LANCASTER – The men's and women's cross country teams competed in the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships for the first time in over two decades after resurrecting a program that had been dormant during that time.  

           
The men's team finished 12^th with 347 points just 14 behind Eastern, who finished 11^th. Tom Larrabee (Wyalusing, Pa./Wyalusing) was the first to cross the line for the Colonels, finishing 79^th overall with a time of 32:52.30 in the eight kilometer race. Teammate Michael Griesemer (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphlin) finished two spots behind in 81^st place with a time of 33:01.24, while Phat Nguyen (Hanover Township, Pa./Bishop Hoban) was 85^th with a time of 33:13.84. 

           
Alexander Caicendo and Andrew Julian (Altoona, Pa./Altoona Area) rounded out the top-five finishers for Wilkes, crossing the line in 102^nd and 108^th place respectively. 

           
Messiah College won the event with 27 total points and had the top two individual finishers. Elizabethtown was second with 36 points, while DeSales was a distant third with 88 points. 

           
On the women's side, Michelle Wakeley (Endicott, N.Y./Union-Endicott) finished 27^th overall, crossing the finish line with a time of 25:45.62 in the six kilometer race, while Amelia Farnham (Guilford, Conn./Guilford) was right behind her, finishing 32^nd with a time of 26:09.86. 

           
The Lady Colonels only had four runners competing, therefore did not have enough to qualify for team scoring. Christina Yesu (Dalton, Pa./Lackawanna Trail) and Brittany Maloney (Stockholm, N.J./Vernon Township) rounded out the women's squad, finishing 64^th and 98^th respectively. 

           
Elizabethtown won the team title with 43 points while Messiah College was second with 49 and had the top individual finisher in Jennifer Kooser, who crossed the tape with a time of 22:40.87.