2019 AMCC Women's Cross Coutry News

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MEDAILLE NAMES DAVID SARDO HEAD MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY COACH
MEDAILLE NAMES DAVID SARDO HEAD MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY COACH

Medaille College Director of Athletics Susan Roarke has announced this afternoon the hiring of David Sardo as the next head coach of the men's and women's cross country teams.

AMCC ANNOUNCES FALL SPORTSMANSHIP TEAMS
AMCC ANNOUNCES FALL SPORTSMANSHIP TEAMS

All institution sport teams which compete for an AMCC championship may select one member from their team who displays good sportsmanship throughout the season to be a member of the All-AMCC Sportsmanship Team.

BEHREND'S CARR COMPETES AT NCAA DIII CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP
BEHREND'S CARR COMPETES AT NCAA DIII CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP

Penn State Behrend junior Savanna Carr competed in the 2019 NCAA DIII Cross Country Championships on Saturday. The race took place at E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Kentucky

BEHREND STARTS OUT STRONG IN PRESIDENTS CUP RACE
BEHREND STARTS OUT STRONG IN PRESIDENTS CUP RACE

Penn State Behrend once again started off the year with several AMCC championships and is in the lead for the Presidents Cup title after the fall sport season.

BEHREND'S CARR ADVANCES TO NATIONALS
BEHREND'S CARR ADVANCES TO NATIONALS

Penn State Behrend junior Savanna Carr became the second-ever Penn State Behrend women's cross country runner to advance to the NCAA Championship.

BEHREND'S CARR LEADS WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
BEHREND'S CARR LEADS WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM

Penn State Behrend junior Savanna Carr has been named the AMCC Runner of the Year for the second time in three years.

SAVANNA CARR, PENN STATE BEHREND, WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
SAVANNA CARR, PENN STATE BEHREND, WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY

Carr won her second AMCC Individual Championship on Saturday with a time of 22:10.4. Carr's time beats the all-time AMCC Championship record which was set by Catie Bertges from Behrend in 2013 (22:34).

BEHREND WOMEN CLAIM NINTH CROSS COUNTRY CROWN
BEHREND WOMEN CLAIM NINTH CROSS COUNTRY CROWN

Penn State Behrend junior Savanna Carr won her second AMCC women's cross country title in three years and led the Behrend Lions to their ninth overall team championship on Saturday.

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP SET FOR SATURDAY
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP SET FOR SATURDAY

The AMCC Women's Cross Country Championship will take off this Saturday, November 2 on the campus of Penn State Behrend. Franciscan University will be looking to defend their title, as they earned their sixth overall championship a year ago.

HILBERT CROSS COUNTRY ASSISTS WITH A PAIR OF WNY EVENTS
HILBERT CROSS COUNTRY ASSISTS WITH A PAIR OF WNY EVENTS

The Hilbert College cross country program volunteered at a pair of events over the past two weekends, working the Lou Reuter Scholarship Run on October 20th in the town of Tonawanda and the Buffalo Runners Chestnut Ridge Challenge in Orchard Park on October 27th.

Riley Crissman, Penn State Behrend, Women's Cross Country
Riley Crissman, Penn State Behrend, Women's Cross Country

Crissman led the Lions at the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble, finishing 15th overall out of 283 runners. Crissman had her second best 6K time of the season, as she crossed the finish line in 22:08.8.

Cara Rodgers, La Roche University, Women's Cross Country
Cara Rodgers, La Roche University, Women's Cross Country

Rodgers was the Redhawks' top finisher at CMU running a season best 24:36.19, finishing 113th overall out of 133 individual competitors. Today's time is nearly a minute and 20 seconds faster than her last race at Mercyhurst on October 5th. In her first three races this year, Rodgers did not run below 30 minutes in a 6k.

Rachel Luczak, D'Youville College, Women's Cross Country
Rachel Luczak, D'Youville College, Women's Cross Country

Luczak had an outstanding weekend for the Spartans, helping lead the team to a first place finish at the Meghan Memorial. Luczak finished first overall, crossing the finish line over a minute better than the next runner. In addition to her first place finish, the Spartans as a whole finished first overall with a team score of 28 - 15 points better than the second place team. In the last four races, Luczak has been the top runner for the women and has been one of the top runners for the women throughout her career as a Spartan.

ALISON BRYANT, FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY, WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
ALISON BRYANT, FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY, WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY

Bryant took 58th against DIII teams and 139th overall at the Cedarville University All-Ohio Meet, leading the team to a 12th place DIII finish with a 25:29.0 finish.

Riley Crissman, Penn State Behrend, Women's Cross Country
Riley Crissman, Penn State Behrend, Women's Cross Country

Crissman finished seventh overall out of 221 runners at the Roberts Wesleyan Invitational. Crissman ran a time of 19:01.9 and led the team to a ninth place overall finish out of 19 teams.

Jenna Shelton, Penn State Behrend, Women's Cross Country
Jenna Shelton, Penn State Behrend, Women's Cross Country

Shelton led the Lions to win the Behrend Twilight Invite. Shelton took home first place out of 119 runners with a time of 23:15.0. Behrend finished the meet with a team score of 51 to take home first place.