Slippery Rock women’s cross country team finished fifth while the men placed 11th at the Lock Haven Go Fast River Run on Saturday at the West Branch XC Course. Both squads completed their final races before the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships.
The women’s team totaled 197 points across the 6,000-meter course, securing a fifth-place finish. Findlay University won the team title with 87 points, followed by Walsh University with 103 points, Edinboro University with 112 points and Point Park University with 149 points.
Carissa Flynn led The Rock with a fifth-place overall finish in 21:22.5. Flynn was the second-highest finisher from the PSAC, behind only Olivia Magagna of Bloomsburg University.
Three freshmen contributed to the women’s scoring lineup Saturday. Caroline Wilson placed 35th in 22:30.0, followed by Adi Jackson in 51st at 22:47.7 and Lila Miller in 53rd at 22:50.8. Marabelle Thornberry rounded out the scoring five with a 57th-place finish in 22:56.6.
Hannah Burgoon finished 63rd in 23:09.1, while Kayla Flanigan placed 70th in 23:14.9 to complete the team’s top seven.
Sydney Heltzell, Brynleigh Moody, Birtukan Hartman and Kaydence Wisner also finished in under 24 minutes, while Caitlin Willer, Emily Grosch, Annie Woller, Addison Weber, Claire Wonders, Lexie Wyant and Bella Tatar each crossed the finish line in under 25 minutes. Mia Medved, Rylie Teapole and Lizzie Higgins finished in under 26 minutes, while Addie McPeek rounded out the women’s squad.
On the men’s side, SRU finished 11th among 22 teams on the 8,000-meter course. Similar to the women’s event, No. 12 Findlay won the team competition with 46 points, followed by No. 29 Lewis University with 60 points and No. 25 Tiffin University with 77 points. Walsh placed fourth with 106 points, while Malone University rounded out the top five with 132 points. West Chester University, Point Park, Kutztown University, Penn State Club Cross Country and Edinboro also finished ahead of The Rock.
Easton Adamczyk led the men’s squad, placing 32nd overall in 24:58.3 and breaking the 25-minute mark for the first time this season.
Eli Schreiber finished 52nd in 25:23.0, followed by Ty Fiscus in 80th at 25:46.3. Blake Glass placed 98th in 25:58.0, while Michael Gauntner rounded out the scoring five in 101st at 26:00.4. The five scorers finished within a 1:03 span.
Dylan Ribelin placed 132nd in 26:24.8, while Colton Adolph finished 152nd in 26:37.4 to complete the team’s top seven.
Keegan Kirkwood, Dom Bumblis and Lincoln Bouman also finished in under 27 minutes. Brandon Henry, Scotty McConnell, Ryan Czechowski, Jackson Nicewonger, Jonah Lindstrom, Brennan Patterson and Dylan Barca finished under 28 minutes. Brady Hoffman finished in 28:16.1, followed by Sergio Abdalah in 28:48.6.
Both teams will have off next week before traveling to Bloomsburg for the PSAC Championships Nov. 7.
