
Nearly 160 runners gathered at the West Branch Cross Country Course for the 2025 NCAA Division II Atlantic Region Men's Cross Country Championships and Pitt-Johnstown's
Aiden Lechleitner placed 112
th to lead the Mountain Cats.
Fayetteville State's (NC) Brian Kiprop (30:19.4) and Franklin Kipchirchir (30:20.) finished first and second, respectively, and Shippensburg Garrett Quinan placed third at 30:21.9 to help his team claim the Atlantic Region Championship with 60 points, two points better than second-place Charleston (WV).
Davis & Elkins (WV) was third with 100 points, while Fayetteville State (101 points) and East Stroudsburg (146 points) rounded out the top-five in the 22-team field. The Mountain Cats were 22
nd with 671 points.
Lechleitner paced Pitt-Johnstown in its final meet of the season with a 112
th-place finish at 34:52.
Brandt Patterson was 128
th at 35:56.7, followed by
Tyler Harold (151
st, 39:32.8),
Joel Weber (154
th, 40:36.5), and
Gavin Smith (155
th, 40:47.7).