Behrend Women’s Cross Country Places 16th At Regional Championships
The Penn State Behrend women's cross country team placed 16th with a team score of 503 at NCAA Regional Championships on Saturday, hosted by Fredonia.
FREDONIA, N.Y. – The Penn State Behrend women's cross country team placed 16th with a team score of 503 at NCAA Regional Championships on Saturday, hosted by Fredonia.
Distance: 6k
Teams: 21
Total Runners: 154
Key Moments:
* Lindsey Hartle (Pittsburgh, PA/Avonworth) was the top finisher for the Lions with a time of 25:14.8 for 91st place out of 154 runners
* Rounding out the top 100 for Behrend was Bethany Litwiler (Reynolds, PA/Reynolds) who registered 96th place with a season-best mark of 25:37.9
* Freshmen Baylee Dernar (Wattsburg, PA/Seneca) and Alivia Hetrick (Waterford, PA/Waterford) were the next runners to cross the finish line
* Dernar delivered a 104th-place finish with a time of 26:08.9 and Hetrick recorded a time of 26:41.8 for 113th, respectively
* Other Lions to compete were Sam Abate (North East, PA/North East), Ivy Laffan (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf), and Abby Major (Erie, PA/McDowell)
* Abate placed 121st (27:04.0), followed by Laffan in 123rd (27:11.5) and Major in 137th (28:32.5)
* As a team, Behrend earned a team score of 503 for 16th place on Saturday
* New York University was victorious with a team score of 32, followed by Geneseo (36) and Rochester (107)