2017 AMCC Men's Cross Country News
All institution sport teams which compete for an AMCC championship may select one member from their team who displays good sportsmanship throughout the season to be a member of the All-AMCC Sportsmanship Team.
The Franiscan University and Penn St. Behrend men's cross country teams wrapped up their seasons at the 2017 Mideast Regional hosted by Dickinson University.
Franciscan University freshman Liam Galligan has been tabbed as the AMCC men's cross country Runner of the Year. Galligan claimed the individual title at the 2017 AMCC Championship meet.
Penn State Behrend freshman Savanna Carr and Franciscan University freshman Liam Galligan were both named Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) North Division III Rookies of the Week, announced Wednesday.
Galligan was the individual champion at the AMCC championship meet on Saturday, becoming the first individual champion for Franciscan since 2012. Galligan completed the 8k course 26:23, placing first out of 58 runners.
The Penn State Behrend men's cross country team edged out Franciscan University by just eight total seconds to claim the 2017 AMCC Men's Cross Country Championsip.
Ten-time AMCC champions, Penn State Behrend, will look to claim their seventh straight conference title this weekend at the AMCC Cross Country Championship in Angola, NY.
Franciscan University freshman Liam Galligan earned his second weekly award as he was named the ECAC South Rookie of the Week, Wednesday afternoon.
Galligan recorded his second-fastest time of the season and was the top AMCC runner at the Inter-Regional Rumble, hosted by Oberlin College, by five seconds. Galligan crossed the 8K finish line in 26:04.2, coming in 24th place out of 265 racers.
Droz ran an 18:12 5K at the Meghan Memorial hosted by Hilbert College, placing first out of 30 runners.
The Penn State Behrend men's cross country team finished fourth out of 16 teams at the Houghton Invitational Saturday morning scoring 116 points.
The Hilbert College cross country program hosted the 9th Annual Meghan Memorial race this morning, and just as Meghan would have wanted, the course was a little wet and slippery.
Buffington led Behrend with a total time of 25:37.7 earning him a 15th place finish out of 238 racers. He helped the Lions place sixth overall at the Mike Woods Geneseo Cross Country Invitational.
