Men’s Cross Country Captures 16th Conference Title; Boyd Earns AMCC Champion

GREENSBURG, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's cross country team captured its fifth straight and 16^th overall AMCC Championship with 23 total points at the 2024 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championships on Saturday.

Distance: 8k
Teams: 4
Total Runners: 40

Key Moments:

* The Lions claimed six of the top 10 times on Saturday
* Sophomore Lucas Boyd (North East, PA/North East) was crowned AMCC Champion with a top time of 27:40.5 on Saturday
* This marks the first individual championship for Boyd after earning AMCC Runner-Up honors last season
* Behrend took the fourth through eighth top 8k marks
* Bennett Kerr (Murrysville, PA/Franklin Regional) was the next Lion to cross the finish line with a time of 29:00.9 for fourth
* Finishing in fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth for Behrend was Peyton Brewer (Erie, PA/Harbor Creek) (29:04.1), Aidan Reinsel (North East, PA/North East) (29:05.8), Tim Hamilton (Winchester, MA/Winchester) (29:09.8), and Alex Haskins (North East, PA/North East) (29:18.6)
* Seniors Emil George (East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick) and Joey George (Leechburg, PA/Kiski) improved on their finishes from last year's championships with 11^th and 12^th-place times of 29:59.6 and 30:18.5, respectively
* Rounding out the top 15 for the Lions were Michael Werner (Erie, PA /Seneca) (30:53.3) and Nicolin Pierce (Erie, PA/McDowell) (30:58.8)
* David Gahagan (South Park, PA/South Park) picked up a 19^th-place finish, tallying a mark of 33:30.2
* The Lions earned 23 team points, placing ahead of second place Alfred State (37 points) to claim the conference title, followed by Hilbert (83) and La Roche (107)
* The top 10 8k runners were named to the AMCC All-Conference Team