BROOKVILLE, N.Y. — Lexi Smith and Ainhoa Brea finished 1-2 at the LIU-hosted Fall Festival cross country meet and the Sharks won the women's event on Friday afternoon.

LIU finished with 25 points, followed by Hofstra with 42, Wagner with 53 and St. Francis Brooklyn with 98.

Smith gutted through a nagging leg ailment and posted a 5K of 18:48.24, while Brea clocked in at 19:06.92.

Rali Mihaylova (19:37.46) and Josephine Critchley (19:38.97) finished fifth and sixth, respectively.

"I felt really good today," Smith said. "Earlier in the week I was having Achilles issues."

Brea said the Sharks took pride in hosting the meet.

"Hopefully more teams end up joining us and it becomes a bigger meet," Brea said. "I was really happy we had this. It was exciting. I'm really excited that I got to be one of the top finishers at home."