Update October 18, 2022
On Saturday, the Palmyra Cougars competed at the Mid-Penn Cross Country Championships held at Big Spring High School. As has been the case in recent years, this race decided the Mid-Penn teams and individual runners that will be moving on to compete at the District 3 Cross Country Championships, which will be held at this same site on Saturday, October 29th.
From the Mid-Penn, the District accepts the top 8 girls teams from AAA, along with the first 28 individual runners who are not affiliated with one of the qualifying teams. On the boys side, this numbers is 7 AAA teams and 25 individual runners.
Girls Results
The girls race was won by Cami Kiser of Chambersburg who completed the 5,000 meter course in a time of 18:10, twenty seconds ahead of second place. Leading the way for Palmyra were sophomores Ellie Schaffer (20:38, 27th) and Avery Rohrer (21:04, 33rd). It is worth mentioning that due to an injury the Cougars were without Abby Berarducci, a junior who had been the team’s #2 runner most of the season. Even without one of their main runners, a resilient Palmyra squad ran hard and was able to qualify three members for the District 3 Championship. Joining Schaffer and Rohrer in earning the chance to run this course again on October 29th is freshman Avery Rohrer (23:10, 90th). Since the time that this article was initially published, it was discovered that Abby Keiner and Cecilia Cole also qualified for Districts. Though, they did not qualify as a team, having five will allow Palmyra to score as a team when they run at the District 3 Championships.
27) Ellie Schaffer -20:38 #
33) Avery Rohrer – 21:04 #
90) Andrea Cooper – 23:10 #
118) Abby Keiner – 24:13 #
123) Cecilia Cole – 24:42 #
138) Grace Chesney – 25:28
153) Carmen McConaghy – 26:34
# denotes District 3 qualifier
Boys Results
The Mid-Penn’s newest boys champion is Tim Roden of Central Dauphin, who completed the race in a time of 15:52, ten seconds ahead of his nearest opponent. Palmyra had a new top dog of its own, with freshman Cornelius Cummings leading their squad with a 31st place finish in a time of 17:11. Next to cross the finish line for the orange and black were juniors Jake Vottero (18:29, 73rd) and Camden Lynch (19:04, 94th). The efforts of Cummings, Vottero, and Lynch have earned them spots at the starting line for the District 3 Championships. It was then the rest of the Cougars varsity squad that ran with a fairly tight spread, with the final four finishing over a 27-second frame. Since the time of the original publication of this article, it was discovered that Ethan Yorty will be joining his teammates at Districts.
31) Cornelius Cummings – 17:11 #
73) Jake Vottero – 18:29 #
94) Camden Lynch – 19:04 #
103) Ethan Yorty – 19:20 #
112) Logan Mierzwicki – 19:28
119) Colin Kirkpatrick – 19:37
124) Connor Klucinec – 19:47
# denotes District 3 qualifier
Editor’s note: All times were rounded down to the nearest whole second.
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