DALLAS, Pa. – Junior
Sarah Donovan (Bergen, N.Y./Byron-Bergen) led the Lycoming College cross country teams with a 58
th-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 13
th in fields of 16 teams.
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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 77
th in 26:57.36.
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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.
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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 84
th, junior
Victoria Wilson (Ringwood, N.J./Lakeland), who finished 99
th in 28:06.51 and freshman
Haby Goloko (Baltimore, Md./Digital Harbor), who finished 116
th in 28:43.87.
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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.
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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 78
th in the 152-runner field.
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Widener won the team title with 40 points, just edging out Messiah. Widener's Ernie Pitone won the individual title in 25:34.93.
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Sophomore
James Hamm (Turbotville, Pa./Warrior Run) finished second for the Warriors, posting a time of 30:12.93 to take 89
th. Rounding out the team's top five, sophomore
Sean Hastings (Levittown, Pa./Neshaminy) took 110
th in 31:38.44, freshman
Nick Pisani (New Egypt, N.J./New Egypt) took 121
st in 32:28.44 and junior
Dan Yoder (Montoursville, Pa./Homeschooled) took 127
th in 33:00.88.
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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.
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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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