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10-year
Senior Andy
Lams finishes
college career
among elite
PSB runners
CONNOR SATTELY
editor-in-chief
When Andy lams settles into
his starting position in a cross
country invitational, it's noth
ing new - he's already been
there the night before.
The evening before every
race, lams visualizes success.
He runs through both the men
tal and physical rigors of the
course he will run. When some
thing goes wrong in a race, it's
no problem for the Penn State
Behrend senior - he knows he's
still able to win.
Problems, though, have come
sparsely for lams who, over the
past four years, has established
himself among the elite cross
country runners at Behrend.
His second-overall finish in
the AMCC Championships Sat
urday was only the latest in his
laundry list of victories tallied
as one of the team's captains.
In only his sophomore year
on the cross country team, lams
placed first overall in the NCAA
Mideast Regional Tournament.
Following that November 2007
matchup, Lams took first
among Behrend's athletes at
every cross country invitational
until the November 2008
AMCC Championships, where
he took second to fellow Senior
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and co-captain Kevin Gorny.
"A lot of the time it's us, one
and two," says Gorny,'who has
played with lams since 2006.
"He's an incredible leader - he
always puts the team and oth
ers ahead of himself."
Gorny credits Lams in step
ping into a leadership role dur
ing that 2008 season, when
Gorny went down with an in
jury and was unable to run for
some events.
"The team expected him to
step up, and he did. It was his
job to take over, and he took it
upon himself to do it."
lams' natural leadership has
some younger athletes calling
him the "dad" of the group.
"He really makes you feel
like you're part of the team,"
says freshman Ryan
Frankowski. "He's kind of a fa
ther type role."
Frankowski says that lams'
friendship with Gorny, and
their shared success in invites,
has led to an inspiration to suc
ceed.
"They make me want to run
over the summer. I want to see
if I can be as fast as them," he
says.
lams' career with Behrend's
teams is set to come to an end
at the end of the 2010 Spring
semester. While he will return
to Behrend in the fall for an
extra semester, NCAA eligibil
ity limits prohibit him from run
ning on the team that semester.
Gorny, too, will return for an
extra semester.
Together, the two men who
have led the team for four years
will stand on the sidelines,
cheering on those they ran with
for their entire college career.
The irony, and the sadness in
leaving the sport behind is not
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"You can't duplicate this,"
says lams. "You can't duplicate
these bonds you form after
spending every day with these
people for four years. I'm really
going to miss that team aspect
of this. I've been doing it for ten
years, and to have that winding
down - it's kind of sad. It's been
a part of my life for so long."
lams says his participation
won't - and can't - end with his
classes at Behrend.
"There's no way I won't be in
volved in the team," he says.
"I'll be out at all the races
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miss that for the world. You
can't leave that behind."
His last races with the
Behrend Cross Country team
will be Nov. 14, at the NCAA
Mideast Regional, and the
NCAA Championships at Bald
win-Wallace. After a great 1-2
finish at the AMCC Champi
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a high.
For lams, though, that finish
is in the past. He's already
thinking about his next race.
Thinking, waiting, visualizing
success.
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CCSI irtsS
MEN'S SOCCER
AMCC Pts Overall
9-0-1 28 16-2-2
8-1-1 25 15-4-2
8-2 24 13-6-1
7-3 21 12-7-1
6-4 18 8-10-1
6-4 18 9-7
3-6-1 10 4-14-1
3-7 9 4-14
2-8 6 3-15
1-8-1 4 1-16-1
0-10 0 0-16
Medaille
Penn St. Behrend
Penn St. Altoona
Frostburg State
La Roche
Franciscan
Pitt-Greensburg
Pitt-Bradford
DYouville
Hilbert
Mount Aloysius
WOMEN'S SOCCER
AMCC Pts Overall Strk
Penn St. Behrend 9-0-1 28 13-3-3 Ll
Frostburg State 9-1 27 17-3 W 6
Medaille 7-2-1 22 9-8-2 LI
Penn St. Altoona 7-2-1 22 17-3-1 W 8
La Roche 5-4-1 16 11-8-1 L 4
Pitt-Bradford 5-5 15 10-9 LI
Franciscan 4-6 12 6-10-1 LI
Hilbert 4-6 12 7-10-2 . L 2
Pitt-Greensburg 1-9 3 2-15 L 8
DYouville 1-9 3 3-12 L 4
Mount Aloysius 1-9 3 1-16 WI
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Frostburg State
Penn St. Behrend
Pitt-Bradford
Penn St. Altoona
Medaille
Pitt-Greensburg
D'Youville
Mount Aloysius
Franciscan
Hilbert
La Roche
Men's Swimming
Oct. 31 at Bethany - First Place
Women's Swimming
Oct. 31 at Bethany - First Place - 86 pts
Men's Soccer
Oct. 7 v. D'Youville - Won 7-0.
Oct. 31 at Mercyhurst v. Pitt-Bradford AMCC Tournament first
round - Won 6-1.
Nov. 4 at Ferdonia v. Penn State Altoona AMCC Tournament
semi-final Won - 1-0.
Women's Soccer
Oct. 7 v. D'Youville - Won 8-0.
Nov. 4 at Ferdonia v. Penn State Altoona AMCC Tournament
semi-final - Lost 1-0.
Women's Volleyball
Oct. 27 at Medaille - Won 3-0.
Oct. 28 at Allegheny - Won 3-0.
Oct. 31 at Susquehanna - Lost 3-2
Oct. 31 at Susquehanna v. Marymount - Won 3-0.
Nov. 3 v. D'Youville AMCC Tournamet first round - Won 3-0
Did you know?
Behrend's varsity sports teams have won
three of five possible AMCC Titles so far
Overall
AMCC
- 97 pts
this season.