2023 AMCC Men's Cross Country News
On Day 2 of D3 Week, we salute our Team Peak Performers of 2023-24.
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.
With three fall sport championships under their belt, and strong finishes in four others, Penn State Behrend once again starts off the year with the lead for the AMCC Presidents Cup.
The Penn State Behrend men's cross country team placed 12th out of 25 teams with a team score of 335 at NCAA Division III Regional Championships hosted by Houghton University Saturday afternoon, while Alfred State College came in 22nd place and Hilbert College came in 24th.
Penn State Behrend junior Kody Klein has earned his second consecutive AMCC Runner of the Year honors.
The Penn State Behrend men's cross country team collected 15 points and claimed their 15th conference championship Saturday morning at Delaware Park in Buffalo, NY, as the first six runners to cross the finish line were all from Behrend.
AMCC cross country teams will head to Buffalo, NY this weekend for the 2023 AMCC Men's Cross Country Championship.
Barrick broke the course 5K record at La Roche and earned yet another win, his third of the season, as he crossed the finish line in 17:08.
Boyd led the way for the Lions with a time of 25:58.4 for a 129th place finish out of 371 runners. This is the first time in Boyd's collegiate career that he has run a sub 26 in an 8K race, while it is also the fastest 8k time in the AMCC this season.
Barrick broke the school record with his 8K time of 27:29.0 at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational. He finished in the top 20 of the meet and was the top finisher for the Bobcats.
Barrick won his second race of the season at the Mount Aloysius Invitational by beating the second place runner by over 50 seconds. This was his second start of the fall after missing the last two races due to injury. Barrick completed the 5k course in 17:17.
Barry completed the Roberts Wesleyan 8K in 28:32.5, placing 12th out of 181 runners to lead the Pioneers.
Klein led the way for Lions at the Behrend Invitational with a first-place time of 26:52.5, averaging a mile time of 5:24
Klein was the top finisher for the Lions at the Westminster Invitational. Klein finished ninth overall with an average-mile time of 5.16 for a time of 16:23.20.
The Carlow University Department of Athletics is excited to announce the hiring of Ashley Soske as the new head coach of men’s and women’s cross country.