WESTFIELD, Mass. – The Lesley University women's cross country team combined to post six personal-best times in a fantastic showing at the annual James Early Invitational hosted by Westfield State University at Stanley Park.

Freshman Kelly Lynch (Topsham, Maine) paced the Lynx with a personal-best time of 20:29 while senior Emilia McGrath (Bowdoin, Maine) followed with a season-best mark of 21:32.

First year's Nicole Footer (Lewiston, Maine) and Karina Buruca (Cambridge, Mass.) also ran their best times of 2015 as they crossed at 21:52 and 22:50, respectively.

Juniors Abbey Coppinger (Moultonborough, N.H.) and Sydney Altschuler (Durham, Conn.) followed with a pair of personal-best times of their own, as Coppinger finished at 23:11 before Altschuler came in at 23:36.

Sophomore Sarah Campisi (Saco, Maine) posted a time of 24:16 while classmate Alex Dimauro (Woburn, Mass.) came in at 24:50. Senior Rachel Asam (Coeymans Hollow, N.Y.) wrapped Lesley's day up with a time of 27:39.

On the men's side, senior Ian Barber (Westhampton, Mass.) led the charge for the Lynx as he posted his best time ever at Stanley Park as he cross at 27:04. Barber cruised to a 21^st place finish in a field of 373 runners as he came in 12-seconds earlier than at last year's event.

Sophomore Leo Saporta (Newton, Mass.) turned in the best time of his career as he covered the 8k course in 34:03, ten seconds ahead of junior Tyler Burns (Newtown, Pa.) who came in at 34:13 in his first collegiate race.

Freshman Gaelon Kolczynski (Yarmouth, Maine) also posted a season-best time for the Lynx as he finished at 34:32. Kolczynski's previous personal-best was 34:59 which he ran at UMass-Dartmouth on September 19^th.

Junior Robbie Fisher (Boston, Mass.) rounded out the efforts of the men's side as he came in at 35:33.

The Lynx finished in 29^th place as a team with 902 combined points.

The Lynx will be back in action this Friday when they head to nearby Franklin Park for the 10^th Annual Saints Invitational hosted by Emmanuel College. The women are slated to run at 4:00p while the men's race is set for a 4:45p start.