Even though the Philadelphia School District postponed all of its athletic events on Friday because of the heat, the weather did not stop the Big 5 Invitational at Belmont Plateau.
Penn won both the men’s and women’s race, but event-host Temple was not far behind. The men placed third and the women finished in second place.
Their second place finish was not only good enough to beat Big 5 rival St. Joseph’s, but it was also good enough to make school history.
“We finished second on the women’s side, we’ve never finished higher than fourth here, so that was a big step,” men’s and women’s head cross country coach James Snyder said.