PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- The Allegheny cross country teams opened up the 2021 with a pair of dominating performances at the Chatham Cougar Challenge in Pittsburgh.

The Gator men scored a perfect 15 while sweeping the top seven positions, and the women claimed six of the top seven spots as both genders competed on a 5k course. Tim Weighart (Brookline, Mass./Brookline) took home a four-second victory (16:57) on the men's side, and Emma Wall (Douglas, Mass./Douglas) scored the win on the women's side with 13 seconds to spare at 19:52.

Allegheny will return to the course when it hosts the annual Allegheny Classic at the Robertson Athletic Complex on Saturday, Sept. 18. The women will run at 10 a.m., while the men will hit the course at 10:45 a.m.

Men's top seven finishers
1 Weighart - 16:57
2 Sean Heintzleman (Pittsburgh, Pa./Winchester Thurston) - 17:01
3 Adam Cook (Pittsburgh, Pa./Fox Chapel) - 17:31
4 Desmond Corrado (Crafton, Pa./Carlynton) - 17:47
5 Joe McAuliffe (Massillon, Ohio/Jackson) - 17:48
6 Jake Folaron (Murrysville, Pa./Kiski Area) - 17:59
7 Kevin Long (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown West) - 18:01

Women's top seven finishers
1 Wall - 19:52
2 Megan Aaron (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley) - 20:05
3 Sarah Maue (Tamaqua, Pa./Tamaqua Area) - 21:15
4 Marrin Crist (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg Area) - 21:18
6 Eva Kerr (Fredericksburg, Va./James Monroe) - 21:32
7 Hailey Stupay (Shaker Heights, Ohio/Shaker Heights) - 21:40
8 Nelly Stafford (Middletown, Md./Middletown) - 21:44