EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. — The East Stroudsburg men's and women's cross country teams head to Edinboro for the 2025 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships this Saturday, Oct. 25.
Race Day Central
What: 2025 PSAC Cross Country Championships
When: Saturday, Oct. 25 – 10:00 a.m. (W) | 11:00 a.m. (M)
Where: Edinboro's Doug Watts XC Course | PennWest University Edinboro | Edinboro, Pa.
Championship Central: PSAC Website | Edinboro Host Site | Meet Information
Live Results: PSAC XC Championships 2025 – Wolf Creek Race Management
Live Stream: PSAC Digital Network
Last Time Out - 2024 PSAC Championship
- The ESU men's team placed second at last year's meet, marking the fifth time the Warriors finished as the conference runners-up. ESU earned a total of five PSAC honorees, the most since 2017.
- Both Landon Boyle and Bryce Keenoy earned All-PSAC First Team honors with their respective 12th- (25:59.6) and 14th- (26:01.7) place finishes.
- Earning All-PSAC Second Team honors were Brian McGarrity (17th; 26:07.0), Ethan Holcomb (18th; 26:14.4), and Andrew Tatesure (22nd; 26:23.8).
- The ESU women's team placed third at last year's meet and had four runners earn All-PSAC honors.
- Key returners on the women's side are Payton Falkenstein, who placed sixth (22:43.6) and Carla Bautista who finished 15th (23:13.8).
- Other top finishers for the Warriors were Gabriela Orama (25th; 23:32.2), Megan Elgrim (40th; 23:53.8), and Mia Sisilli (41st; 23:55.1).
All-Conference Breakdown
- Team championship trophies for men and women
- Top 30 individual finishers in both races: All-PSAC
- Top 15 individual finishers: All-PSAC First Team
- Individual finishers 16-30: All-PSAC Second Team
Notes
- The course records are 21:49.2 (2021) for the Women's 6K and 25:01.0 (2024) for the Men's 8K.
- Both teams earned the No. 2 spot in the 2025 PSAC preseason rankings.
- Entries (M): Jack Becker, Landon Boyle, Tim Gale, Nicholas Gdowik, Liam Hansberry, Ethan Holcomb, Bryce Keenoy, Brian McGarrity, Ben Pentz, Andrew Tatesure, Lucas Thaler, Aiden Voth, Joe Walker, Evan Wooby
- The men's team welcomed back its entire roster, including all five runners that finished in the top 25 at last year's championship.
- Boyle (25:09.3), Holcomb (25:15.2), Keenoy (25:19.3), and McGarrity (25:30.2) each ran personal bests at the 52nd UMass Dartmouth XC Invitational 8K on Sept. 20.
- Keenoy (19:59.6) and Holcomb (20:48.4) also marked personal bests at the Doug Watts Open 6K on Sept. 6.
- Entries (W): Carla Bautista, Megan Elgrim, Payton Falkenstein, Tara Haring, Sidney Huttm, Ashley Landis, Marissa McDougall, Gabriela Orama, Morgan Salmon, Mia Sisilli, Hannah Skelly, Riley Trentowski, Sarah Williams, Kiera Wimbush
- Last season, the women's team placed third at the championship and returned three of four top-25 finishers to its lineup.
- At the NCAA DII Atlantic Region XC Championship on Nov. 9, 2024, both Falkenstein (21:21.8) and Sisilli (22:13.8) recorded their fastest times in the 6K.
- At the Doug Watts Open 5K on Sept. 6, Falkenstein (19:07.1), Williams (19:09.3), and Sisilli (19:45.9) all ran personal bests.
- Falkenstein was named the PSAC Athlete of the Week on Sept. 23 after her 14th place finish in the 6k (21:53.41) at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational was the fastest 6K mark by any female PSAC runner this season.
- Williams ran a personal best time of 2:27.0 in the 6K and 19:09.3 in the 5K.
- Wimbush recorded a personal best in her most recent race at the Paul Short Run in the 6K (23:01.5) on Oct. 3.