Carr Earns AMCC Women's Cross Country Runner of the Year; Hartle Newcomer of the Year

Carr Earns AMCC Women's Cross Country Runner of the Year; Hartle Newcomer of the Year

ERIE, Pa. – Senior Savanna Carr (Franklin, PA/Franklin Area) was named the 2022 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Runner of the Year for the fourth time in her career, headlining the All-AMCC Team announced on Friday morning.

Noteworthy:

* Freshman Lindsey Hartle (Pittsburgh, PA/Avonworth) garnered the Newcomer of the Year, while Greg Cooper was named Coach of the Year
* Carr is the fourth straight Behrend Runner of the Year
* The senior earned this honor in 2017, 2019, 2020 and now 2022
* Carr is the program's 14th overall Runner of the Year 
* Cooper was voted Coach of the Year for the 11th time in his career on the women's side
* Carr was the AMCC Individual Champion a week ago with a winning time of 24:06.4
* Hartle was the highest-placing newcomer at the AMCC Championship meet, finishing third overall
* Carr and Hartle were two of seven runners named to the All-AMCC Team
* The 2022 runner-up and 2021 AMCC Runner of the Year, Olivia Nola (Erie, PA/Collegiate Academy), earned All-Conference
* Emily Micciche (Weymouth, MA/Weymouth), Bethany Litwiler (Reynolds, PA/Reynolds), Ivy Laffan (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) and Megan Swantner (Saxonburg, PA/Knoch)
* Micciche was sixth, Litwiler was seventh, Laffan was eighth and Swantner finished 10th at the AMCC Championships
* Carr, Nola and Swantner are repeat All-Conference runners