PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- The Washington & Jefferson College Cross Country teams competed at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational. The men placed 14^th of 15 while the women only raced Chloe LoCastro (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township).
 
Ramaniah Karamcheti (Washington, Pa./Washington) led the Presidents runners with a 94^th-place finish with a mark of 30:14.60. Fares Bouassida (Oakdale, Pa./South Fayette) followed next up for the Presidents with a 122^nd-place finish with a mark of 33:32.20. Anand Karamcheti (Washington, Pa./Washington), August Ralston (Washington, Pa./Washington) and Nico Flitcraft (Aliquippa, Pa./Hopewell) all finished in a pack. Karamcheti placed 124^th with a time of 34:48.00, Ralston finished 125^th with a mark of 34:54.10 and Flitcraft placed 126^th with a time of 35:03.20.
 
The women's cross country team had Chloe LoCastro compete in the Carnegie Mellon Invitational. The sole women's runner for the team placed 86^th of 125 total runners, pacing her way to a time of 22:48.00 against Division II and Division III competition.
 
W&J now travels to New York to enter the Geneseo Invitational on Saturday (Oct. 19). The race is scheduled to start at 12:00 p.m.