CROSS COUNTRY RACE PREVIEW

GANNON GOLDEN KNIGHTS AT LEWIS CROSSOVER
COURSE/LOCATION: Lewis University Cross Country Course | Romeoville, Ill.
DATE/TIME: Saturday, Oct. 12
  Men's Championship 8K: 10:45 a.m. EST (9:45 a.m. CT)
  Women's Championship 6K: 11:30 a.m. EST (10:30 a.m. CT)
  Women's Open 6K: 12:15 p.m. EST (11:15 a.m. CT)
  Men's Open 8K: 1 p.m. EST (noon CT)
RESULTS
LIVE VIDEO
 
The Gannon University cross country teams will travel to Illinois to compete in a major competition on Saturday in preparation for the postseason. The Lewis Crossover, hosted by Lewis University, will include 52 schools from 24 states.

Coach Rob Ahrens' Golden Knights will face plenty of top competition at the meet. The men's field features 16 nationally ranked schools or teams receiving national votes, and the women's field features 12 nationally ranked or teams receiving votes. Five regionally ranked men's programs and seven regionally ranked women's programs are scheduled to compete, and all eight NCAA regions will be represented by at least one team.
 
The Lewis Crossover will host four races – a men's championship 8K, men's open 8K, women's championship 6K, and women's open 6K. The men's championship race will include 37 schools plus individuals, and the women's championship race will include 38 school plus individuals.
 
Ahrens has entered Gannon's four top runners from the regular season in the championship races. Alexis Abbett (Sharpsburg, Pa./Aquinas Academy) and Emily Bowers (Silver Creek, N.Y./Silver Creek) will compete for the women, and Luke Malena (Medina, Ohio/Cloverleaf) and Ely Personius (Buffalo, N.Y./Amherst Central) will run for the men.
 
The rest of Gannon's athletes are expected to compete in the open races. Gannon last competed in the Harry F. Anderson Invitational in Rochester, N.Y., where the men placed eighth among 25 teams and the women finished 11th among 22 teams.
 
The Lewis Crossover will be streamed HERE, and live results will be available HERE. The top 25 runners in each race will receive awards.
 
This is Gannon's final regular-season race as the Golden Knights gear up for the PSAC Championships on Oct. 26 in Kutztown, Pa.
 

Here are Gannon's results from the Harry F. Anderson Invitational on Sept. 28:

Gannon women (256-runner field)
34. Emily Bowers (Silver Creek, N.Y./Silver Creek)  19:16.8
51. Alexis Abbett (Sharpsburg, Pa./Aquinas Academy) 19:47.1
75. Elissa Scheel (Medina, Ohio/Highland) 20:11.4
124. Taylor Friello (Erie, Pa./Mercyhurst Prep) 21:11.1
133. Brooke Wissinger (Fombell, Pa./Riverside) 21:21.0
137. Amy Poole (Walston, Pa./Punxsutawney Area) 21:28.4
147. Doris Taucher (Akron, Ohio/Chardon) 21:40.3
154. Jessica McCracken (Limestone, Pa./Clarion-Limestone Area) 21:50.1
163. Megan Ickes (Greenville, Pa./Greenville) 21:58.0
236. Octavia Kosnik (Union City, Pa./Union City) 25:58.5
237. Megan Ferber (Erie, Pa./McDowell) 26:11.2
 
Gannon men (334-runner field)
29. Luke Malena (Medina, Ohio/Cloverleaf) 25:46.6
69. Robert Tang (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mount Lebanon) 26:45.8
81. Adam Kanterman (Milford, Pa./Delaware Valley) 26:56.2
97. Bradyn Rusch (Valley View, Ohio/Cuyahoga Heights) 27:09.6
100. Lauge Rasmussen (Virum, Denmark/Oregard Gynbasium) 27:15.5
144. Ethan Boots (Poland, Ohio/Boardman) 27:55.5
168. Alex Mitterer (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) 28:20.7
216. Luke Andraso (Erie, Pa./Northwest Pa. Collegiate Academy / Erie) 29:10.3
218. Jonathan Hansford (Knox, Pa./Keystone) 29:11.7
248. Daniel van der Westhuizen 29:58.5
258. Gavyn Hansotte (New Castle, Pa./New Castle) 30:21.2
285. Braden Donovan (North Versailles, Pa./Serra Catholic) 31:55.1