Haverford’s Olivia Cieslak wins District 1 Class 3A title

Add another laurel to the pile of them in Olivia Cieslak’s possession. The Haverford junior clocked in at 17 minutes, 35.70 seconds to win the District 1 Class 3A individual title at Lehigh University on Friday.

Cieslak was 12 seconds clear of runner-up Ella Woehlcke of Mount Saint Joseph. She was one of only four runners to break 18 minutes.

Cieslak helped the Fords finished second in the team race, only four points behind Owen J. Roberts for the crown. Haverford scored 169 points to OJR’s 165. The Wildcats put four runners in the top 37, while Haverford had three in the first 29 and four in the top 49.

The teams will meet again at the PIAA Class 3A Championships. Strath Haven also qualified for that race, finishing sixth in the team race, one point up on Conestoga, for the final District 1 states berth.

Camryn McGeehan backed Cieslak by finishing eighth in 18:13.60. Micah Haskins-Kyer was 30th for the Fords.

Strath Haven’s Hannah Prokup crossed the line in 12th place, two spots ahead of teammate Chloe Browne. Radnor’s Zoe Margolies got across the line as Delco’s second-best individual finisher. She covered the course in 18:04.90 for sixth. That secures one of the district’s 30 individual spots at states.

Springfield finished 16th in the team category, led by Sophia Kurtis’ 15th place individual result. Lizzie Getz of Marple Newtown was 39th.

On the boys Class 3A side, Penncrest is states bound. The Lions scored 206 points, good for fourth. Edomias Mulugeta led the Lions across the line in 10th place with a time of 15:29.80. Freshman Rowan Carr followed in 15th place.

Council Rock North won the boys title with 119 points, ahead of Lower Merion’s 153. The Aces had the individual race winner in Nicholas Mazzeo, who went 15:07.40.

The honor of top Delco individual finisher went to Luke Bodden, the Radnor senior finishing sixth overall in 15:22.20. He’ll run at states in Hershey next week, as will Ridley’s Jackson Kane, who finished 12th in 15:35.50. Haverford’s Teddy Foster (26th place in 15:51.40) and Dan Wuenschel of Strath Haven (27th in 15:51.90) also are off to Hershey.

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Haverford's Olivia Cieslak, winning the Delco cross country championship, broke the Ocean Breeze facility high school record to win the 1,600-meter run at the Garden State Invitational Friday.