Behrend Men's Cross Country Competes at DIII NCAA Pre-Meet in Michigan

LANSING, MI - The Penn State Behrend men's cross country team competed against the top teams in NCAA Division III at the pre-meet for the championships on Saturday, hosted by Olivet College.

Distance: 8k
Teams: 36
Total Runners: 329

Key Moments:

* MIT captured the pre-meet, while North Central was in second in and Wisconsin-La Crosse took third
* Kody Klein (North East, PA/Cathedral Prep) ran in front for the Behrend Lions, taking 157^th place
* Klein had a team top time of 27:10.2 for first on the team
* Aidan Domencic (Cranberry Township, PA/Seneca Valley) was the next runner to finish for the Lions
* Domencic took 207^th overall with a time of 27:56.9
* Third on the team and 240^th overall was Nick Temel (Conneaut Lake, PA/Conneaut Lake) with a time of 28:38.7
* Bennett Kerr (Murrysville, PA/Franklin Regional) managed fourth on the team and 245^th overall (28:46.1), while the big PR of the day goes to Joey George (Leechburg, PA/Kiski)
* George tallied a personal-record time of 28:51.6 for the 8K course
* Chris Annear (Fredonia, NY/Fredonia) and Aidan Reinsel (North East, PA/North East) were in the Top 7 for Behrend
* Annear ran 29:41.8 for 280^th place and Reinsel was 285^th overall in 29:50.4

Next Up:

* The Lions return to action on Saturday, October 15 at Oberlin for the Inter-Regional Rumble Race.