Lions to Compete at NCAA Regionals
The Penn State Behrend men’s cross country team will travel to Geneseo, New York and the National Warplane Museum for the NCAA Division III Regionals on Saturday.
ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's cross country team will travel to Geneseo, New York and the National Warplane Museum for the NCAA Division III Regionals on Saturday.
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Behrend News & Notes:
* The Lions enter the NCAA Regionals having most recently won the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championship
* Eight runners finished in the Top-15, earning All-AMCC honors
* Phoenix Myers (Erie, PA/Seneca) paced Behrend with a 29:47.63 finish in second place, just 22 seconds behind the individual winner
* A fifth-place finish for Kody Klein (North East, PA/Cathedral Prep) crowned him Newcomer of the Year as the best finisher among first-year participants
* This weekend is an NCAA qualifying race
* In 2019, the Lions had their best finish in program history at the NCAA Regionals
* Behrend placed 10th out of 51 teams
* Myers took 32nd overall to earn All-Region honors