PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's and women's cross country teams are set to compete at the Main Line Invitational on Friday at Haverford. 

Penn has been competing at the Main Line Invitational since 2015. 

Competing on Friday for the Quakers
Men
Nathan Blades, Nicholas Carpenter, Esfan Daya, Sahil Dodda, Kofi Fordjour, Liam Going, Raghav Gopalakrishnan, George Keen, Chris Larnard, Shamus Larnard, Shane Murphy, Vinay Raman, and Joseph Ruiz. 

Women 
Kyra Compton, Kiera Duffy, Kate Hos, Courtney Kaiser, Maggie McCabe, Lily Murphy, Izzy Rodriguez, Aoife Shovlin, Quin Stovall, Anna Weirich, and Lindsay Yakaboski. 

Last Time Out
Quakers opened the 2025 campaign competing at the New Jersey Jam in Princeton, N.J. on Sept. 5. The women's team took first scoring 32 points as Lara Cota finished second overall with a 4.1k time of 14:07.4. Penn women scored five athletes within the top 15 to claim victory over Princeton. Gabby Jones placed fourth with a time of 14:09.1, followed by Izzy Rodriguez in fifth at 14:10.6 and L'Mio Edwards in ninth with a time of 14:13.3. Kyra Compton rounded out the team score in 12th clocking in a time of 14:20.7. 

The women are currently ranked fourth in the USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Region. 

Esfan Daya set the pace for men's team in the 5.8k scoring 14th with a time of 17:33.8. Freshman Shamus Larnard scored 15th, followed by Sahil Dodda (16) and Liam Going (17) crossing the finish line together at 17:33.9. Kofi Fordjour completed the team score placing 18th at 17:34.0. 

Races in October: 
Oct. 3 – Paul Short Run
Oct. 17 - Princeton Fall Classic
Oct. 24 - Haverford Invitational
Oct. 31 - Ivy League Heptagonal Championships

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