Lions Set to Host Cross Country Invitational Friday
The Penn State Behrend men's cross country team will host their home invitational on Friday night up at the Behrend Fields with the race beginning around 6:10 p.m.
ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's cross country team will host their home invitational on Friday night up at the Behrend Fields with the race beginning around 6:10 p.m.
Penn State Behrend Men's News & Notes
* Behrend is looking to repeat as the winners of the PSB Invitational
* The Lions won back on Sept. 13, 2019 (no meet in 2020 due to Covid-19), posting a score of 31 for first out of 13 teams
* The Lions will run the 8K race after the women finish competing in the 6K at 5:30 p.m.
* Behrend is running in its second invitational of the season and first one at home
* Last time out, the Lions placed third out of four teams at the Houghton Invitational on Sept. 1
* Senior Phoenix Myers (Erie, PA/Seneca) led the way for the Lions, taking eighth with a time of 16:20.59 with an average mile of 5:16
* Junior Aidan Domencic (Cranberry Township, PA/Seneca Valley) was nine seconds before Myers for ninth overall (16:29.70)
* Freshman Kody Klein (Erie, PA/Cathedral Prep) made his collegiate debut as the top freshman for Behrend, running 16:38.02 for 11th place
* After the first meet of the season, the Lions moved from fourth in the USTFCCCA Niagara regional rankings to eighth out of 10 teams