Cross Country: Mid Penn Championships – Palmyra Results

In Saturday’s rainy conditions, teams from across the Mid Penn Conference traveled to Big Spring High School to run in their league championship.  This meet serves as a qualifier for the District 3 Championship, which will be held on Saturday, October 28th at this very location, Big Spring.

With their finishes at the Mid Penn Championships, both the Palmyra Girls and Boys teams qualified for Districts.  The Girls finished 5th overall in the race, while the Boys finished 9th overall and 8th in AAA to nab the final qualifying spot.  Congratulations to both teams!

Below are the individual results for each of Palmyra’s athletes.

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Palmyra Girls

The Girls team finished 5th overall to qualify for the District 3 Championships.  They finished right ahead of Cumberland Valley, while they were close behind Mechanicsburg, the 4th place finisher.  The race was won by State College.

Palmyra was led with strong performances from senior Abby Berarducci and junior Avery Rohrer.  Individually, Berarducci will now have a chance to make it back to the State Meet, where she ran as a sophomore before her junior season was cut short by injury.

Individual Results    

12^th    Abby Berarducci – 19:59.8

15^th    Avery Rohrer – 20:07.0

46^th    Amber McCurdy  – 21:26.0

54^th    Ellie Schaffer – 21:40.8

64^th    Andrea Cooper  – 21:52.5

75^th    Leah Senft – 22:14.2

90^th    Cecilia Cole – 23:09.3

Palmyra Boys

Palmyra finished in the 9th place overall and 8th in AAA to punch their ticket to the District 3 Championship Meet.  It took a total team effort to hold off the next team, which was Mifflin County.  The overall race was won by State College with a dominant performance.  Hershey finished 2nd, followed by Lower Dauphin in 3rd.

For the Cougars, sophomore Cornelius Cummings led the way with a 22nd place finish.

Individual Results    

22^nd   Cornelius Cummings – 16:57.3

45^th    Jake Vottero – 17:40.2

59^th    Gavin  Bullard  – 17:59.5

79^th    Joshua Miller – 18:21.6

92^nd   Joshua Townsend  – 18:39.0

93^rd    Logan Mierzwicki – 18:39.9

120^th  Jason Foutz – 19:05.1