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Senior Jakob Rager and junior Kristian Mizdail ran in a tight pack at the front of the field to lead the Lock Haven men's cross country team to a fifth-place finish at the 2026 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships.
Rager led the way for the Bald Eagles with a seventh-place finish in a time of 25:44.5. Mizdail followed 0.3 seconds later, finishing eighth in 25:44.8. The two were separated by less than a stride and ran as a pair near the front en route to earning first team All-PSAC honors.
Senior Owen Hibell was third for the Bald Eagles, placing 21st in 26:16.4. That put the top three Lock Haven runners among the first 25 finishers. Hibell's efforts earned him All-PSAC second team honors.
The gap between the third and fourth scorers was slightly wider. Freshman Sean Donahue was 43rd in 26:56.3, followed by junior Will Campbell in 51st at 27:08.2. Those five runners made up Lock Haven's scoring group to propel the Bald Eagles to an 85-point performance and a fifth-place team finish.
Leading the way for Mansfield was freshman Carson Strano, who crossed the finish line with a time of 29:39.7. Following Strano were Nic Mattison and Greysen Kupsky, who recorded times of 30:52.3 and 31:04.9, respectively.
• Junior Nicole Carroll finished 37th overall to lead the way for the Lock Haven women's cross country team on Saturday at the 2026 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships.
Carroll crossed the finish line in a time of 23:28.7 to lead the Bald Eagles to an 11th place finish in the team standings on the six-kilometer course.
Junior Kaydence Strange followed in 60th in 24:09.1, and freshman Natalie Jolley was 100th crossing the line in a time of 25:09.4.
The Bald Eagles' scoring group was completed by juniors Addison Farrer and Sophie Dillon. Farrer finished in 115th place in a time of 25:48.1 and Dillon was close behind in 123rd in 26:09.7.
Alyssa Parks, who crossed the finish line with a time of 25:13.5, led Mansfield on the women's side. Brook Illsley and Mayla Falank followed, recording times of 26:00.7 and 26:20.3, respectively.
Wyoming Trudeaux and Libby Moore finished just two-tenths of a second apart, recording times of 27:30.2 and 27:30.4, respectively.
Abigail Davies and Riley Porter rounded out the Mountaineers with times of 28:55.1 and 30:02.0, respectively.
• Lock Haven beat Marywood, 88-51, on Saturday and finished second to Saint Francis in a day that included two meets at home for the women's swimming team at Zimmerli Pool.
The Bald Eagles won five individual events and the 400-yard freestyle relay against Marywood before swimming exhibition races after securing the victory over the Pacers.
Elsa Lucas won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:28.70, and Gianna Gruska was second in 2:32.17, 0.36 seconds ahead of Marywood's Kylee Koratich. Karboski won the 100-yard freestyle in 57.35 seconds and Hannah Turner took second, touching the pad in a time of 58.59 seconds. Kate MacAlister was third in 1:00.17 as the Bald Eagles took the top three scoring places in the event.