GRANTHAM, Pa. – Freshman Quincy Amabile (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg Area) continued his fantastic season by finishing 12^th to become the first Lycoming College men's cross country runner to earn all-conference honors since 2000 and the women's cross country team finished ninth, the program's best finish since 1994, at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships at Messiah College on Saturday, Oct. 29.
 
Amabile posted a time of 27:21.2 on the 8K course to earn second-team all-conference honors, becoming the first Warrior to earn the accolades since Scott Condello was a three-time first-team selection from 1998-2000.
 
The women, meanwhile, finished ninth in a field of 16 teams, the second time since 1994 the team finished ninth, but in the largest field. The 1994 team finished eighth in a field of 12 teams. DeSales won the team title.
 
Freshman Kaylee Long (Milton, Pa./Milton Area) led the women's team with a  34^th-place finish in the 156-runner field, posting a time of 25:22.0. Senior Sarah Donovan (Bergen, N.Y./Byron-Bergen) added a 59^th-place finish in 26:10.9 and senior Victoria Wilson (Ringwood, N.J./Lakeland) took 61^st in 26:12.3. Junior Rachel Fritz (Honesdale, Pa./Honesdale) took fourth on the team, finishing 68^th in 26:39.6 and junior Lindsay Smith (Easton, Pa./Easton Area) rounded out the team's top five, taking 96^th in 28:26.1.
 
Also factoring into the scoring, freshman Amanda Goulden (Wharton, N.J./Morris Hills) took 104^th in 28:50.4 and senior Jordyn Reilly (Cressona, Pa./Blue Mountain) took 122^nd in 30:03.1.
 
On the men's side, the team moved up two slots in the final standings from 2015, finishing 11^th in the 16-team field, while Widener took the team title.
 
Senior Jacob Miller (Cooperstown, N.Y./Cooperstown Central) finished second on the team, taking 101^st in the 156-runner field in 31:04.9, junior Joseph Ingrum (Lodi, Calif./Lodi) took 111^th in 31:46.1 and freshman Gustavo Vergara (Santa Ana, Calif./Valley) took 112^th in 32:02.6. Freshman James Wait (Cherry Valley, N.Y./Cherry Valley) rounded out the top five with a 124^th-place finish in 32:52.0.
 
Also factoring into the scoring, senior Donald Keys (Erie, Pa./Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy) finished in 33:28.5 and sophomore Andrew Dion (Tiverton, R.I./Tiverton) notched a time of 33:31.6.
 
The Warriors wrap up the 2016 season at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional on Saturday, Nov. 12, with the women starting at 11 a.m. and men at 12 p.m.