BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Penn State cross country program heads to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania for the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional hosted by Lehigh. The Nittany Lions will be looking to secure a spot at the NCAA Cross Country Championship.
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American, Temple, West Virginia, Maryland-Eastern Shore, Pittsburgh, Delaware, Lehigh, Rutgers, Towson, Maryland, George Washington, St. Francis, Duquesne, Navy, Lafayette, Rider, La Salle, Mount St. Mary's, Loyola, New Jersey Institute, Monmouth, Princeton, Marshall, Bucknell, Seton Hall, Georgetown, Penn, Villanova, UMBC, St. Joseph's, Penn State
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Seton Hall, Villanova, Penn, Georgetown, American, Duquesne, La Salle, Penn State, Rutgers, Monmouth, Pittsburgh, Navy, Princeton, Maryland-Eastern Shore, Loyola, Rider, St. Francis, Mount St. Mary's, George Washington, Bucknell, UMBC, Marshall, Temple Lafayette, New Jersey Institute, Lehigh, St. Joseph's.
MEET INFORMATION
ADMISSION
Admission fee for adults is $8.00 and $4.00 for children and students. Spectator Parking Fee is $5.00.
All will be collected at the parking booths upon arrival to the parking lots. Cash and credit cards will be accepted.
There will be no advance sales for this event.
Course Location
Stabler Arena
124 Goodman Drive
Bethlehem, PA 18015
NCAA BOUND
A total of 31 teams compete as a team at the NCAA D-I Championships. 18 bids are automatic (top two teams in each of nine regions), 13 bids are at-large.
After teams have been determined, 38 additional individuals per gender are selected to compete at the NCAA Championships. Among individuals NOT selected as members of qualifying teams in the above process, the top four finishers at each regional meet are automatically selected (each must have finished within the top 25 of the region). Two additional athletes will be selected from the remainder of the national pool (and must have finished in the regional top 25) as at-large individuals.
LAST TIME ON THE COURSE
At the Big Ten Cross Country Championships, the Nittany Lions women's team finished fourth while the men's team finished fifth. This marked the first time since 2010 that both teams placed in the top five at the Big Ten Cross Country Championships.
Men's Results
Alex Tomasko was the Nittany Lions top finisher, running 24.44.8 to finish 28th. Billy McDevitt was the second Nittany Lion to cross the finish line in a time of 24:46.3. McDevitt finished 30th. Ben Bumgarner finished 32nd (24:47.9) followed by Andrew Sell in 38th (24:51.8) and Owen Wing in 41st (24:52.8).
Women's Results
On the women's side, Kathryn Munks continued to pace the Nittany Lions. Munks ran to second-team All-Big Ten honors with an 11th-place finish. Munks and the Nittany Lions finished fourth with a team score of 138 points. The Nittany Lions have finished in the top five each of the last five seasons and brought home the Big Ten championship in 2015.
Danae Rivers was the second finisher for the Nittany Lions, running 20:56.3 to finish 20th. Alison Willingmyre finished shortly after Rivers, running 21:02.2 and finished 25th. Megan Ciasullo (21:15.3) and Julia Paternain (21:19.2) finished 40th and 44th respectively to round out the top-five finishers for Penn State.
2018 NCAA MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL
Eight members of the Penn State cross country program ran to all-region honors at the 2018 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional. As a team, the Penn State women finish third (91 points), while the Penn State men took fifth (109 points).
For the Penn State women, Alison Willingmyre and Danae Rivers recorded top-10 finishes to pace the Nittany Lions. Willingmyre and Rivers ran 21:22 to finish sixth and seventh, respectively.
Along with Willingmyre and Rivers, Kathryn Munks (18th - 21:40) and Moira O'Shea (25th - 21:48) recorded all-region finishes by placing in the top-25.
Leading the way for the Penn State men was Colin Abert who finished 16th overall with his time of 31:47.
Along with Abert, three other Nittany Lions tallied all-region honors. Alex Tomasko clocked in at 31:48 (18th), while John McGowan (23rd) and Isaac Davis (24th) both ran 31:55.
IN THE RANKINGS
The Penn State women's cross country team remains ranked 18th in the latest USTFCCCA poll. The Nittany Lions also remain ranked No. 1 in the Mid-Atlantic Region. The men's program is ranked No. 6 in the latest Mid-Atlantic Region.
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
The NCAA Cross Country Championships will be held in Terre Haute, Indiana.