Sarah Donovan
Junior Sarah Donovan led the Warriors at the MAC Championships.

Women's Cross Country

Donovan leads Warriors at MAC Championships

DALLAS, Pa. – Junior Sarah Donovan (Bergen, N.Y./Byron-Bergen) led the Lycoming College cross country teams with a 58th-place finish at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships on Saturday, Oct. 31 at the Letterkenny Fields, as both the men's and women's teams finished 13th in fields of 16 teams.
 
Donovan was one of two women to finish in the top half of the 164-runner field, posting a 6K time of 26:17.10, while senior Lindsay Decker (Shapleigh, Maine/Massabesic) finished 77th in 26:57.36.
 
Misericordia won the MAC title on the women's side, as the team was led by Bianca Bolton, who won the individual title in 22:35.72.
 
Rounding out Lycoming's top five were sophomore Rachel Fritz (Honesdale, Pa./Honesdale), who notched a personal MACs-best time of 27:21.75 to take 84th, junior Victoria Wilson (Ringwood, N.J./Lakeland), who finished 99th in 28:06.51 and freshman Haby Goloko (Baltimore, Md./Digital Harbor), who finished 116th in 28:43.87.
 
Senior Rachel Salmon (Lock Haven, Pa./Central Mountain) took sixth on the team in 29:32.86 and junior Jordyn Reilly (Cressona, Pa./Blue Mountain) finished seventh on the team with a career-best 30:12.86 to also factor into the scoring.
 
On the men's side, junior Jacob Miller (Cooperstown, N.Y./Cooperstown Central) led the way by dropping under 30 minutes on an 8K course for the second race in a row, finishing in 29:30.23 to take 78th in the 152-runner field.
 
Widener won the team title with 40 points, just edging out Messiah. Widener's Ernie Pitone won the individual title in 25:34.93.
 
Sophomore James Hamm (Turbotville, Pa./Warrior Run) finished second for the Warriors, posting a time of 30:12.93 to take 89th. Rounding out the team's top five, sophomore Sean Hastings (Levittown, Pa./Neshaminy) took 110th in 31:38.44, freshman Nick Pisani (New Egypt, N.J./New Egypt) took 121st in 32:28.44 and junior Dan Yoder (Montoursville, Pa./Homeschooled) took 127th in 33:00.88.
 
Freshman Andrew Dion (Tiverton, R.I./Tiverton) finished in 33:11.65 and junior Donald Keys (Erie, Pa./Northwest Pennsylvania Military Academy) finished in 33:24.94 to also factor into the scoring for the Warriors.
 
The Warriors will wrap up the 2015 season on Saturday, Nov. 14, when they head to the NCAA Mideast Regional at Big Spring High School in Newville, Pa.
 
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Players Mentioned

James Hamm

James Hamm

6' 0"
Sophomore
Sean Hastings

Sean Hastings

6' 1"
Sophomore
Donald Keys

Donald Keys

5' 8"
Junior
Jacob Miller

Jacob Miller

5' 7"
Junior
Dan Yoder

Dan Yoder

5' 10"
Junior
Andrew Dion

Andrew Dion

5' 10"
First Year
Nick Pisani

Nick Pisani

5' 11"
First Year
Lindsay Decker

Lindsay Decker

5' 5"
Senior
Sarah Donovan

Sarah Donovan

5' 4"
Junior
Rachel Fritz

Rachel Fritz

5' 6"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

James Hamm

James Hamm

6' 0"
Sophomore
Sean Hastings

Sean Hastings

6' 1"
Sophomore
Donald Keys

Donald Keys

5' 8"
Junior
Jacob Miller

Jacob Miller

5' 7"
Junior
Dan Yoder

Dan Yoder

5' 10"
Junior
Andrew Dion

Andrew Dion

5' 10"
First Year
Nick Pisani

Nick Pisani

5' 11"
First Year
Lindsay Decker

Lindsay Decker

5' 5"
Senior
Sarah Donovan

Sarah Donovan

5' 4"
Junior
Rachel Fritz

Rachel Fritz

5' 6"
Sophomore