Cross Country

Hampton’s Chris Belch, 17, won the Hampton Firecracker 5K on July 4 with a winning time of 17 minutes, 33 seconds.
Defending WPIAL champion Hampton runners focusing on Hershey
September 9, 2023
The two-time defending WPIAL Class 2A champion Hampton boys cross country team is aiming to take another step forward.

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                                Members of the Norwin cross country team ran together nearly 40 times during offseason training.
Norwin cross country builds strong team concept during busy summer
With more than 40 running sessions over the summer that often spanned five days a week, Norwin cross country runners developed a flow.

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Fox Chapel’s Rowan Gwin celebrates winning the WPIAL Section 4-3A championship last season.
Fox Chapel cross country standout working back into form
September 2, 2023
Rowan Gwin never discovered what the cause of his hip flexor injury was last spring. Trying to navigate through great pain, Gwin competed in the WPIAL Class 3A track and field championship at Slippery Rock University.

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Gateway graduate Marnie Giunta, the head coach of the Padua Academy girls cross country and track and field teams, is all smiles as she stands with a successful Pandas relay quartet at this past April’s Penn Relays in Philadelphia.
Gateway grad Marnie Giunta named among top coaches in state of Delaware
August 27, 2023
Marnie Giunta is considered one of the top coaches in the history of athletics in the state of Delaware.

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Burrell grad Faith Remich wrapped up her career at W&J with school records in the outdoor 800 meters and the indoor 600 and 1,600 relay.
Faith Remich hits ground running as Burrell’s new cross country coach
July 19, 2023
Faith Remich has come full circle.

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Hampton’s Chris Belch, 17, won the Hampton Firecracker 5K on July 4 with a winning time of 17 minutes, 33 seconds.
Hampton runner sparkles with Firecracker 5K win
July 15, 2023
Hampton’s Chris Belch put on a display on the Fourth of July.

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Fox Chapel’s Rachel Humphrey competes in the 3,200 meter run at the 2008 Tri-State Coaches’ Invitational at West Mifflin.
Hall of Famer’s running career took her from Fox Chapel to Franklin Field
May 13, 2023
Rachel Humphrey’s affection for distance running started thanks to her dad’s interest in the sport. The 2008 Fox Chapel graduate used her abilities in the sport to take her sporting career to the University of Pennsylvania.

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Norwin senior Anna DeFazio
Norwin’s Anna DeFazio to run at St. Francis (Pa.)
January 1, 2023
What were your goals when you were 8 years old?

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Hampton’s Ava Vitiello (left) and Kevyn Fish run side-by-side in the Class 2A girls race during the TSTCA cross country championships on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, at PennWest California.
Hampton senior Ava Vitiello tracks down D-I scholarship
December 17, 2022
For the longest time, Hampton’s Ava Vitiello believed a Division I scholarship was out of her reach.

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                                “It was really surreal crossing the finish line. I was really tired afterwards, but after it all set in, it was an amazing feeling,” Pine-Richland’s Natalie McLean said.
Pine-Richland’s Natalie McLean follows PIAA title with Georgetown commitment
November 20, 2022
A few weeks ago Natalie McLean realized a dream that was four years in the making and made Pine-Richland history.

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Shady Side Academy’s Chelsea Hartman crosses the finish line to win the WPIAL Class A girls cross country championship Oct. 27.
Chelsea Hartman sets pace for Shady Side Academy cross country team’s special season
November 19, 2022
If you’re a cross country athlete, the last thing you need are stress fractures in your feet and shin splints.

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Greensburg Salem’s Aaron Tressler finishes fourth in the boys WCCA cross country championships Oct. 12 at Westmoreland County Community College.
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Greensburg Salem’s Aaron Tressler
November 14, 2022
When the WPIAL Class 2A cross country championships began Oct. 27 at Cal (Pa.), 231 boys from across the district were in the field.

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Freeport cross country coach Missy (Baustert) Schaeffer was inducted into the Carnegie Mellon Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2021.
Freeport cross country coach Melissa Schaeffer inducted into Carnegie Mellon Hall of Fame
Melissa Schaeffer had to wait a year to be officially inducted into Carnegie Mellon’s sports Hall of Fame, but it was well worth it.

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Gateway’s Kefimba Cisse takes second in the in the Section 4-3A championships Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2022, at Northmoreland Park.
Gateway’s Kefimba Cisse strong cross country season comes to close at PIAA meet
November 13, 2022
Kefimba Cisse began his cross country season by winning the Gateway Invitational in early September at Boyce Park.

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Penn Hills runner shows progress with showing at WPIAL cross country meet
Lee Zelkowitz could see that Sawyer Kinney’s performance was climbing in the weeks leading up to the WPIAL Class 3A cross country championships. The Penn Hills junior had made major progress this season and seemed to be figuring things out.

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Riverview’s Amberson Bauer runs at the Gateway Invitational at Boyce Park on Sept. 3, 2022.
Riverview runners finish 5th at PIAA championships
The WPIAL represented itself well in the PIAA Class A boys cross country championship meet in Hershey on Nov. 5.

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Hampton’s Jacob Bonnar races Quaker Valley’s Matthew Otto to the finish line in the Class 2A boys race during the TSTCA cross country championships Oct. 20 at Cal (Pa.).
Back-to-back WPIAL cross country titles put Hampton in elite company
November 12, 2022
Hampton’s boys cross country team is working on mini-­dynasty status.

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Brownsville’s Jolena Quarzo, shown winning the WPIAL Class 2A cross country championship race earlier this season, won the state title Saturday.
Brownsville’s Jolena Quarzo, Pine-Richland’s Natalie McLean win PIAA cross country gold
November 5, 2022
Brownsville senior Jolena Quarzo can scratch winning a PIAA cross country title off her bucket list.

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North Allegheny’s Jackson Pajak finishes the WPIAL Class 3A cross country championship race on Oct. 27.
New cast of characters earns more championship gold for North Allegheny cross country
North Allegheny swept the big-school WPIAL cross country team titles this fall for the fifth year in a row, adding two more banners to a long list of league championships.

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Fox Chapel’s Rowan Gwin (left) and Ethan Vaughan run to the finish line during the Class 3A boys race at the TSTCA cross country championships on Oct. 20 at Cal (Pa.).
Young roster provides plenty of highlights for Fox Chapel cross country team
It wasn’t quite the finish Fox Chapel was hoping for, but cross country coach Tom Moul had plenty of positive takeaways from the recent WPIAL finals.

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