Results (Men) | Results (Women)

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - Junior Michelle Herman (Altoona, Pa./Hollidaysburg Area) led the Lycoming College cross country teams with a 123^rd-place finish at the NCAA Mideast Regionals at DeSales University on a beautiful Saturday, Nov. 12.
 
Herman posted a season-best time of 25:48 to take 123^rd as the only representatitve of the Lycoming women’s team. Herman bested her previous best 6K time by 21 seconds en route to her finish.
 
The men’s team posted a 41^st-place finish, as it placed ahead of MAC teams Delaware Valley and Alvernia. The team was led by career-best times of freshmen Rory McAtee (Easton, Pa./Wilson Area) and Gerhardt Gerckens (Milford, N.J./Delaware Valley Regional).
 
McAtee became the first runner to break the 30-minute mark in the 8K for the Warriors this year, as he finished 222^nd in the 328-runner field, posting a time of 29:50. Gerckens added a career-best time of 30:18 to take 244^th.
 
Sophomore Mike Puchalski (Redlands, Calif./Redlands East Valley) crossed in 31:03 and freshman Alex Bottorff (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) crossed in 31:32. Senior R.J. Wiechecki (Garnet Valley, Pa./Garnet Valley) posted a time of 33:30 to wrap up his collegiate career and freshman Chris McAtee (Easton, Pa./Wilson Area) crossed in 34:22.
 
The Warriors showed marked improvement in 2011 under third-year head coach Lesley Larson, as Herman earned All-MAC honors, the first for a Warrior women’s cross country runner since 2005, while the men’s team won the Cabrini Invitational and featured a three freshmen, Rory McAtee, Bottorff and Gerckens, that scored in every meet for the team.