FARMVILLE, Va. – Saturday, the weather was hot and sunny at the Longwood Cross Country Course.
 
That didn't slow Sophie Farley down. The Lancer sophomore elevated herself to a new level instead, setting a personal best and winning the Lancer Pink Invitational in the process.
 
Farley's time of 17:42.90 was her fastest cross country 5K, and she topped the second-place finisher by 14 seconds en route to her second race win of the season.
 
That helped the Lancer women finish second out of the four teams behind an average time that broke 19 minutes.
 
NOTABLE RESULTS:
 
The Lancers were a mere four points behind Radford in the team standings, with the two teams posting an identical average time of 18:51 and a total team time that was one second apart.
 
Farley's time led the way for the field—and broke the program record in the process again—but freshman Sydney O'Hara-Wood broke the 19-minute mark with an 18:47.9 to finish fourth.
 
Sophomore Kirsten Morley also cracked 19 minutes with an 18:58.0 on the challenging course to finish fifth.
 
Nicole Pinder finished ninth behind a hard kick to the line for a 19:20.20, and Priscilla Keller was the team's final scoring runner in 11^th with a 19:23.60.
 
Riley Humphries (19:53.3) and Madison Davis (19:53.6) finished neck-and-neck in 13^th and 14^th while pushing each other to break the 20-minute mark.

WHAT THEY SAID:

"We knew today was going to be close with Radford, and I'm proud of the race the women put together," said Longwood Director of Cross Country and Track & Field Brooke Craig. "They left it all out there. We've got some work to do from today, but this was proof they can do something big next month."

"When Sophie sets her mind on something, it will happen," Craig added about her sophomore. "She knew she needed to take the race from the gun, and she pushed the whole time."
 
FULL RESULTS:
 
Team
1. Radford: 26—2-3-6-7-8(10)(12)
2. Longwood: 30—1-4-5-9-11(13)(14)
3. VCU: 85—15-16-17-18-19(20)(21)
4. Ferrum: 120—22-23-24-25-26
 
Individual (Longwood)
1. Sophie Farley: 17:42.9—Team record
4. Sydney O'Hara-Wood: 18:47.9
5. Kirsten Morley: 18:58.0
9. Nicole Pinder: 19:20.20
11. Priscilla Keller: 19:23.6
13. Riley Humphries: 19:53.3
14. Madison Davis: 19:53.6
18. Lanie Grogg: 20:26.7
20. Sam Bolen: 20:38.9
25. Ysabel Wells: 21:00.5
26. Emily Johnston: 22:00.7
29. Ella Johnston: 22:36.5
31. Kai Wheeler: 23:02.2
32. Abigail Loe: 23:03.0
34. Cassandra Miller: 24:10.3
 
UP NEXT:
 
Longwood returns to the course when the team heads to Pennsylvania for the Paul Short Run on Friday, October 3. The race is hosted by Lehigh University.
 
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