ERIE, Pa. – Penn State Behrend sophomore Olivia Nola (Erie, PA/Collegiate Academy) has been named Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week.

Nola led the Behrend Lions at the Houghton Invitational on Thursday. She paced the team and placed fourth out of 81 runners in the first meet of the season. Nola ran 15:07.18, nearly two minutes faster than her season-opening time at Houghton a year ago.

The Lions are back in action on Friday, September 16 at the Behrend Invitational held on the Behrend upper fields.