Bailey Tabbed AMCC Runner of the Year, Five Others All-Conference
Penn State Behrend's
Jenny Bailey (Corry/Corry) has been named the 2006 AMCC women's cross
country runner of the year. Bailey finished first among the Behrend
women's team in every race this season. She capped off a great
sophomore campaign with a first-place finish in a field of over 50 at the
AMCC Championships at Eleanor B. Garfield Park in Lake Erie. Other
highlights included forth-place crossings at both the Roberts Wesleyan
Invitational and the Westminster Invite. Bailey was the AMCC Runner of
the Week a league-high three times.
Other women on the All-Conference Team are juniors Willa Patterson (Woodward/Penns Valley) and Liesl Soergel (Evans City/Butler). Both placed well in the conference championships, with Patterson in at sixth-place and Soergel right behind at seventh. Patterson and Soergel were consistent as the second and third finishers for the Behrend women throughout the season and both grabbed a top-20 finish at the Behrend Invitational.
On the men's side, senior captain Brad Ruffo (West Middlesex/West Middlesex) made the list for his fourth consecutive season as he again placed first for his team in every race he participated in. Ruffo was the individual runner-up at the AMCC championships as well as the Westminster Invitational. Other Behrend runners earning All-Conference status were freshman Kevin Gorny (Erie/McDowell) and Andy Iams (Harrison City/Penn Trafford). Gorny finished the championships in 29:23, a seventh-place effort, while Iams broke the top-10 with a time of 29:37. The two first-year sensations were the only freshman to earn the conference honor.
Cross country men and women
will be in action again on November 11, when they travel to Waynesburg for
the NCAA Mideast Regionals.
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