Chambersburg's Natalie Quinn won the Mid-Penn cross country championships on Saturday, Oct. 17 at Gettysburg.
Quinn ran an 18:09.2 to beat the second-place finisher by 10 seconds.
The Trojans placed third as a team, led by Quinn's victory and three other top 35 finishers: Lilly Spohn was 10th (19:49.0), Taliya Raber was 32nd (20:28.5) and Bella Rife was 34th (20:29.6).
Waynesboro's Morgan Jones was fourth with a time of 19:04.8, and Greencastle-Antrim's Avery Russell was 28th (20:22.0).
Other finishers were Chambersburg's Kaylie Savage, 58th (21:22.2); Chambersburg's Atlea Pereschuk, 68th (21:29.7); Chambersburg's Maggie Holtry, 69th (21:30.1), Shippensburg's Evelyn Jones, 72nd (21:33.3)
In the boys race, Chambersburg's Boston Vincenti was the top area finisher, clocking a time of 16:12.6 for 10th place. Teammates Liam Coy (19th, 16:39.4) and Cole Lehman (34th, 17:11.1) also finished in the top 35, as did Waynesboro's Nick Snyder, who was 30th with a time of 17:03.9.
Other finishers were Chambersburg's Tobias Wilson (36th, 17:13.0), Shippensburg's Liam Feather (45th, 17:32.7), Chambersburg's Chase Goshorn (49th, 17:38.8), Chambersburg's Ben Lin (56th, 17:46.8), Greencastle-Antrim's Billy Bender (60th, 17:54.4), Greencastle-Antrim's Micah Barrett (61st, 17:54.6), Greencastle-Antrim's Colin Thomas (69th, 18:07.0), Greencastle-Antrim's Ace Monn (75th, 18:09.2) and Greencastle-Antrim's Kelson Wenger (80th, 18:18.8).
SCAC cross country league meet
At the SCAC league meet on Oct. 17, Shalom Christian and James Buchanan both qualified their boys teams for the District 3 meet, while girls from both teams qualified as individuals.
Seniors Ben Farbman of Dallastown and Gabrielle Houck of Red Lion finished in 15:50.1 and 18:36.3, respectively, to claim SCAC titles.
Here are the area results:
Boys Class A: Shalom Christian, 24 (Shay Kane, 17:55.25; William Davis, 17:56.63; Matthew Davis, 18:25.03; Josh Fitzpatrick, 18:34.55; Logan Cordell, 18:43.67; Lee Metcalf, 18:45.59; Boaz Helman, 19:53.34)
Boys Class 2A: James Buchanan (Max Embree, 17:58.27; Isaac Diehl, 18:12.36; Johnnie Martin, 18:29.55; Jonathan Cooper, 20:42.13; Rhyder Marquez, 20:47.69; Ty Hall, 20:48.17; Killian McNew, 22:41.59).
Girls Class A: Kassidy Hubers, Shalom Christian, 21:22.77; Eliana Rice, Shalom Christian, 23:31.34; Julianna Myers, Shalom Christian, 23:36.60; Madison Fisler, Shalom Christian, 23:51.92
Girls Class 2A: Gracyn Diehl, James Buchanan, 22:21.48; Bella Helm, James Buchanan, 24:03.87; Kaleigh Wiker, James Buchanan, 24:32.38; Natalie Fleming, James Buchanan, 25:18.67; Kaitlyn Dean, James Buchanan, 25:32.36; McKenna Seyler, James Buchanan, 26:34.61; Lou Anne Cerutti, James Buchanan, 27:41.73.
Qualifiers will race in the District 3 meet at Big Spring on Oct. 31 and the PIAA meet will follow on Nov. 7, also at Big Spring. The course will be altered slightly for each race.
This article originally appeared on Chambersburg Public Opinion: Quinn takes gold at Mid-Penn cross country championships