Women's Cross Country | 9/5/2026 4:55:00 PM

B & D Acres, Pa. – The Bloomsburg women's cross country team opened the season with a strong showing at the Father Bede Invitational, Saturday morning. Sophomore Olivia Magagna (Lancaster, Pa./Lampeter Strasburg) paced the Huskies with a second-overall finish as Bloomsburg finished third as a team with 55 points.
 
Magagna posted a personal-best time in a collegiate 4K race as she crossed the finish line at 14:42.0, just five seconds off the top finisher. Senior Lexi Tepper (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill East) ran in her first cross country race for the Huskies and took fourth overall with a personal-best time of 15:02.5.
 
Haley Conner (Elysburg, Pa./Southern Columbia) scored in the top-20 as she finished 19^th overall with a personal-best time of 16:32.1 and Josephine Reed (Phoenixville, Pa./Phoenixville Area) posted a collegiate-best time of 16:40.4 to finished 20^th overall.
 
Melina Turner (Wharton, N.J./Morris Hills) rounded out the scoring runners for the Huskies as she took 23^rd overall with a time of 16:47.7 while Maura Kelly (Warminster, Pa./William Tennent) ran a personal-best time of 17:05.6 to finish 26^th.
 
Lauren Donahue (Red Hill, Pa./Upper Perkiomen) took 29^th overall with a personal-best time of 17:10.6 while Sydney Werner (Reading, Pa./Conrad Weiser) finished 30^th with a time of 17:13.1. Grace Fortin (Hughesville, Pa./Hughesville) made her Bloomsburg debut with a 32^nd place finish at 17:18.3 and Meah Eshelman (Bedford, Pa./Bedford) finished 34^th at 17:30.6.
 
A trio of freshmen rounded out the Huskies lineup as Lucia Morisani (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg Area) finished 40^th (17:49.9), Cate Haring (Allentown, Pa./Allentown Central Catholic) took 42^nd (17:53.5), and Sarah Corbett (North Wales, Pa./North Penn) (47^th) finished with a time of 18:56.9.
 
The Huskies return to action on Saturday, October 26 when they travel to the Lock Haven Invitational.