GENESEO, N.Y. -- The Grove City College women's cross country team placed four runners in the top 50 Friday afternoon at Geneseo State's 44th Mike Woods Invitational, helping the Wolverines take fourth out of 17 teams with 180 team points. Nationally-ranked New York University won the meet with 20 points, followed by nationally-ranked squads Carnegie Mellon (60) and Geneseo (61).

Senior Cayla Lawrence (Mendon, N.Y./Honeoye Falls-Lima) led Grove City's efforts Friday by taking 20th place. Lawrence recorded a time of 22 minutes, 54.3 seconds on the six-kilometer course. 

Freshman Josie Jones (Grove City, Pa./Grove City) earned 28th place with a time of 23:08.3 while junior Rebekah Burger (San Diego, Calif./Cambridge) followed in 35th place. Burger posted a time of 23:24.9.

Junior Julianna Lindberg (Manheim, Pa./Manheim Central) finished in 41st place (23:34.8) and freshman Stella Rapp (Golden, Colo./Golden View Classical) added a 74th-place finish. Rapp recorded a time of 24:47.9.

Sophomore Erika Doolittle (Clarington, Pa./Brookville) crossed 102nd (25:24.7) and junior Abigail Nelson (Cheverly, Md.) rounded out the lineup with a 105th-place finish. Nelson recorded a time of 25:26.2.

The race featured 184 competitors. N.Y.U.'s Josephine Dziedzic won the event with a time of 21:17.7.

Grove City will compete October 31 at the Presidents' Athletic Conference Championships in Youngstown.