LATROBE, Pa. — The Penn State Altoona women's cross-country program picked up its first Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Runner of the Week award this season, as first-year student Kira Bantell, of Elkridge, Maryland, was named the league's Women's Runner of the Week on Monday, Sept. 14.
Bantell was the Lions' top finisher in Saturday's 5K race, when Penn State Altoona competed in the Eagle Invitational at Indian Valley Elementary Center. She clocked a time of 22:06.3 to place ninth out of 37 individual runners.
The Penn State Altoona women's and men's cross-country teams will return to action on Sept. 26 at the Lock Haven Invitational, with the meet scheduled to begin at 12:15 p.m. at West Branch Cross Country Course.