Women's Cross Country

PSAC Cross Country Athletes of the Week - 5

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. - The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference announced its Cross Country Athletes of the Week. East Stroudsburg's Payton Falkenstein was selected as the Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week, while Shippensburg's Garrett Quinan and IUP's Mike Formica earned the Men's Cross Country Co-Athlete of the Week honor.
 
PSAC Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week

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Payton Falkenstein
East Stroudsburg
Junior
Burlington, N.J. / Burlington Township

Falkenstein was the first DII runner to finish at the Paul Short Brown Race - she completed the 6K in 21:25.5. 

  

PSAC Men's Cross Country Co-Athlete of the Week

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Mike Formica
IUP
Senior
Butler, Pa / Knoch

Formica won an 8k in 24:18.2 and finished in the top-100 in the Paul Short Race this weekend. Formia's top-100 came out of over 1,000 runners in all divisions of the NCAA XC in the event.


PSAC Men's Cross Country Co-Athlete of the Week

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Garrett Quinan
Shippensburg
Senior
Stewartstown, Pa. / Kennard-Dale

Quinan delivered the fastest-known 8K cross country time in school history Friday to pace the Shippensburg University men's cross country team at the prestigious Paul Short Run presented by Asics held at Lehigh University's Goodman Campus Course. SU and No. 1-ranked Wingate were the only NCAA Division II schools in the elite Gold race; there were three NCAA Division III schools (RPI, Johns Hopkins and Geneseo) and one NAIA school (Rio Grande) alongside 34 NCAA Division I programs. Quinan broke the 24-minute mark over 8K – a fantastic performance that resulted in a 34th-place finish and a time of 23:53.6. He was slotted as high as 31st place in the race at the 5K split (14:54) and he completed his final 3,000 meters in a stunning 8:59. It is an 8K personal best (PR) of 50 seconds for Quinan, who ran 24:43 at last year's Paul Short when he finished third overall in the Brown race.