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CALIFORNIA (Oct. 18) – The 18 women's cross country teams from around the league will gather at Roadman Park in California on Saturday, Oct. 21, to compete in the 2017 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships.
The Vulcans will host the championship meet for the sixth time in school history and for just the fourth time in the last four decades (1988, 1992, 2010, 2017).
HOMEPAGE
A meet homepage has been established to provide all pertinent information about the championship in one location. The page, linked above, includes directions, course maps, course records, previous results, rosters and more.
SCHEDULE
10:00 a.m. - Women's 6,000-meter Race
11:00 a.m. - Men's 8,000-meter Race
12:30 p.m. - Awards Ceremony (Adamson Stadium)
LIVE UPDATES
The Cal U Sports Information Office will provide live updates, results and photos through the PSAC Track & Field Twitter account (
@PSACTF) throughout the race. Results will be posted as soon as they are available.
AWARDS
The top-15 individual finishers will be named All-PSAC First-Team, while finishers 16-30 will be named All-PSAC Second Team. Trophies will be awarded to the top-two teams. A PSAC Champion Scholar will also be awarded at the meet with the winner boasting the highest cumulative GPA of all competitors.
PREVIEW I Atlantic Region Rankings
The women's championship race may provide some mix-up compared to last year's standings. Shippensburg returns as the reigning-PSAC Champion following its first title since 2012, however the Raiders sit second in the latest regional rankings. Edinboro, which won back-to-back titles in 2014 and 2015, is currently the top team in the region after finishing seventh last year, while host Cal U rounds out the top three in the rankings. Edinboro and Shippensburg competed in different competitions last weekend, while Cal U was idle. The Fighting Scots finished No. 13 in a field of 35 teams from across the country at the GLVC Conference Crossover in Illinois, while Shippensburg finished behind just Pitt and Duquesne at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational.
The Raiders return five of the top-25 runners from last season and the Fighting Scots featured a talented class of newcomers mixed with a pair of returning All-PSAC Second-Team honorees. The Vulcans feature perhaps the top duo in the league in seniors
Julie Friend and
Summer Hill, both of which have placed among the top five overall at the conference meet in their careers. Friend won both the 5K and 10K at the 2017 PSAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, while Hill earned All-America in both the indoor and outdoor seasons last year.
The field of contenders also features Hannah Bourdeau from last year's runner-up team Bloomsburg. Bourdeau placed ninth at the league meet before finishing eighth overall at the regional championships. East Stroudsburg finished third last year and returns a top-15 finisher in Kaylyn West. Three additional returners from the top 15 last season include Stephanie Bresadola of Kutztown, Amanda Shultz of Lock Haven and Dianna Dunn of West Chester.
TOP 10 TEAMS FROM 2016
(Team, Points)
1. Shippensburg, 50
2. Bloomsburg, 60
3. East Stroudsburg, 151
4. Lock Haven, 162
5. Seton Hill, 165
6. Kutztown, 180
7. Edinboro, 188
8. Cal U, 200
9. Slippery Rock, 226
10. Mercyhurst, 243
TOP RETURNING FINISHERS FROM 2016
(Name, School, 2016 Finish)
Summer Hill, CAL, 3
Caitlyn Reese, SHIP, 5
Bryanna Dissinger, SHIP, 7
Hannah Boudreau, BLOOM, 9
Stephanie Bresadola, KUTZ, 11
Kaylyn West, ESU, 12
Amanda Shultz, LHU, 13
Dianna Dunn, WCU, 15
Lindsey Gerlach, SHIP, 17
Samantha Young, ESU, 19
Jackie Kinkead, SHIP, 20
Abbey Peters, BORO, 21
Lizzy Manickas, SHIP, 22
Courtney Group, SRU, 24
Abbey Lang, BORO, 25
TOP CONTENDERS
Below are names of those expected to be near the front of the pack, as well as least one individual expected to lead their respective team.
- Bloomsburg – Hannah Boudreau, Treicy Cedano
- California – Summer Hill, Alyson Pierce, Julie Friend
- Cheyney – Erica-Lyn Russell
- Clarion – Kayce Bobnar
- Edinboro – Abigale Peters, Abbey Lang
- East Stroudsburg – Kaylyn West, Samantha Young
- Gannon – Grace McGrath
- Indiana – Makena Felts, Trcicia Varner
- Kutztown – Stephanie Bresadola, Lindsay Hoffman, Alexis Dongvort
- Lock Haven – Amanda Shultz, Caroline Stickley, Lizzy Duguid, Courtney Capper
- Mansfield – Kenzie Jones, Kirsten Anderson
- Mercyhurst – Anna Warner, Chloe Tyillian
- Millersville – Elizabeth Rudderow, Alexa Happ
- Pitt-Johnstown – Tori Fulkroad
- Seton Hill – Caitlyn Padgett, Skye Christian
- Slippery Rock – Courtney Group, Melissa Rains
- Shippensburg – Caitlyn Reese, Bryanna Dissinger, Lindsey Gerlach, Jacqueline Kinkead, Elizabeth Manickas
- West Chester – Dianna Dunn, Amanda Kodis
ALL-TIME CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
A total of seven teams in the PSAC have captured at least one title since the first championship was held on the women's side in 1980. Edinboro leads all programs with 17 titles. A look at the number of championships for each program can be found below.
17 - Edinboro
8 - Shippensburg
7 - IUP
2 - Slippery Rock
1 - Bloomsburg
1 - Mansfield
1 - West Chester
RESULTS
Results will be posted to the home meet page as soon as they are available.
PHOTO GALLERY
A photo gallery from the race will be available on the homepage within a few days after the meet. Links to the galleries will be shared on the home meet page and on the
@PSACTF Twitter page when posted.
