HUGHESVILLE, Md. – The 2024 United East Men’s Cross Country Championship took place Saturday afternoon at 12 p.m. at Oak Ridge Park, hosted by St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Penn College earned the overall team champion title for the second consecutive year.
Find the full list of results here: RESULTS
Lancaster Bible College’s Mitchell Gray was the first to cross the finish line with a time of 26:04.03, as he was named Runner of the Year for the third-straight year. Rafe Williams of Bryn Athyn College came in second, logging a time of 26:47.56, while St. Mary's College Michael Wade rounded out the podium in third with a 27:32.75.
Trent Jordan of Penn State Berks earned Rookie of the Year honors, awarded to the top, first-year runner.
The Elite 20 award, given to a runner from the top-2 finishing teams who holds the highest GPA, was earned by Penn College’s Alec Rees.
The Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year was awarded to Tom Leeser, head coach at Penn College.
Team scores and All-Conference members were as follows:
Team Scores
| Place |
Team |
Score |
| 1st |
Penn College |
49 |
| 2nd |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
68 |
| 3rd |
Penn State Berks |
97 |
| 4th |
Lancaster Bible College |
104 |
| 5th |
Penn State Harrisburg |
152 |
| 6th |
Cairn University |
163 |
| 7th |
Bryn Athyn College |
184 |
| 8th |
University of Valley Forge |
193 |
| 9th |
Gallaudet University |
231 |
| 10th |
Penn State Abington |
240 |
| 11th |
Penn State Brandywine |
318 |
All-Conference Teams
First Team
| Finish |
Runner (YR) |
School |
Time |
| 1st |
Mitchell Gray (SR) |
Lancaster Bible College |
26:04.03 |
| 2nd |
Rafe Williams (SR) |
Bryn Athyn College |
26:47.56 |
| 3rd |
Michael Wade (SR) |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
27:32.75 |
| 4th |
Trent Jordan (FY) |
Penn State Berks |
27:57.99 |
| 5th |
Alec Rees (SR) |
Penn College |
28:14.14 |
| 6th |
David Helms (FY) |
Lancaster BIble College |
28:15.85 |
| 7th |
Mitchell Campbell (JR) |
Penn College |
28:52.40 |
| 8th |
Pierson Hogue (FY) |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
29:00.94 |
| 9th |
Paul Nadrowski (JR) |
University of Valley Forge |
29:06.49 |
| 10th |
Ethan Knapp (FY) |
Penn College |
29:10.60 |
| 11th |
Matthew Woolcock (JR) |
Penn College |
29:12.86 |
Second Team
| Finish |
Runner (YR) |
School |
TIme |
| 12th |
Nathaniel Gale (JR) |
University of Valley Forge |
29:26.62 |
| 13th |
Nathaniel Leano (FY) |
Penn State Berks |
29:31.04 |
| 14th |
Daniel Lefko (SR) |
Lancaster Bible College |
29:41.81 |
| 15th |
Jack Kuta (FY) |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
29:48.61 |
| 16th |
Aaron Guerrisky (JR) |
Penn College |
29:49.84 |
| 17th |
Holden Furey (SO) |
Penn College |
29:53.96 |
| 18th |
Angel Patino (SR) |
Penn State Harrisburg |
30:05.40 |
| 19th |
Ben Carman (SO) |
Penn State Berks |
30:11.84 |
| 20th |
Peyton Eppard (SR) |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
30:14.66 |
| 21st |
Chase Ebeling (SO) |
Penn College |
30:23.51 |
| 22nd |
Brenden Lane (FY) |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
30:42.71 |
Third Team
| Finish |
Runner |
School |
Time |
| 23rd |
Marco Isabella (JR) |
Penn State Abington |
30:46.72 |
| 24th |
Simon Rickert (FY) |
Penn State Berks |
30:52.21 |
| 25th |
Jacob Parker (SO) |
Penn College |
30:57.42 |
| 26th |
Titus Dingle (JR) |
Cairn University |
31:00.56 |
| 27th |
Nate Norris (SR) |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
31:05.27 |
| 28th |
Blake Carberry (FY) |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
31:07.16 |
| 29th |
Sincere Vazquez (FY) |
Gallaudet University |
31:10.06 |
| 30th |
Zack Gibson (FY) |
Penn State Harrisburg |
31;10.08 |
| 31st |
Derek Tweksbury (SO) |
Cairn University |
31:12.57 |
| 32nd |
Patton Harbourt (SR) |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
31:16.23 |
| 33rd |
Noah Bowers (SR) |
Penn College |
31:22.98 |
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