Lions Compete at NCAA Mideast Regional

NEWVILLE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's cross country team competed at the NCAA Mideast Regional on Saturday afternoon.

The Lions placed 11^th out of 49 teams for the second best finish in school history.

Catie Bertges (Erie, PA/Collegiate Academy), the 2012 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Women's Cross Country Runner of the Year, led Behrend with a time of 23:37.2.  Her time was good enough for 36^th place to rank in the top-10 in program history.

Haley Hughes (Cochranton, PA/Cochranton) was the second Lions' runner to finish.  Hughes came in at 24:35.2 for 67^th place.  Victoria Harwood (Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair Haven) was close behind in 69^th place at 24:36.4. 

Danielle Stanko (Saegertown, PA/Saegertown), the AMCC Co-Newcomer of the Year, placed 99^th at 24:59.7.  Rounding out the top-five Behrend runners was Katie Patterson (Erie, PA/Villa Maria).  Patterson finished with a time of 25:12.8 for 110^th place.

A total of 346 runners competed in the 6K race.