Athletics

Nittany Lion women's cross-country captures Mid-Atlantic title

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PRINCETON, N.J. – Led by redshirt freshman Tessa Barrett, the Penn State women’s cross-country team captured their first Mid-Atlantic Regional title today (Nov. 13) in Princeton, New Jersey, since they hosted the event in 2012.Penn State placed five runners inside the top-25, defeating Georgetown, and host Princeton by a score of 60-75- 80, respectively.Tessa Barrett, who redshirted the 2014 season, led the Nittany Lions through the finish line in her first Mid-Atlantic Regional recording a fourth-place finish in a time of 21:02.2.Following Barrett were senior Tori Gerlach close behind in sixth-place (21:09.9), followed by Elizabeth Chikotas in 10th-place (21:15.4), Julie Kocjancic in 19th-place (21:29.4), and Jillian Hunsberger rounding out scoring in 21st-place with a time of 21:32.7.Running as the No. 6 and No.7 for Penn State were Greta Lindsley in 28th-place (21:48.4) and Stephanie Aldrich in 49th-place (22:11.3.)For the men, junior Conner Quinn and senior Wade Endress paced the Nittany Lion team, running in up front well through the fourth mile of the race.Quinn finished as the top Lion on the day recording an 11th-place finish in a time of 31:07.8.Finishing less than a minute behind Quinn were Ean DiSilvio in 18th-place (31:26.1), Robby Creese in 25th-place (31:32.4), Colin Abert in 26th-place (31:36.4), Wade Endress in 31st-place (31:42), and Timothy McGowan in 45th-place (31:54.4) running as the No. 7 for Penn State. John Dugan would wrap up competition for Penn State at the Mid-Atlantic Regional crossing the line in 32:35.0 for a 70th-place finish.For their efforts at the Mid-Atlantic Regional, Barrett, Gerlach, Chikotas, Kocjancic, Hunsberger, Quinn, DiSilvio and Creese garnered all-region honors following the meet.

Last Updated November 16, 2015