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- Year:
- Fr.
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- Hometown:
- Wattsburg, PA
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- High School:
- Seneca
Bio
Career Highlights
2024
* AMCC Newcomer of the Year
* AMCC All-Conference
* Academic All-AMCC
* Earned a fourth-place finish at AMCC Championships with a time of 26:50.8
* Owned the fourth (25:09.3) and 10th (26:09.9) fastest conference times during the regular season
* Placed 104th at NCAA Regionals (26:08.9)
* Helped the Lions to sixth consecutive conference title
* Joined the women's cross country team as a freshman
At Penn State Behrend
* Majoring in finance and accounting
* Member of the Penn State Behrend women's track & field team
Personal
* Daughter of Janice and Ryan Dernar
* Three sport athlete at Seneca High School
* Four-year letterwinner in cross country and three-year in basketball and track & field
* Three-time state qualifier in cross country
* Fifth-place finisher at 2023 District Championships
* 4x8 relay alternate at Track & Field State Championships
* Competed in the East-West Senior All-Star Basketball Game
* National Honors Society
* Yearbook Financial Officer
News mentions
The Penn State Behrend women's cross country team placed 16th with a team score of 503 at NCAA Regional Championships on Saturday, hosted by Fredonia.
The Penn State Behrend women’s cross country team will compete in the 2024 NCAA Regional Championships on Saturday, Nov. 16 at Fredonia State University Country Course.
Freshman Baylee Dernar (Wattsburg, PA/Seneca) was named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Women’s Newcomer of the Year and earned a spot on the All-Conference Team, while head coach Greg Cooper earned Coach of the Year honors.
The Penn State Behrend women’s cross country team earned its sixth straight and 14th overall AMCC Championship with 28 total points at the 2024 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championships on Saturday.
The Penn State Behrend women's cross country team will compete in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championships on Saturday, Nov. 2, hosted by Pitt-Greensburg.
The Penn State Behrend women’s cross country team finished 14th in its final regular season race in the Aubrey Shenk Invitational, hosted by Gettysburg on Saturday.
The Penn State Behrend women’s cross country team placed ninth at the Kara Hall Memorial Invitational, hosted by Fredonia on Saturday.
The Penn State Behrend women’s cross country team finished 13th with a team score of 436 at the Yellowjacket Invitational, hosted by Rochester at Genesee Valley Park Saturday morning.
The Penn State women’s cross country placed fourth with a team score of 75 in the Behrend Twilight Invite at the Behrend Fields Friday evening.
The Penn State Behrend women's cross country began the 2024 season with a second-place finish at the Westminster-Fisher Invite Friday night.