In cross country, it helps to know the course you’re running on.
For the Berks participants in Saturday’s PIAA Championships, the course will be fresh in their minds because they ran it one week earlier.
The 5,000-meter course at Big Spring High School in Newville will be the site of the state meet on Saturday, and was used for last Saturday’s District 3 championships where Daniel Boone senior Julia Leady and the Oley Valley girls team won championships.
They are among two teams and 14 runners from Berks who will compete for state honors over six races, starting with girls 1A at 9:30 a.m. and finishing with the boys 3A race at 1:15 p.m.
Leady, the two-time BCIAA champion, won the 3A title in last week’s district meet with a time of 17:42.72, more than 13 seconds ahead or runnerup Garielle Houck of Red Lion (17:55.74).
She will be joined in the race by the Gov. Mifflin girls who finished second in the team race with 140 points – Dallastown won with 74.
The Mustangs were led by senior Melissa Sweigart (8th, 18:39.21), junior Allie Darrenkamp (11th, 18:50.16) and senior Molly Orndorf (22nd, 19:34.07).
Leady’s teammate, junior Sarah Shank, finished 15th (19:11.1) to also qualify for the meet.
2A girls: Oley Valley won its first district title in 32 years by placing three runners in the top eight and scoring 78 points to 96 for Lampeter-Strasburg.
The Lynx were led by senior Marli Laity who finished second in 18:46.10, with Pequea Valley sophomore Reagan Gates winning in 18:10.49.
Oley junior Jillian Rogers was fifth (19:16.41) and junior Julianna Gourley was eighth (19:34.42). Oley’s fourth and fifth scoring runners were freshman Penelope Smith (29th, 21:07.88) and sophomore Ava Estelle (42nd, 21:47.09).
Schuylkill Valley and Wyomissing each qualified two runners out of the district meet. The Panthers’ Matilda Walborn, a sophomore, was 10th in 19:46.18, and senior Mabel Walborn was 21st (20:43.92).
Wyomissing freshman Ruby Bayne was 20th (20:39.48) and sophomore Vivian Cohen was 22nd (20:45.72).
1A girls: Kutztown sophomore Zoey Vallone placed fifth (20:40.52) in the district meet to qualfiy.
3A boys: BCIAA champion Sam Ulrich finished fourth (15:52.52) in the district meet and will be chasing a state medal – top 25 earn hardware. Dallastown senior Benjamin Farbman won the district title in 15:33.99.
Exeter senior Jack Schlegel finished 18th (16:05.46) and Wilson senior Jayden Lockhart was 24th (16:16.12) to punch tickets to the state meet.
2A boys: Three Berks boys will compete in the 2A race. Conrad Weiser junior Damon Mohn was 12th in the district meet in 16:54.99, Berks Catholic senior Julien Scroggs was 14th (17:07.25) and Conrad Weiser sophomore David Lall was 19th (17:20.47).
1A boys: Kutztown freshman Peter Macfarlane placed 11th in the district meet in a time of 17:45.15 to qualify for the state meet.
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