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BETHLEHEM, Pa. –– The Navy women's cross country team (6-0) took home a 10th-place finish in the 39-team field at Lehigh's Aardvark-Mizuno-Paul Short Invitational Saturday.

The Midshipmen's top-five finishers all crossed the finish line within 48 seconds of each other. Team captain Melanie Stock (Sr./Mechanicsburg, Pa.) was the Navy's top finisher for the third-consecutive race, finishing the 6,000-meter course in 26th place (22:06.05). Sophomores Abby Wilder (Lake Geneva, Wis.) (60th-place/22:38.78), Sara Waters (Aurora, Colo.) (61st/22:39.71) and Stephanie Patterson (Mayville, Mich.) (80th/22:50.41), and freshman Kristyn Kern (Commerce Twp., Pa.) (83rd/22:53.56) rounded out the Mids' top five.

"We ran really well together today," said Navy 15th-year head coach Karen Boyle. "A lot of kids ran in pairs, which is very good."

"We're looking forward to running against Army on Friday (Star Meet, 4 p.m.)."