Men’s Cross Country Wins Fourth Consecutive AMCC Championship

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Penn State Behrend men's cross country team captured its fourth straight and 15^th overall AMCC Championship with 15 total points at the 2023 AMCC Championships Saturday afternoon in Buffalo.

Distance: 8k
Teams: 7
Total Runners: 48

Key Moments:

* The Lions claimed eight of the top 10 times Saturday for AMCC All-Conference honors, including six straight top marks
* Junior Kody Klein (North East, PA/Cathedral Prep) notched back-to-back AMCC Runner of the Year honors, finishing with a time of 26:10.29
* Klein bested his time by over a minute from a year ago at championships where he crossed the finish line in a time of 27:14.5
* Trailing Klein the entire race was teammate Lucas Boyd (North East, PA/North East), who ran a time of 26:13.84 to earn AMCC Runner-Up
* Rounding out the top six was Bennett Kerr (Murrysville, PA/Franklin Regional), Aidan Domencic (Cranberry Township, PA/Seneca Valley), Christopher Annear (Fredonia, NY/Fredonia), and Peyton Brewer (Erie, PA/Harbor Creek)
* Aidan Reinsel (North East, PA/North East) and Nicolin Pierce (Erie, PA/McDowell) registered eighth and ninth place finishes with times of 27:13.83 and 27:30.08, respectively
* Kerr (26:48.17), Domencic (26:55.86), Annear (27:08.16), and Reinsel all trumped their times from last season's championships
* Placing 12^th and 13^th for Behrend were Emil George (East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick) and Davis Saynuk (Columbia, MD /Howard), registering times of 28:02.10 and 28:10.99
* The final Lions to place at Delaware Park were Theodore Boehm (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin) and Joey George (Leechburg, PA/Kiski), crossing the finish line at 28:15.51 and 28:21.43
* Behrend finished 39 points ahead of the second place school Alfred State (54 points) to claim the  conference championship, followed by Hilbert (76 points) and Pitt-Greensburg (83 points)