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Alvernia University Athletics

2022 Women's Cross Country Roster

Lycoming Athletics

Cera Gaston

  • Class Graduate Student
  • High School Messiah College
  • Hometown Lehighton, Pa.
  • Major Masters in Education

Biography

2022 (Graduate Student) 
  • NCAA Championships Appearance (First in school history)
  • NCAA All-Region- 6th place finish at Mid-Atlantic Regional 
  • First Team All-MAC- 3rd place finish 
  • Academic All-MAC 
  • Alvernia 6k record- 21:50.8
  • Alvernia 5k record 2x- 18:31.0
  • 2x MAC Runner of the Week  
  • 3x Alvernia Athlete of the Week
  • MAC Academic Honor Roll
Gaston competed in seven competitions in her first year with Alvernia and tallied her career best time in the 6k at the Lock Haven XC Invitational with a time of 21:50.8 (tenth place finish). Gaston took third at the MAC Championships with a time of 22:44.5 and was named first team All-MAC. She competed at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional where she finished sixth with a time of 22:12.8, which qualified her for the NCAA Championships. Gaston became the first Alvernia cross country runner to compete at the NCAA Championships, she recorded a time of 23:01.1 and finished 57th in the competition. Gaston posted a time of 22:44.5 at Gettysburg’s Aubrey Shenk Invitational, where she took second and posted her career best 5k time with a 18:31.0 at the LVC Dutchmen Invite and finished first.