PIAA District 3 Girls Cross Country Championships – 2024: LebCo Results

On Saturday, thirty female runners representing LebCo schools competed at the District 3 Cross Country Championships at Big Spring High School. This contingent included three full teams who qualified based on their races at the Lancaster Lebanon Lebanon and Mid Penn Championships. To advance to States, an individual or team has to qualify at the District meet.

For our local racers, there will now be one full team and an individual racer who will be running at Hershey next Saturday. Annville-Cleona claimed the AA Championship in convincing fashion. They were led by Mackenzie Stellmach, who became the District 3 Champion, clocking a winning time of 19:28.6. Also medaling for the Dutchmen for top twenty finishes were Lucy Stellmach (3rd) and Caitlin Shay (18th).

Joining the Dutchmen next weekend will be Cedar Crest’s Eliana Schneider, who qualified for States based on her 27th place finish in the AAA race.

Below are the full results for each LebCo runner that competed, broken up by classification. Underneath are the combined race results, regardless of classification.

The LebCo Boys results from Districts can be found here.

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AA

The Dutchmen combined for 71 points to outpace 2nd place finisher Octorara, who finished with 100 points. The win by junior Mackenzie Stellmach and a 3rd place finish by her sister, freshman Lucy Stellmach, helped lead the way for Annville-Cleona, who claimed their second District 3 AA title in three years. The Dutchmen also won the A championship in 2021.

Annville-Cleona

Team Finish – 1st place (Team State Qualifier)

1st        Mackenzie Stellmach – 19:28.6

3rd       Lucy Stellmach – 19:57.5

18th      Caitlin Shay – 21:11.9

27th      Emily Shearer – 21:45.7

34th      Anna Lezon – 21:53.8

38th      Madison Long – 22:11.7

79th      Paige Stoltz – 23:48.9

PIAA District III Class 2A girls cross country team champs are from Annville-Cleona pic.twitter.com/EeruYI1ml2

— PIAA District III (@piaadistrict3) October 26, 2024

ELCO

30th     Shawna Donough – 21:51.0

51st       Paityn Newswanger – 22:44.9

83rd      Lizzie Croft – 24:02.0

109th    Riley Keener – 25:41.1

Northern Lebanon

63rd      Mackenzie Miller – 23:07.6

78th      Saoirse Phillips – 23:48.4

93rd      Zoey Bouchard – 24:42.9

104th    Olivia Matthews – 25:14.9

125th     Jade Kasprowicz – 27:21.1

AAA

In the large school race, both Cedar Crest and Palmyra had full teams competing. Cedar Crest junior Eliana Schneider finished 27^th overall and will return to States for the third time in three years.

Cedar Crest

Team Finish – 11th place

27th       Eliana Schneider – 19:47.9 (PIAA Qualifier)

50th       Clara Schneider – 20:23.9

61st        Audrey Fugate – 20:36.5

116th     Margaret Cuthie – 21:19.1

125th     Vivian Doster – 21:31.0

195th      Sam Yorty – 22:45.4

207th     Nora Cuthie – 22:58.1

Palmyra

Team Finish – 16th place

59th       Avery Rohrer    – 20:36.1

60th       Andrea Cooper – 20:36.3

107th      Amber McCurdy – 21:08.8

115th       Leah Senft – 21:17.8

118th       Sarah Sipe – 21:24.0

198th      Alyssa McCully – 22:48.2

211th       Ellie Schaffer – 23:04.2

Full Results of the 2024 District 3 Championships

Combined Results

1)             Mackenzie Stellmach (Annville-Cleona) – 19:28.6

2)             Eliana Schneider (Cedar Crest) – 19:47.9

3)             Lucy Stellmach (Annville-Cleona) – 19:57.5

4)             Clara Schneider (Cedar Crest) – 20:23.9

5)             Avery Rohrer (Palmyra) – 20:36.1

6)             Andrea Cooper (Palmyra) – 20:36.3

7)             Audrey Fugate (Cedar Crest) – 20:36.5

8)             Amber McCurdy (Palmyra) –  21:08.8

9)             Caitlin Shay (Annville-Cleona) – 21:11.9

10)          Leah Senft (Palmyra) – 21:17.8

11)          Margaret Cuthie (Cedar Crest) – 21:19.1

12)          Sarah Sipe (Palmyra) – 21:24.0

13)          Vivian Doster (Cedar Crest)  – 21:31.0

14)          Emily Shearer (Annville-Cleona) – 21:45.7

15)          Shawna Donough (ELCO) – 21:51.0

16)          Anna Lezon (Annville-Cleona) – 21:53.8

17)          Madison Long (Annville-Cleona) – 22:11.7

18)          Paityn Newswanger (ELCO)  – 22:44.9

19)          Sam Yorty (Cedar Crest) – 22:45.4

20)          Alyssa McCully (Palmyra) – 22:48.2

21)          Nora Cuthie (Cedar Crest) – 22:58.1

22)          Ellie Schaffer (Palmyra) – 23:04.2

23)          Mackenzie Miller (Northern Lebanon) – 23:07.6

24)          Saoirse Phillips (Northern Lebanon) – 23:48.4

25)          Paige Stoltz (Annville-Cleona) – 23:48.9

26)          Lizzie Croft (ELCO) – 24:02.0

27)          Zoey Bouchard (Northern Lebanon) – 24:42.9

28)          Olivia Matthews (Northern Lebanon) – 25:14.9

29)          Riley Keener (ELCO) – 25:41.1

30)          Jade Kasprowicz (Northern Lebanon) – 27:21.1