LATROBE, Pa. -- Five from the Allegheny College men's cross country team received All-Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) recognition at the 2022 PAC Championships on Saturday, headlined by first-team honoree Sean Heintzleman (Pittsburgh, Pa./Winchester Thurston).

The top seven finishers at the PAC Championship race receive All-PAC First Team recognition, while runners finishing eighth through 14th earn All-PAC Second Team honors. Runners finishing 15th through 21st receive All-PAC Honorable Mention recognition.

An All-North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) First-Team selection a year ago, Heintzleman paced the Gators to the finish line by placing fourth. His time of 26:07.67 was a new eight-kilometer personal record, and helped Allegheny finish as the runner-up in the team standings.

Three Gators were named to the All-PAC Second Team, including Peter Lantz (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg), Caleb Freeman (Killingworth, Conn./Haddam-Killingworth), and Joe McAuliffe (Massillon, Ohio/Jackson). Mac Polny (Robinson, Pa./Montour) was also recognized as an Honorable Mention.

Despite the second-place result, Allegheny was the only team in the conference to place all five scoring runners inside the top 15.

Zack Wyse (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin) was chosen as Allegheny's representative on the PAC Sportsmanship Team. The PAC Sportsmanship Teams were established to recognize student-athletes who have distinguished themselves through demonstrated acts of sportsmanship and ethical behavior, and are an ongoing effort to recognize and encourage positive sportsmanship among all PAC teams and student-athletes.

All-PAC First Team
Sean Heintzleman, 4th, 26:07.67

All-PAC Second Team
Peter Lantz, 10th, 26:38.07
Caleb Freeman, 13th, 26:42.79
Joe McAuliffe, 14th, 26:49.24

All-PAC Honorable Mention
Mac Polny, 15th, 26:51.84