LATROBE, Pa. -- Allegheny College was the only team to place all five scoring runners in the top 15, but the men's cross country team ended up taking second place at the 2022 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Championships on Saturday.

Franciscan University won the team title with 41 points and finished with a 15-point lead over the runners-up from Allegheny (56). With strong performances by the fourth and fifth Gators across the finish line, AC beat Geneva College (67), although the Golden Tornadoes had three of the top seven runners.

Sean Heintzleman (Pittsburgh, Pa./Winchester Thurston) ran the eight-kilometer race around the campus of Saint Vincent College in a personal-record time of 26:07.67. The junior from Pittsburgh led all Allegheny runners and placed fourth out of 122. 

Peter Lantz (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg) also logged a new PR at 26:38.07 and came in 10th place. Caleb Freeman (Killingworth, Conn./Haddam-Killingworth) and Joe McAuliffe (Massillon, Ohio/Jackson) both collected All-PAC Second Team accolades in 13th and 14th, respectively, while Mac Polny (Robinson, Pa./Montour) was tabbed an Honorable Mention in 15th.

Team Results
1. Franciscan - 41
2. Allegheny - 56
3. Geneva - 67
4. Saint Vincent - 80
5. Grove City - 114
6. Washington & Jefferson - 132
7. Waynesburg - 211
8. Thiel - 246
9. Chatham - 272
10. Westminster - 293

Allegheny Results
4. Sean Heintzleman - 26:07.67
10. Peter Lantz - 26:38.07
13. Caleb Freeman - 26:42.79
14. Joe McAuliffe - 26:49.24
15. Mac Polny - 26:51.84
23. Patrick Sharp - 27:23.41
27. Colm Mulligan - 27:33.52
34. William Lane - 27:58.80
40. Desmond Corrado - 28:08.79
47. Cole Jooste - 28:18.29
71. Zack Wyse - 29:37.03
72. Ryan Stuart - 29:37.88
76. Xavier Grove - 29:52.86

Up Next
Allegheny will travel to Ohio to compete in the Wooster Twilight 5K Challenge, hosted by the College of Wooster, on Friday, November 4.