Women’s Cross Country Prepped for AMCC Title Defense

GREENSBURG, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's cross country team will compete in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championships on Saturday, Nov. 2, hosted by Pitt-Greensburg. The 6k race begins at 11 a.m. at Westmoreland Fairgrounds.

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Behrend News & Notes

* The Lions are looking for their sixth consecutive and 14^th overall championship
* Lindsey Hartle (Pittsburgh, PA/Avonworth), Bethany Litwiler (Reynolds, PA/Reynolds), and Ivy Laffan (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) all earned All-Conference honors for their finishes at last season's championships
* Hartle placed fourth (24:33.18), while Litwiler and Laffan registered times of 25:17.50 and 25:53.84 for seventh and eighth place finishes
* As a team, Behrend owns 11 of the top-15 conference 6k times this season
* Hartle sits on the rankings with the third, fifth, 13^th and 14^th top marks
* Followed by Hartle is freshman Baylee Dernar (Wattsburg, PA/Seneca), who recorded the fourth and 10^th fastest times this year, while fellow freshman Macie Horvath (Hermitage, PA/Hermitage) is seventh on the list with a time of 25:46.8 at Gettysburg
* Other Lions to deliver top AMCC marks are Litwiler (eighth/25:54.1), Alivia Hetrick (Waterford, PA/Waterford) (ninth/25:57.5), Laffan (11^th/26:05.4), and Sam Abate (North East, PA/North East) (12^th/26:13.7)
* The top-15 runners on Saturday will be named to the AMCC All-Conference Team

Competing Teams

Alfred State
Carlow
Hilbert
La Roche
Mt. Aloysius
Penn State Behrend
Pitt-Greensburg