Baylee Dernar
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- Hometown:
- Wattsburg, PA
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- Year:
- So.
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- High School:
- Seneca
Bio
Career Highlights
2024
* AMCC Newcomer of the Year
* AMCC All-Conference
* Academic All-AMCC
* Earned a fourth-place finish at AMCC Championships with a time of 26:50.8
* Owned the fourth (25:09.3) and 10th (26:09.9) fastest conference times during the regular season
* Placed 104th at NCAA Regionals (26:08.9)
* Helped the Lions to sixth consecutive conference title
* Joined the women's cross country team as a freshman
At Penn State Behrend
* Majoring in finance and accounting
* Member of the Penn State Behrend women's track & field team
Personal
* Daughter of Janice and Ryan Dernar
* Three sport athlete at Seneca High School
* Four-year letterwinner in cross country and three-year in basketball and track & field
* Three-time state qualifier in cross country
* Fifth-place finisher at 2023 District Championships
* 4x8 relay alternate at Track & Field State Championships
* Competed in the East-West Senior All-Star Basketball Game
* National Honors Society
* Yearbook Financial Officer
News mentions
The Penn State Behrend women's cross country team will host the 2025 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championships on Saturday, Nov. 1. The 6k race begins at 12 p.m. at Behrend Fields.
The Penn State Behrend women's cross country team competed at the Fredonia Kara Hall Memorial XC Invite on Saturday afternoon. The Lions placed third out of seven teams.
The Penn State Behrend women's cross country team competed at the Rochester Yellowjacket Invitational held at the Genesee Valley Park on Saturday morning. The Lions took 14th out of 24 teams.
The Penn State Behrend women's cross country team won the Behrend Twilight Invitational on Friday night with a team score of 25 and had individual winner Kelsey Hanna.
The Penn State Behrend women’s cross country finished sixth out of 11 teams to open the 2025 season at the 7th annual St. John Fisher Rodenbeck Invitational.