ATLANTA, Ga. - The LaGrange College cross country teams competed at the Oglethorpe Invitational on Saturday. Both teams were competing without their top runner.

The women bettered their team average in the meet from last year. Amber Lucas led the women Saturday with a time of 25:09.92 over the 5K course. Megan Tipsword (27:09.28), Kelsey Harris (28:14.99), Christa Von Borstel (30:19.81) and Cara Thornton (32:29.65) followed Lucas.

Trevor Jones led the men with a time of 35:25.37 over the 8K course. Joe Strickland (40:40.07), Robert Harste (40:50.54), Todd Dresdow (43:52.37) and Chris Read (44:11.37) rounded out the rest of the men's times.

The Panther teams run in the GSAC Championships, hosted by Covenant College, on Oct. 29.