The women’s 6K race will kick off Sunday at 11 a.m. The men’s 8K race will follow at noon. All 10 Patriot League schools will compete in the championships, with team scoring determined by each squad’s top-five finishers. Live results for the 2021 Patriot League Cross Country Championships are available by visiting the Patriot League’s official website – www.PatriotLeague.org.
The Patriot League major awards will be distributed following the race based on the individual finish of the competing student-athletes at the championship. The individual champion will be named the Patriot League Runner of the Year for the men and women. The top-finishing freshman in both races earns the Patriot League Rookie of the Year. The top-seven finishers in the men’s and women’s races make the All-Patriot League First Team, with the eighth through 14th-place runners making up the second team. The Patriot League’s Men’s and Women’s Coach of the Year will be voted on by the League’s head coaches at the conclusion of both races.
Visit the 2021 Patriot League Cross Country Championship Central for more information.
Patriot League Cross Country Championship Notebook
The Patriot League Cross Country Championships will be held on Lehigh University’s Goodman Campus for the 10th time and second within the last calendar year. The 2020-21 championships were held in Bethlehem, Pa., in March. Lehigh hosted the inaugural championship in 1990, followed by subsequent races in 1995, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017 and March 2021. The Army West Point men have captured the last two titles in Bethlehem, while Boston University earned the crown during the spring season.
Top Men’s Returnees in 2021
Army West Point senior Marshall Beatty, the 2020-21 Patriot League Men’s Cross Country individual champion, and Boston University sophomore Matthew Mason (12), the League rookie of the year, return to the field in 2021. Overall, eight of last season’s All-Patriot League selections are back, including three from the defending champion Black Knights with Beatty (1st), junior Garrett Gough (8th) and junior Matthew Porter (9th). Two student-athletes return from the runner-up Terriers, including junior Foster Malleck (4th) and Mason. American junior Russell Sullivan (7th), Lafayette junior Robert Oehrlein (10th) and Bucknell junior Samuel Whittaker (13th) all return. Navy did not compete in the 2021 spring championship, but senior Luke Murphy, a second-team All-League honoree in 2019, is back for the Mids.
Top Women’s Returnees in 2021
This year’s field welcomes eight All-League honorees, including the top-six finishers from the 2021 spring championship. Bucknell senior Ashlyn Ramos, the individual champion from the 2021 spring championship, returns as well as runner-up and fellow NCAA-qualifier Andrea Claeson of Boston University. Army West Point sophomore Georgia Jones (3rd), the defending League rookie of the year, returns to a decorated field. Black Knights’ sophomore Sophia Sandy (5th) and American junior Ana Keene (6th) are back from last season’s All-Patriot League First Team. Boston University graduate student Madeline Bachman (10th), Lehigh senior Jamie Zamrin and Bucknell senior Emily Deschler (14th) were second-team All-League honorees during the 2021 spring and will be part of a competitive women’s championship field. Navy did not compete in the 2021 spring championship, but junior Elizabeth Sullivan, a second-team All-League honoree in 2019 is back for the Mids.
USTFCCCA Regional Polls
The Navy men’s cross country team remained No. 4 in the US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Mid-Atlantic Region when the polls were released on Oct. 18. Bucknell climbed one spot to No. 11, with Lehigh moving up to No. 12 in the Mid-Atlantic. The Army West Point men rank ninth in the Northeast Region, with Boston University checking in at No. 15 for the second straight week.
Navy ranks seventh in the women’s USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Poll, while Lehigh (No. 13) and Bucknell (No.15) also made the top-15. Army West Point is No. 12 in the women’s Northeast Region Poll, with Boston University remaining No. 14 for the second week in a row.
Patriot League Men’s Cross Country Championship History
The Army West Point men's cross country program has won a Patriot League-best 11 team championships, including the last four. Navy is second with eight, while American and Bucknell are next with six titles. Lehigh is the only other men's program to win a Patriot League Cross Country Championship, accomplishing the feat in 2012.
The Black Knights’ four consecutive League titles tie the second-longest streak in Patriot League history. Army West Point accomplished the feat from 1993-96, while Navy did it twice from 2008-11, and 2013-16. American’s streak of six consecutive Patriot League titles from 2002-07 is the longest in League history.
Beatty of the Black Knights has an opportunity to be the 10th Patriot League men’s cross country student-athlete to capture consecutive individual titles and the first since Navy’s Lucas Stalnaker in 2015 and 2016. Beatty would also join American’s Brendan Fennell (2006-07) and Pat MacAdie (2003-04), Army West Point’s Dan Browne (1995-96), Scott Goff (1997-98) and Will Wyche (2000-01), Colgate’s Ray Appenheimer (1992-93) and Chris Johnson (2011-12) and Navy’s Andrew Hanko (2009-10) as two-time winners.
Patriot League Women’s Cross Country Championship History
The Bucknell women's program has a League-high 12 team titles. Army West Point (5), Navy (4), Boston University (4) and American (2) have each won multiple League Championships. Colgate, Lafayette and Lehigh each have one women's team title.
Boston University has won the last two titles, the second time the Terriers have earned back-to-back championships since joining the League for the 2013 season. If the program can capture a third-straight title, they would be one of three Patriot League programs to win at least three titles in a row, including Army West Point (1994-97) and Bucknell, who won four-in-a-row twice from 1998-2001, and 2015-2018.
Bucknell’s Ashlyn Ramos will defend her crown and look to become the ninth multi-year honoree in Patriot League Women’s Cross Country Championship history and the first since Bucknell’s Christine Bendzinski (2016-17). American’s Keira Carlstrom (2003-05), Army West Point’s Catherine Gaffigan (1993-94), Boston University’s Rosa Moriello (2013-14), Bucknell’s Becki Marshall (1999-01) and Julie Sweitzer (1997-98), Colgate’s Elise DeRoo (2009-10) and Fordham’s Lauren Gubicza (1990-92) have crossed the finish line first at the championship more than once.
Male Runner of the Week
9.7 – Connor Melko, Lehigh, Jr.
9.14 – Miguel Mathias, Navy, Sr.
9.21 – Miguel Mathias, Navy, Sr.
9.28 – Marshall Beatty, Army West Point, Sr.
10.5 – Brett Brady, Navy, Jr.
10.19 – Matt Mason, Boston University, So.
Female Runner of the Week
9.7 – Emily Deschler, Bucknell, Sr.
9.14 – Elizabeth Sullivan, Navy, Jr.
9.21 – Sophia Manners, Colgate, Sr.
9.28 – Georgia Jones, Army West Point, So.
10.5 – Georgia Jones, Army West Point, So.
10.19 – Ashlyn Ramos, Bucknell, Sr.
Male Rookie of the Week
9.7 – Murphy Smith, Navy, Fr.
9.14 – Dillon Harding, Loyola Maryland, Fr.
9.21 – Caleb Bender, Army West Point, Fr.
9.28 – Oscar Counsell, American, Fr.
10.5 – Murphy Smith, Navy, Fr.
10.19 – Oscar Counsell, American, Fr.
Female Rookie of the Week
9.7 – Lauren Trapani, Bucknell, Fr.
9.14 – Carolyn Thurlby, Navy, Fr.
9.21 – Kelly Murray, Navy, Fr.
9.28 – Maryanna Wehrle, Army West Point, Fr.
10.5 – Maryanna Wehrle, Army West Point, Fr.
10.19 – Lauren Trapani, Bucknell, Fr.
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