartz (Cherokee HS/Marlton, N.J.), the third runner to make her Devils debut and senior Allison Dargay (Cardinal O'Hara HS/Glen Mills, Pa.) rounded out Sciences seven scorers. Schwartz finished with a time of 29:09.42 while Dargay crossed the finish line in 29:25.02.

The Devils return to action on Saturday, September 11, 2010 when they compete at the Wilmington University Invitational at Carousel Park in Wilmington, Delaware.