Boyd Scores Top Finish for Behrend In Season-Opening Race

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The Penn State Behrend men's cross country began the 2024 season with a third-place finish, accumulating 73 team points at the Westminster-Fisher Invite Friday night.

Distance: 5k
Teams: 7
Total Runners: 72

Key Moments:

* Sophomore Lucas Boyd (North East, PA/North East) ran a seventh place time of 16:32.58 to earn a top finish for Behrend
* Bennett Kerr (Murrysville, PA/Franklin Regional) registered 12th place with a time of 16:51.34, while Tim Hamilton (Winchester, MA/Winchester) (17:38.30) and Aiden Seeman (Edinboro, PA/General McLane) (17:42.56) placed 22nd and 23rd, respectively
* Also, recording top-30 finishes for the Lions was Aidan Reinsel (North East, PA/North East) (17:49.84), Nicolin Pierce (Erie, PA/McDowell) (17:51.89), and Alex Haskins (North East, PA/North East) (17:57.80)
* 16 total runners competed for Behrend on the course
* Geneva (25) and Franciscan (34) finished ahead of the Lions on Friday

Up Next:

* Behrend returns to action on Friday, Sept. 13 when it host the PSB Invitational at the Behrend Fields