2018 AMCC Men's Cross Country News
Megan Valentine, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at Hilbert College, introduced Robert Krug as the head coach for the men’s and women’s cross country team.
Penn St. Behrend junior Riley Crissman, along with both of the Penn State Behrend men's and women's cross country teams have received U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic recognition for their performance in the classroom this past season.
Proving that there is no end to an athletic career once one graduates from college, Hilbert College head cross country coach Nick Orlowski's passion for life-long competition was recognized when he was named the Buffalo News Runner of the Year this week.
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.
Penn State Behrend picked up two AMCC titles this fall to take the early lead in the Presidents Cup standings.
Franciscan University senior Grace Galligan has impressed on the course all season and her final race for the Franciscan women's cross country team was no exception. Galligan captured 24th overall in a very competitive NCAA DIII National Championship meet and earned the first All-America honors for the women's program, Saturday afternoon.
The Franciscan University and Penn State Behrend men's and women's cross country teams competed at the NCAA Mideast Regionals hosted by DeSales University on Saturday morning.
Franciscan University sophomore Liam Galligan was named the Eastern College Athletic Conference Runner of the Month for the month of October in the South Region, while Penn St. Behrend freshman Zachary Tingley picked up Rookie of the Month honors.
Franciscan University sophomore Liam Galligan, the top men's finisher at the AMCC championship meet, is the 2018 AMCC Runner of the Year.
Galligan earned back-to-back AMCC individual champion titles. He crossed the 8K finish line in 26:02.66, leading the Barons to their second AMCC team title, and the first since 2010.
Penn State Behrend will look to claim their eighth straight, and 12th overall, AMCC men's cross country title this weekend on the campus of Franciscan University. However, they will have to get past Liam Galligan and the Franciscan University Barons, in order to do so.
Bauerle ran a 19:46 5K to win the La Roche Invitational and help the Redhawks place first on their home course. Bauerle finished the race in first place out of 17 runners.
Galligan captured second out of 309 runners at the Inter-Regional Rumble, leading the Barons to a third-place team finish - their highest team finish in program history at the meet. It was Galligan's fifth top-10 finish of the season and back-to-back second-place finishes in a meet. Galligan completed the 8K course in 25:24.4.
Moran helped lead the Spartans to a first place finish at the Meghan Memorial on Saturday at Hilbert. Moran finished first overall with a time of 17:37, nearly a full minute faster than the second place runner. Moran has also finished as the top runner for the Spartans in every meet they have run this season.
Long finished 38th among DIII runners at the All-Ohio Championship with a personal-best time of 26:12.6. Long dropped his previous personal best by 24 seconds in an 8K race. He recorded his fastest 8K time of the season by just under a minute.
