NASHUA, N.H. – Mount Ida's men's and women's cross country teams traveled to the Daniel Webster Invitational on Friday afternoon. The women took a fourth place finish in the seven-team field, while the men's team finished in the seventh position. 

Leading the Mustangs in the women's race, which was a 5K event, was junior Emily Bernotas (Sunderland, Mass.), who took a 12^th place finish by running a time of 23:55. Also running well and placing 19^th of the 50 runners was senior Amelia Bothel (Cape Elizabeth, Maine), who finished in 24:41. 

Anna Hogle (New Lebanon, N.Y.) took 26^th place, completing the course in 25:23, while Kirsten Guerrero (Fairfield, Conn.) and Molly Shephard (Brookhaven, N.Y.) rounded out the Mount Ida scorers with 35^th and 36^th place finishes, respectively.

Rivier took the women's title with a total of 38 points. The Mustangs had 113 points, coming in behind Emerson and Wheelock. 

On the men's side, Wyatt Sullivan's (Arlington, Mass.) 36^th place was the top Mount Ida place. Sullivan ran the 8K course in 37:24, while senior JT Hoyt (Westfield, Mass.) place 44^thin the 50 runner field with a 41:04 showing. 

Rivier doubled up their winning on the men's side by scoring 52 points, just two points clear of second placed Emerson.

Next up for the Mustangs is a September 21^st trip to Dartmouth for the UMass Dartmouth Invitational.