ALLENWOOD, Pa. — Penn College's cross country teams split results against Lycoming College in a dual meet Thursday evening at the Earth Science Center. The Wildcat men won, 15-49, while the women were edged by the Warriors, 26-31.
Penn College men 8K: The Wildcats claimed the top six finishes, led by Chase Ebeling's course-record time of 29:58.59. Chaslin Rogers finished second in 31:02.72, Bryce Martin was third in 31:19.43, Michael Burcik was fourth in 32:09.60, Holden Furey finished fifth in 32:11.52 and Logan Bohrer was sixth in 32:40.67. After a Lycoming runner finished seventh, Aiden Magnusson (33:09.39), Ben Causak (33:30.47), Lucas Robtison (33:51.14), Ben Heym (33:59.18) and Owen Troop (35:00.86) finished eighth through 12th, respectively. Steven Eckmann III finished 14th among 19 runners in 40:16.75.
Penn College women 6K: Elaina Brady was the top finisher for the Wildcats in 29:49.83, just six seconds behind Lycoming's first-place finisher. Amy Rohl (30:40.51) and Kate Butzler (30:46.74) finished fourth and fifth, respectively. Adelyn McDermott (32:30.83) finished eighth, and Gwynn Johnson (36:55.33) finished 13th to score for the Wildcats. Emma Chilen and Zoe Duhon rounded out the Penn College runners, finishing 15th and 16th, respectively.
Up next: Penn College competes at the Aubrey Shenk Invitational, hosted by Gettysburg College, on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 10 a.m.