MANSFIELD, Pa. – Mansfield University is set to host the 2022 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Lamb's Creek Course in Mansfield, Pennsylvania.
The men's race, an 8k, will begin at 11:30 a.m., followed by the women's 6k race at approximately 12:45 p.m.
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MEN'S LINEUP
Abraham Calderon
Seth Neal
Simon Richards
Owen Showers
Derek Simpson
Christian Tanner
David Wootten
WOMEN'S LINEUP
Shelby Alexander
Carrie Claypool
Angie Colon
Carly Daniels
Anna Duncan
Anissa Lytle
Bailey Morgan
WOMEN'S NOTES
Mansfield was picked 14TH in the PSAC Coaches' Preseason poll, but surprised many with a third-place finish at the Ed Winrow Memorial Invitational.
Carly Daniels has returned to her All-PSAC form from 2020, overcoming an illness from the preseason. Daniels ended the season with victories at the Bucknell Tune Up and Ed Winrow Memorial.
Colon, Duncan, Morgan, Alexander, and Claypool have consistently packed together in races and finished less than two minutes apart to create a disruptive top-five and one of the deepest in recent program history.
NOTABLE FINISHES
Daniels has two victories on the year at the Ed Winrow Memorial Invite (22:44.6) and the Bucknell Tune Up (14:36.5, 4K). Daniel's finished 20th at the Fordam Fiasco where she was the top Division II runner.
Mansfield finished third on their home course for the Ed Winrow Memorial Invite, beating four PSAC foes in the process.
MEN'S NOTES
Young Team with no true senior athlete, (
Christian Tanner has Junior eligibility) and was predicted 14th in the PSAC.
David Wootten returned from an injury in the track season and has returned to form.
Neal, Simpson, and Showers have seen their performances improve and spike during the latter half of the season.
NOTABLE FINISHES
Tanner took 1st place at the Bucknell Tune Up on 10/21 finishing a 6K race with a time of 19:52.30.
The men's team as a unit in the Equality Invitational tri-meet took the top spot. The race was an 8K race in Colchester.
THE FIELD
The previous championship races conducted in October of 2021 saw both the Edinboro men's and women's teams take the conference title.
After last season's wins, the Fighting Scots reached four consecutive titles for the men's team, and three consecutive titles for the women's team.
Edinboro's men's squad dominated the 2021 PSAC Championship 8k, tallying 32 points with three top-5 finishers in Ward Ries, Nick Amos, and Jack Lacina. Following them, Shippensburg took second place as a team with 71 total points led by first-place finisher Chayce Macknair. In third was Lock Haven with 124 points behind sixth-place winner, Gage Krall.
On the women's side, Edinboro claimed a narrow victory of 61 points over second-place Seton Hill's 73. The Fighting Scots had two top-5 finishers in Sheliah Cheruiyot and Kimberly Goerss who earned second and fourth place, respectively. For the Griffins, Sydney Wolf won the individual title to become the first PSAC Championship top performer in the program's history. In third, Lock Haven achieved the same 124-point total as the men, and claimed two top-15 finishes.
In the men's preseason poll, the predicted order of finish by league coaches was Edinboro, Shippensburg, Lock Haven, IUP, and Slippery Rock in the top five.
In the women's preseason poll, coaches predicted a top five of Edinboro, Seton Hill, Slippery Rock, Lock Haven, and Bloomsburg in that order.
Along with the livestream, you may follow the live results/timing link list at the top of the page. The awards ceremony and photo gallery will be posted to the championship hub link also located at the top of this release.
NEXT UP
Mansfield University is also set to host the NCAA DII Atlantic Region Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Nov. 19 at Lamb's Creek Cross Country Course.
