GREENVILLE, Pa. -- Five from the Allegheny College women's cross country team were named All-Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) following the 2023 PAC Championships at the Greenville Airport.

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 are named honorable mentions.

Allegheny's lone All-PAC First Team recipient was Nelly Stafford (Middletown, Md./Middletown), who finished in seventh place. Her time around the six-kilometer course was 23:22.54. 

Marrin Crist (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg Area) was less than a second behind Stafford with a time of 23:23.09. Crist and Celia Cocca (East Aurora, N.Y./East Aurora) were both included on the All-PAC Second Team after placing eighth and 11th, respectively.

First-year runner Shyann Rulander (Warren, Pa./Warren) and junior Mazzie Standish (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) were All-PAC Honorable Mentions. Rulander and Standish finished back-to-back in 20th and 21st place and were separated by less than four seconds. 

Chloe Spotts (Cranberry Township, Pa./North Catholic) was also recognized following the championship race. Spotts represented Allegheny on the 2023 PAC Women's Cross Country 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.

The Gators, this year's PAC runners-up, were one of only two teams with all five counting runners inside the top 25. Grove City College won the team championship with 61 points, followed by Allegheny with 67. The Gators held a 15-point lead over third-place Geneva College.