CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – Freshmen
Quincy Amabile (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg Area) and
Kaylee Long (Milton, Pa./Milton Area) posted school records at their respective distances and the Lycoming College women's cross country team finished a school-record 31
st at the NCAA Mideast Regional at DeSales University on Saturday, Nov. 12.
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Amabile posted a time of 26:44 on the men's 8K course, becoming the first Warrior in program history to cross the 27-minute mark, shattering the record of 27:06 set by Greg Seymour in 1994 and tied by Amabile earlier this season at DeSales, as he finished 78
th in a field of 351 runners. Long posted her record time of 24:01 on a 6K course to break Michelle Herman's record of 24:14.8 set during the 2009 NCAA Regionals, as she finished 83
rd in a field of 371 runners.
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The Warrior women finished 31
st in a field of 51 teams, surpassing the previous best of a 37
th-place finish in 2012.
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Senior
Victoria Wilson (Ringwood, N.J./Lakeland) ran the fourth fastest 6K in program history, dropping to 25:10 in her final collegiate run to finish 110
th and senior
Sarah Donovan (Bergen, N.Y./Byron-Bergen) came within three seconds of her best time – the sixth-fastest in school history, when she finished in 25:37 to take 192nd. Junior
Rachel Fritz (Honesdale, Pa./Honesdale) dropped under 26 minutes for the first time in her career, posting the eighth-best time in program history in 25:57 while finishing 220
th.
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To round out the scoring five, freshman
Amanda Goulden (Wharton, N.J./Morris Hills) posted a time of 27:46 to take 289
th. Junior
Lindsay Smith (Easton, Pa./Easton Area) added a time of 28:29 and senior
Jordyn Reilly (Cressona, Pa./Blue Mountain) finished in 30:13 to round out the record-breaking Warrior contingent.
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The Warrior men finished 42
nd in a field of 52 teams, the team's best finish in head coach
Regina Collins' five years as head coach, paced by Amabile's record-breaking time.
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Senior
Jacob Miller (Cooperstown, N.Y./Cooperstown Central) finished second on the squad, as he took 260
th in 29:32. Freshmen
James Wait (Cherry Valley, N.Y./Cherry Valley) and
Gustavo Vergara (Santa Ana, Calif./Valley) each posted career-bests, with Wait finishing 284
th in 30:26 and Vergara took 285
th in 30:27. Rounding out the scoring five, junior
Joseph Ingrum (Lodi, Calif./Lodi) took 303
rd in 31:20.
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Sophomore
Andrew Dion (Tiverton, R.I./Tiverton) finished in 31:51 and senior
Donald Keys (Erie, Pa./Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy) finished in a career-best 32:29Â to round out Lycoming's runners.
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