Hempstead, NY - The Hofstra Women's Cross Country team will compete in the 2015 5K University of Virginia Panorama Farms Invitational in Earlysville, Virginia on Saturday, September 26. Race time is 10:45 a.m.

In addition to Hofstra, other teams scheduled to run include Virginia, Auburn, Bowling Green (W), Butler (M), Campbell (M), Coastal Carolina, Eastern Kentucky, Eastern Michigan (W), Furman, High Point, Liberty, Mississippi State, Morehead State, Oklahoma, Radford, Wake Forest and Yale.

Hofstra will run eight runners on Saturday including graduate-students Angelica Peck and Allie Stapleton, senior Becky Celorio, junior Amanda Sullivan, sophomore Emily McLean and freshmen Felicia Banda, Mahlah Givehand and Alli Bacher.

The Pride last ran on September 11 at the 5K Manhattan College Invitational at Van Cortlandt Park. In that race, Angelica Peck finished in 53rd place and clocked a time of 20:22.2 to lead three Hofstra runners within six-tenths of a second of each other. Felicia Banda posted a time of 20:22.5 to finish 54th while Becky Celorio was the third Pride runner, posting a time of 20:22.8 for 55th place.

Emily McLean was Hofstra's fourth runner in 20:29 for 56th place while Marlah Givehand was 64th in 20:49.7. Alli Bacher placed 69th in 21:39 and classmate Amanda Sullivan was 72nd in 21:55.
 
After Saturday's race in Virginia, Hofstra will be idle from competition until Friday, October 16 when the Pride run in the Brown University Rothenberg Run.