North Allegheny cross country teams traveled to Pine Richland for a dual meet against the Rams, Oakland Catholic, and Central Catholic. Both teams ran away with 2 victories, making both squads undefeated on the season (4-0). A lot of personal records were set on the relatively flat 5k course on Pine Richland’s campus. Girls won 20-42 against the Rams and had perfect score against Oakland Catholic 15-50. The boys beat Central Catholic 15-49 and swept the Rams 15-50.

In the girls race, Pine Richland’s top runner took the top spot on her home course. After that it was all tigers. NA grabbed the next 6 spots. Sophomore Gabby Pizon had a fantastic race setting a personal record with a 20:30. Senior Nicole Reubi was excellent taking third overall with a lifetime PR. Freshman Mary also PR’d with very strong finish on the track. Next up was Junior Elinor Handel in 5th overall, followed by freshman Lydia Stuart, and sophomore Abby Gordish. After Pine Richland’s number two, it was Junior Esa Tate running strong to round out the lady tigers top seven.

On the boys side it was a very dominant victory. The boys took the top 6 spots in the race. The race was won by senior Sebastian Klimchak with an outstanding race and lifetime PR of 16:58. Senior Jackson Beemer was excellent in second. Senior Grey Lowman was strong in 3rd. Junior Jack Curren ran well to take 4th. Senior Sergio Abdalah rounding out the top 5 with a great race. Junior Justin People’s finished strong to take sixth and Senior Micah DeAngelo rounding out the top 7 with a solid performance in 9th.

Complete race results can be found at: https://wolfcreektrackclub.com/north-allegheny-oakland-catholic-pine-richland-hs-xc-meet/

The top 17 runners from NA will travel to Hershey this weekend to take on some of the best teams in the state at the annual PIAA foundation race.