Cross Country

Hampton junior Marissa Bigante, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and suffered a torn ACL in a one-month span in the summer of 2023, is an important piece of the Hampton girls cross country team in her debut season.
Diabetes, torn ACL can’t slow Hampton runner
September 21, 2024
Like everyone else, Hampton junior Marissa Bigante has good days and bad days.

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Plum’s Mayah Torres runs at the Gateway Invitational on Aug. 31 at Boyce Park.
Plum runners use Kiski Invite to prepare for section championship race
The Plum boys and girls cross country teams have run three meets so far in the 2024 season, and coach Brent Kennedy and his coaching staff have seen good things from the mix of returning runners and those new to varsity and junior varsity competition.

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Norwin cross country runner Annie Czajkowski
Norwin uses pack mentality to take place among WPIAL cross country contenders
September 14, 2024
Based on returning athletes, Norwin is the top contender in Class 3A to regular frontrunner North Allegheny in WPIAL boys and girls cross country.

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The Riverview boys cross country team captured the Class A boys race at the Red, White & Blue Invitational on Sept. 6 at White Oak Park.
Riverview runners off to strong start despite early-season injuries
There were high expectations coming into the 2024 season for the Riverview boys and girls cross country teams.

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Woodland Hills’ Annabel Johnson (left) and Fox Chapel’s Ethan Vaughan finished first at the annual Kiski Invitational on Sept. 13, 2024, at Northmoreland Park.
Fox Chapel runner Ethan Vaughan repeats as champion at Kiski Area Invitational
September 13, 2024
With temperatures in the mid 70s, sunny skies, and a light breeze, runners from close to 40 teams from the Alle-Kiski Valley, Westmoreland County, throughout the WPIAL and City League, and from District 10 and District 6 descended on Northmoreland Park on Friday to test their mettle at the Gingerbread Man Running Company Kiski Area Invitational.

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Gateway’s Kairell McCoy runs against Latrobe and Altoona on Aug. 4, 2024 at Greater Latrobe High School.
Gateway’s Kairell McCoy eyes strong finish to high school cross country career
September 8, 2024
Kairell McCoy ran competitive cross country meets for the first time while in middle school and has taken steps up the ladder ever since.

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Coach with hall of fame credentials recruiting runners for Penn Hills cross country team
Mike Diano is happy to be back coaching at his alma mater. The 2000 Penn Hills graduate hopes a few more athletes will choose to join the cross country team.

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Fox Chapel’s Ethan Vaughan crosses the finish line third at the 2022 WPIAL Section 4-3A cross country meet.
Fox Chapel cross country boosts confidence with strong showing at Gateway Invitational
September 7, 2024
Tom Moul likes setting up the Fox Chapel boys and girls cross country teams with a confidence builder to start the season.

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Chris Belch (left) and Jacob Bonnar run in the 3,200-meter race during the inaugural Talbot Shuffle on Aug. 10 at Fridley Field in Hampton.
Hampton boys, girls cross country teams out to make history in different ways
August 31, 2024
The Hampton boys and girls cross country teams are trying to run into the record books this season.

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Norwin’s Annie Czajkowski runs at the WCCA championship last year.
Norwin notebook: Junior takes cross country title
Annie, get your run.

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Hampton’s Chris Belch is one of the runners expected to take part in the inaugural Talbot shuffle.
Runners ready for inaugural Talbot Shuffle fundraiser
August 1, 2024
The inaugural Talbot Shuffle fundraiser hopes to hit the ground running.

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North Catholic’s Madeline Meeuf wins the WPIAL Class 2A girls cross country championship Oct. 26, 2023, at White Oak Park.
Notable changes to WPIAL cross country alignment for 2024-25 seasons
July 29, 2024
The WPIAL released new section alignments for the next two-year cycle in all sports, and changes will be implemented starting this fall.

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Kiski’s Eliza Miller take third in the Class 3A 1,600-meter run during the WPIAL Track and Field Championships on May 15 at Slippery Rock University.
Kiski Area 3-sport star Eliza Miller 3-peats as Valley News Dispatch girls athlete of the year
June 29, 2024
Reflecting on her time at Kiski Area brought a realization of the rapid pace the high school years went by for Eliza Miller.

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Assistant coach Matt Proskin, Gabe Powell, Brent Kennedy and Stephanie Kennedy at Parkview Cross Country Course Nov. 4, 2023.
Husband, wife switch places on Plum cross country coaching staff
June 27, 2024
Plum cross country coach Stephanie Kennedy and her husband, Brent, have switched roles for the 2024 season.

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Mt. Lebanon’s Logan St. John Kletter wins the TSTCA cross country championship Oct. 19, 2023, at White Oak Park.
Gatorade picks Mt. Lebanon’s Logan St. John Kletter as top girls cross country runner in Pa.
January 23, 2024
Reigning state champion Logan St. John Kletter of Mt. Lebanon was named the Gatorade Pennsylvania girls cross country athlete of the year, extending the WPIAL’s winning streak to four.

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Butler’s Drew Griffith finishes ahead of Ringgold’s Ryan Pajak to win the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023 in San Diego.
Butler’s Drew Griffith tops Ringgold’s Ryan Pajak to win cross country national championship
December 9, 2023
Drew Griffith is a multi-time WPIAL and state champion and the Pennsylvania cross country record holder for fastest time, but even with all of those accolades, he still has times when he doubts himself.

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Ligonier Valley senior Clara Wallace
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Ligonier Valley’s Clara Wallace
November 20, 2023
In some sports — auto racing in the movies, for example — the old saying is, “If you’re not first, you’re last.”

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Riverview senior Gwyn Fichte
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Riverview’s Gwyn Fichte
Cross country isn’t about individual accomplishments for Gwyn Fichte.

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Submitted | Bob Thompson 
                                Pine-Richland’s Lucas Thompson competes at the 2023 Legends meet in Ohio, where he placed 12th.
Plan comes together for Pine-Richland sophomore in cross country postseason
November 12, 2023
Lucas Thompson left last year’s WPIAL cross country meet with the mindset that he was going to qualify for states in 2023.

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Gateway’s Kefimba Cisse took third at the Gateway Invitational on Sept. 2, 2023, at Boyce Park.
Gateway’s Kefimba Cisse caps high school career at PIAA championship meet
Two years ago as a sophomore, Gateway’s Kefimba Cisse placed 67th in the Class 3A boys race at the WPIAL cross country championships at Cal (Pa.).

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