2009 AMCC Cross Country Championship Results
Behrend Men Claim AMCC Title and Women Finish Third
The Behrend Lions cross country team hosted the 2009 AMCC Cross Country
Championships on October 31, 2009 on the Behrend course in cool and muddy
conditions.
The men's team captured the team title for the third straight season and fourth overall (2000, 2007, 2008, 2009). The women placed third for the second year in a row as Franciscan captured its second consecutive championship.
The pace of the men's team was impressive as
the Behrend pack finished strong with a sizeable lead. Behrend claimed the
top four spots, and eight of the first eleven to cross the finish line
represented the Behrend blue and white. Leading the men's attack was senior
Kevin Gorny (Erie/McDowell), a three-time all-conference performer, in
28:58. Senior Andy Iams (Harrison City/Penn Trafford), who was third at the
2008 AMCC Championship event, was impressive and placed second this year in
29:05. Juniors Steve Monnie (Renfrew/Butler) and Justin DiPenti
(Russell/Warren) finished third and fourth in 29:07 and 29:10 respectively.
Alex Myers (Oakmont/Riverview), Josh Ferrell (Sharpsville/Sharpsville), and
Carl Kallgren (Erie/McDowell) were in seventh, eighth and ninth place in
29:55, 30:18, and 30:24. Rob Shrawder (New Wilmington/West Middlesex)
finished in eleventh place in 30:30 while David Suhan (Mentor, OH/Mentor)
was sixteenth in 31:11.
The top finishers for
the blue and white on the women's side included Emily Berry (Reno/Rocky
Grove) logging a time 27:19 to finish eleventh overall against a field of 81
runners. Finishing fourteenth was Jenna Fatica 12 seconds off Berry's pace.
Tanisha Wheatley Saltsburg/Kiski) was eighteenth in 28:19, with Kaity
Patterson (Erie/Villa Maria) on her heels in 28:48 and Liz Keller
(Bradford/Bradford) in 28:51.
AMCC Championship Women's Team Standings
| 1 | Franciscan |
25 |
| 2 | Frostburg State |
40 |
| 3 | Penn State Behrend |
85 |
| 4 | Penn State Altoona |
109 |
| 5 | D'Youville |
142 |
| 6 | Pitt-Greensburg |
180 |
| 7 | Pitt-Bradford |
181 |
| 8 | Medaille |
228 |
| 9 | Hilbert |
245 |
| 10 | Mt. Aloyisus |
270 |
| AMCC Championship Men's Team Standings | 1 | Penn State Behrend | 17 |
| 2 | Franciscan | 57 |
| 3 | Frostburg State | 77 |
| 4 | Penn State Altoona | 94 |
| 5 | Pitt-Bradford | 142 |
| 6 | Pitt-Greensburg | 204 |
| 7 | Mt. Aloysius | 226 |
| 8 | Medaille | 241 |
| 9 | Hilbert | 251 |
| 10 | D'Youville | 282 |
| 11 | La Roche | 306 |
Complete
2009 AMCC Championship Team and Individual Results
(will be posted when miles of smiles timing services sends them to us)
Men Top 45
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