Posted on Monday, October 30, 2017
The ¾¨Ó㴫ý men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at the 2017 Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Cross Country Championships on Saturday afternoon. ¾¨Ó㴫ý was the host.
The Titan women finished third out of nine teams with a team score of 74, for ¾¨Ó㴫ý’s best finish since 2011. Titan sophomore Morgan Camerlo (Freeport, PA / St. Joseph) placed second out of 118 runners with a time of 23:29.97. Senior Katelynn Morrell (Boardman, OH / Boardman) placed in sixth place, posting a time of 23:55.63. Titan sophomore Katie Schrantz (New Castle, PA / Neshannock) (21st/24:57.92), first-year Allison Hampton (Ten Sleep, WY / Ten Sleep) (22nd/25:02.54), and senior Paige Baierl (Bellevue, PA / Northgate) (23rd/25:05.67) rounded out the top five for the Titans.
The Titan men finished eighth out of 10 schools, scoring a team score of 208. ¾¨Ó㴫ý senior Joshua McFall (New Castle, PA / New Castle) finished best for the Titan men, running a time of 27:40.74 to finish in 25th place. Freshman Harrison Keenan (Cranberry, PA / Cranberry) finished next with a 32nd place time of 28:00.68. Freshman Chase Waldschmidt (New Castle, PA / Shenango) (45th/28:53.23), freshman Adam Bettwy (Clarion, PA / Clarion) (51st/29:18.10), and junior Michael Peters (Pittsburgh, PA / Mount Lebanon) (55th/30:08.25) rounded out the top five for the Titans.
¾¨Ó㴫ý will next compete at the NCAA Regional Meet on Saturday, November 11. Start time is set for 11 a.m.
For more information, contact Nathan LaRiccia at lariccnj@westminster.edu.
Written by Nick Macdonald
