2021 AMCC Men's Cross Country News
Penn State Behrend once again started off the year with several AMCC championships and is in the lead for the AMCC Presidents Cup title after the fall sport season.
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 Penn State Behrend and Alfred State College men's cross country teams competed in the NCAA Regionals on Saturday, hosted by SUNY Geneseo, and had three runners finish in the Top-70.
Alfred State College junior Gavin Bathgate has earned his second consecutive Runner of the Year honors after claiming the individual title at the 2021 AMCC Cross Country Championship meet on Saturday.
The Penn State Behrend men's cross country team won the AMCC conference team title Saturday morning, on the campus of Alfred State College, earning their 13th team title in program history.
AMCC cross country teams will head to Alfred, NY this weekend for the 2021 AMCC Men's Cross Country Championship.
Myers led the Behrend pack at the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble with a time of 27:07.8 for the 8K to finish 60th out of 306 runners.
Bathgate recorded a top-10 finish, out of 100 runners, at the Houghton Invitational 8K. He averaged 5:25 per mile, crossing the finish line in 26:54.47.
Bathgate averaged 5:24 per mile in a preview of the NCAA Regional course. He was the top AMCC finisher, finishing the 8K course in 26:47.6
Cicero competed in the Harry F. Anderson Invitational at Roberts Wesleyan. He finished with a time of 30:16.4, improving his 8K time from last week by three seconds.
Myers helped the Lions capture the PSB Invitational, taking first place with a time of 27:12.3. He finished ahead of second place by over a minute.
Throughout the 2021-22 academic year, the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) will be celebrating its 25th anniversary
Bathgate started the 2021 season the same win he ended last year by winning the individual title at this past weekend's meet. At the season opening Daniel Walker Invitational, Bathgate won the individual title by finishing the 5k course at Beaver Island State Park in 16:38.07. His average mile was 5:21.3 and he finished just over eight seconds ahead of second place. Bathgate helped his team to a 2nd place finish in the team results.
The La Roche University Athletics Department has announced the hiring of Kevin Myles as the new men's and women's cross country head coach.
The Mount Aloysius College cross country program is set to have new leadership, beginning this fall, as Todd Niebauer has accepted the position.