2009 AMCC Championships Hosted by Penn State Behrend
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 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