2016 AMCC Men's Cross Country News
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D3 WEEK Day 2: TEAM PEAK PERFORMERS EXEMPLIFY TRUE MEANING OF STUDENT-ATHLETE
April 04, 2017On the second day of NCAA Division III Week, the AMCC is proud to announce the 18 winners of the Team Peak Performer award. -
HILBERT HIRES NICK ORLOWSKI TO LEAD CROSS COUNTRY AND TRACK PROGRAMS
February 21, 2017John Czarnecki, Director of Athletics at Hilbert College, is pleased to announce Nick Orlowski as the Hawks' new head coach for the men's and women's cross country program.
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BEHREND CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS EARN USTFCCCA TEAM ACADEMIC AWARD
February 13, 2017The Penn State Behrend men's and women's cross country teams have been named USTFCCCA All-Academic for their combined work in the classroom this past season.
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MOUNT ALOYSIUS CROSS COUNTRY SERVES THANKSGIVING DINNERS
December 01, 2016On November 16, members of the Mount Aloysius College men's and women's cross country teams served Thanksgiving dinner at a local church.
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BEHREND LEADS PRESIDENT CUP STANDINGS AFTER COMPLETION OF FALL SEASON
November 29, 2016Penn State Behrend, winners of five fall AMCC Championships, have started the year out with a commanding lead in the 2016-17 Presidents Cup standings.
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BUFFINGTON NAMED TO ALL-REGION TEAM AT NCAA MIDEAST REGIONAL MEET
November 13, 2016Penn St. Behrend junior Dylan Buffington was named to the All-Region team as he raced to a 33rd overall finish out of 351 runners at the Mid-East Regional Saturday afternoon hosted by DeSales.
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BUFFINGTON RUNS AWAY WITH TOP CROSS COUNTRY HONOR
November 08, 2016Penn State Behrend junior Dylan Buffington has been named the 2016 AMCC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Year.
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Dylan Buffington, Penn St. Behrend, Men's Cross Country
October 31, 2016Buffington has now finished first for the Lions in every race this year including first overall in four of the five races. His first place finish helped Behrend capture their sixth AMCC title in a row. Buffington completed the 8K championship course in 28:09.45.
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BEHREND, BUFFINGTON TAKE MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY TITLES
October 30, 2016Penn State Behrend claimed their 10th overall, and sixth consecutive, AMCC men's cross country title Saturday afternoon on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.
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PENN ST. BEHREND LOOKING FOR SIXTH STRAIGHT MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY TITLE
October 26, 2016The AMCC Championships will take place on Saturday, October 31 at Penn St. Behrend. The AMCC championship meet will take place on Saturday, October 31 at Penn St. Behrend. The women's race will begin at 11am. All teams will have the opportunity to participate in the NCAA Division III Regional Meet on Saturday, November 14 hosted by Dickinson College at Big Spring High School in Newville, PA.
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HILBERT CROSS COUNTRY GIVES BACK TO COMMUNITY
October 18, 2016Returning for their fourth consecutive race, the Hilbert College men's and women's cross country teams volunteered their services at the Lou Reuter Scholarship Run October 16.
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Dylan Buffington, Penn St. Behrend
October 17, 2016Buffington set a new school record for fastest race with a time of 24:22.3. He kept a mile pace of 5:02 which helped him finish 30th out of 383 runners. The Rowan Inter-Regional Boarder Clash hosted 10 nationally ranked teams, as well as a number of nationally ranked runners.
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AMCC MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY: CELEBRATING 20 YEARS
October 13, 2016The AMCC is embarking on its 20th anniversary during the 2016-17 academic year. Since 1997 there have been many outstanding teams and individual student-athletes who have risen to the top of their sports. We are honored to recognize and highlight some of those accomplishments throughout this anniversary year.
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Dylan Buffington, Penn St. Behrend
October 10, 2016Buffington continues to shine for Behrend. He now has won all three races this season, helping the Lions also come in first place in each race. His 25:53.9 8k time is his best yet this year, and was 59 seconds faster than the second place finisher. It also places him at the top of the top times for 2016, where he holds three of the top four times on the season.
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BEHREND MEN TAKE FIRST AT HOUGHTON INVITATIONAL
October 08, 2016The Penn State Behrend men's cross country team finished first overall with a score of 27 to win the Houghton Invitational Saturday afternoon.
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HILBERT'S REINHOLZ, D'YOUVILLE'S BUTTAGGI TAKE FIRST PLACE AT MEGHAN MEMORIAL
October 08, 2016The Hilbert College cross country programs hosted the 8th annual Meghan Memorial Invitational this morning and they welcomed the largest crowd to date in a rainy morning run.
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Nick Long, Franciscan University
October 02, 2016Long took sixth overall with an 8K time of 29:06.44 at the W&J Invite, and was the fastest AMCC runner to cross the line. This was the second race in a row that Long led the Barons, his third-fastest time of the season, and it placed him in ninth place of the AMCC top times list for 2016.
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D'YOUVILLE, HILBERT RUN AT LEHIGH'S PAUL SHORT INVITATIONAL
October 01, 2016D'Youville College and Hilbert College men's and women's cross country teams competed in the Lehigh University Paul Short Run on Saturday, October 1.
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LONG LEADS FRANCISCAN TO SECOND PLACE FINISH AT W&J INVITATIONAL
September 30, 2016Franciscan sophomore Nick Long led the Baron men's cross country team to a second-place finish at the Washington & Jefferson Invite, Friday evening.
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HILBERT ALUM AT CENTER OF FREE HUGS VIDEO FROM CHARLOTTE
September 27, 2016A police officer in full riot gear who receives a “free hug” from a peace demonstrator amid the turbulent protesting in Charlotte, N.C. is Chris Frunzi, Hilbert College Class of 2006.
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Nick Bentivegna, Hilbert College
September 26, 2016Bentivegna cut almost two minutes off his 8K time this week at the Harry F. Anderson Invitational at Roberts Wesleyan. Bentivegna crossed the finish line in a field of 213 runners in 30:13.5. His effort helped Hilbert edge AMCC rivals D'Youville and Medaille.
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BARON MEN WIN AT FRANCISCAN INVITE
September 24, 2016The Franciscan University men's cross country team captured the top team spot with all seven runners finishing in the top 15 at the 2016 Franciscan Invitational, Saturday morning.
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HILBERT, D'YOUVILLE, MEDAILLE COMPETE AT HARRY F. ANDERSON INVITATIONAL
September 24, 2016The Hilbert College men's cross country team dropped over 20 minutes off their collective individual times from a week ago, to run to a 18th place finish at the Harry F. Anderson Invitational race hosted by Roberts Wesleyan College this afternoon.
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Dylan Buffington, Penn St. Behrend
September 19, 2016Buffington finished first overall at the Behrend Invitational with a time of 27:13, which was 48 seconds faster that the second place finisher. He is the first man to ever finish first when the Lions won the Behrend Invitational.
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ODDIS, SPANNER LEAD PITT-GREENSBURG AT AMCC PREVIEW MEET
September 17, 2016Pitt-Greensburg junior Kelsey Oddis finished third overall for the women while sophomore Daniel Spanner placed fourth for the men to pace the Pitt-Greensburg cross country team to second place finishes at the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Preview Event on Saturday morning.
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BUFFINGTON FINISHES FIRST AT BEHREND INVITATIONAL
September 17, 2016The Penn State Behrend men's cross country team came in first out of nine teams this Saturday afternoon at the Behrend Invitational.
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CROTTEAU LED BARONS AT NOTRE DAME
September 17, 2016Reigning AMCC Runner of the Week, Franciscan University freshman Matthew Crotteau, led the Baron men's cross country team at the National Catholic Cross Country Meet hosted by the University of Notre Dame, Friday evening.
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Matthew Crotteau, Franciscan University
September 12, 2016Crotteau, in his first collegiate race, was the fastest AMCC runner at the Bethany College Invitational on Saturday, crossing the 8K finish line in 29:11.
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BARONS TAKE SIXTH AT BETHANY INVITE
September 11, 2016Franciscan University freshman Matthew Crotteau led the Baron men's cross country team to a sixth place finish at the Bethany College Invitational Saturday morning, while La Roche College finished in 12th place.
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PITT-GREENSBURG'S ODDIS TAKES FIRST PLACE AT WCCC CROSS COUNTRY INVITATIONAL
September 11, 2016Pitt-Greensburg junior Kelsey Oddis won her first career race to pace the Pitt-Greensburg Cross Country team as it competed in the Westmoreland County Community College Invitational on Saturday morning.
