Women's Cross Country | 10/20/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 7 PAC Honors (for events between Oct. 12-18)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 7 of the 2026 season.
PAC Runner of the Week
Grace Neubert • Saint Vincent • Junior • Saint Marys, Pa./Elk County Catholic
Neubert led the way for the Bearcats, recording a top-20 finish at the Gettysburg Aubrey Shenk Invitational ... Neubert placed 17th overall and 11th among Division III competitors in the over 450-runner field with a time of 21:57.0.
PAC Honor Roll
Allegheny senior Shyann Rulander (Warren, Pa./Warren); Bethany senior Mary Tracey (Clarksburg, W.Va./Liberty); Franciscan junior Emily Maag (Cleona, Pa./Annville-Cleona); Geneva junior Audrey McAlister (Ellwood City, Pa./Homeschool); Grove City senior Cayla Lawrence (Mendon, N.Y./Honeoye Falls-Lima); Saint Francis junior Nina Connors (Adamstown, Md./Tuscarora); Thiel sophomore Arryanna Bardo (Cherry Creek, N.Y./Pine Valley); W&J sophomore Emily Frankovich (McDonald, Pa./Fort Cherry); Waynesburg sophomore Erin Belveal (Bay Village, Ohio/Bay)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Josie Jones • Grove City • Freshman • Grove City, Pa./Grove City
Friday at Geneseo, Jones earned 28th overall out of 181 competitors and second among first-year runners with a time of 23:08.3 ... She helped Grove City take fourth in the team standings behind three nationally-ranked programs in No. 2 NYU, No. 14 Carnegie Mellon and No. 11 Geneseo.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman Olivia Killingsworth (Attleboro, Mass./Attleboro); Franciscan freshman Hannah Sheets (Corning, Ohio/Crooksville); Geneva freshman Hope Haring (Wexford, Pa./Eden Christian Academy); Saint Vincent junior Samantha Straub (Saint Marys, Pa./Elk County Catholic); Thiel freshman Kaley Milliron (Stratanville, Pa./Central Clarion); W&J freshman Leigha Kay (Galena, Ohio/Big Walnut); Waynesburg freshman Kierstyn Orlandini (West Wyoming, Pa/The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School)
PAC Records & Milestones
Allegheny's Shyann Rulander placed 52nd overall out of 452 total runners with a six-kilometer PR of 22:50.6 at Gettysburg's Aubrey Shenk Invitational, which helped the Gators finish 12th out of 46 teams and sixth among Division III teams ... Franciscan's Emily Maag was her team's top finisher when she placed 36th overall at the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble with time of 23:58.4 ... Geneva's Audrey McAlister had a strong performance at Oberlin, finishing the 6K race in a time of 23:10.1 to take 11th place overall out of 188 runners ... Cayla Lawrence helped Grove City to fourth place overall at the Geneseo Mike Woods Invitational by finishing 20th with a time of 22:54.3 seconds on the six-kilometer course ... At the Aubrey Shenk Invitational in Gettysburg in a field of 450+ runners, Saint Francis' Nina Connors finished seventh overall in with a time of 21:26.1, while junior teammate Rosemary Gaydos (Irwin, Pa./Norwin) also placed in the top 10 by crossing in ninth place (21:28.7) ...Thiel's Arryanna Bardo placed 89th out of 452 runners and set a program record in the 6k at 23:22.0 Saturday at Gettysburg's Aubrey Shenk Invitational, breaking Meredith Steinmetz's 13-year school record of 23:31.10 that was set in 2013 at the Mideast Regionals ... Emily Frankovich led the W&J women with a 37th place finish at the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble after she paced her way to a time of 23:58.6.