2015 AMCC Women's Cross Country News
The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced their 2016 USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors team, and for the second year in a row, Hilbert College's Kylie Reinholz earned a spot on the Division III roster.
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 Mount Aloysius College men's and women's cross country teams donated their time to give back to the community during the Thanksgiving holiday season.
AMCC men's and women's cross country teams competed at the NCAA Midwest Regional hosted by Dickinson College on Saturday morning.
Penn St. Behrend junior Rachel Ramsey is the 2015 AMCC Women's Cross Country Runner of the Year.
Ramsey claimed the AMCC individual title, as she was the first runner to cross the 6K finish line with a time of 23:47.6. Ramsey also led the Lions to a first place team finish.
Penn St. Behrend captured its sixth AMCC women's cross country championship on Saturday morning by outlasting 2014 champion Franciscan University on the Penn St. Behrend campus in Erie, PA.
Returning for their third consecutive race, the Hilbert College men's and women's cross country teams volunteered their services at the Lou Reuter Scholarship Run October 18.
Franciscan University will look to claim back-to-back women's cross country championships, but they will have to get past the Penn St. Behrend Lions and junior Rachel Ramsey, who is a four-time AMCC Runner of the Week this season.
Ramsey completed the Oberlin College Invitational 6K course in 22:29.7.
Penn State Behrend junior Rachel Ramsey was named the ECAC South Division III Runner of the Week for the week ending October 11.
Ramsey placed 3rd out of 90 runners at the Gannon/Mercyhurst Invitational. She completed the 5K course in 19:52.
Reinholz set a personal best of 23:34 for a 6K at the Paul Short Invitational at Lehigh University. This outstanding effort placed Kylie 26th in a field of over 300 runners. Her effort led Hilbert to a 32nd place finish in a quality field of over 40 teams.
Four AMCC student-athletes were recognized as ECAC Division III South Region Athletes of the Week for the week ending September 27.
Reinholz returned to competition this weekend at the Harry F. Anderson Invitational hosted by Roberts Wesleyan College. With a time of 19:15.9, Reinholz finished 18th in leading Hilbert to a 15th place finish in a field of DI, DII and DIII schools.
Ramsey led the Lions for the second straight meet with a 10th place overall finish. She finished with a time of 20:26.0 with a 6:35 mile pace at the Behrend Invitational 5K.
