The Seton Hill cross country teams will compete in the 2021 NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional Championships on Saturday morning.  The event will be hosted by Lock Haven University and take place at the West Branch Cross Country Course at the Stern Athletic Complex.  It is the same course that the Griffins ran on September 25th at the Lock Haven Invitational.  The 6K women's race is set to begin at 10:30 AM.  The 10K men's race will begin at 11:45 AM.

Earlier this season at the Lock Haven Invitational, the Griffin women placed third behind Walsh and Charleston (WV).  The Griffins were ten points better than Edinboro.  Pacing the day for the women was Sydney Wolf who was 16th overall in a time of 22:13.7.  Hannah Smrcka was 25th overall in a time of 22:44.3.  Isabelle McCabe was next in 33rd place.  She ran the 6K course in a time of 22:57.8.  Alexis Cunningham was right behind McCabe in 35th place in a time of 22:57.9.  Darby Roth rounded out the SHU top five with a 38th place finish.  She completed the course in 23:01.6.  Julia Lersch and Kate Pipilo closed out the top seven Griffins.  Lersch was 59th and Pipilo was 63rd.  

The men's team was 12th during the Lock Haven Invitational.  Two Griffins nearly tied for the top spot on the guys squad.  Gabriel McConville barely nipped Donavin Meriweather for the top spot.  McConville was 65th in a time of 26:36.9 and Meriweather was 66th in at time of 26:37.2.  Al Lindstrom, Logan Maust and Brayden Henninger rounded out the top five for the men's team in the 8K race.

Two weeks ago at the PSAC Championships in Kutztown, the Griffin women finished second, the best ever finish in a PSAC Championship.  Senior Sydney Wolf finished very strong over the final 300 meters to overtake an Edinboro runner and win the first ever PSAC Individual title in school history.  Wolf finished the 6K course in a time of 22:23.8 to win the title.  She overtook Sheilah Cheruiyot of Edinboro in the final 300 meters to win the title.  Hannah Smrcka was the top finishing freshman in the event.  She was eighth overall with a time of 23:16.6.  Isabelle McCabe was 12th overall with a time of 23:21.9.  Darby Roth was 22nd overall.  She completed the course in 23:58.2.  Rounding out the top five for the Griffins was Alexis Cunningham in 30th place.  She ran a time of 24:19.1. 

The men finished in 13th place in the PSAC Championships.  Leading the way for the men was Gabriel McConville who was 30th overall.  He finished the 8K course in a time of 27:16.4.  Donavin Meriweather was 45th overall with a time of 27:37.8.  Next up for the Griffins was Al Lindstrom in 83rd place.  He ran a time of 28:46.1.  Logan Maust was 89th with a time of 28:53.8.  Rounding out the top five for the Griffins was Brayden Henninger in 98th place with a time of 29:13.8.

The Seton Hill women were third in the last Atlantic Regional rankings by the USTFCCA behind Charleston (WV) and Edinboro.

The top three teams in both races will automatically qualify to compete in the NCAA Division II National Championships. All individual runners that place in the top five, regardless of their team, will automatically earn a spot in the national field. If runners in the top five are already members of a team that earns a spot, the first three finishers not on a qualified team will earn a trip to nationals. This year there is also a possibility that teams or individuals beyond the automatic qualifiers can earn an at large bid.

The top 25 individual finishers in each race will be recognized as All-Region honorees during the awards ceremony following the women's race. The All-Region honors are presented by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

Lock Haven has set up a championship page with all info about the regional.  It can be found here. The page included live result and live video links as well as info on directions and parking info for the course.