Penncrest freshman Carr leads six Delco medalists

Four Delaware County boys runners rode back from Hershey Saturday with new, shiny cross country states medals Saturday.

Penncrest freshman Rowan Carr finished eighth at the PIAA Class 3A cross country championships Saturday, the first of four medalists on the boys side.

Carr clocked in at 16:08. He was seven seconds ahead of Radnor senior Luke Bodden, who grabbed another of the 25 medals in each race. Bodden had been agonizing close as a junior, finishing 28th.

Both were well behind the winner, Butler’s Drew Griffith, who went 15:23 at the Hershey Parkview 5K course. Lower Merion sophomore Nicholas Mazzeo finished second.

Carr was the top freshman and one of only three rookies in the top 50. He helped the Lions finish 10th in the team category. Edomias Mulugeta was the second Lion (and fifth Delco runner) over the line in 43rd place, and Nick Fante dipped into the top 100 in 98th place.

Dan Wuenschel also snagged a medal, the Strath Haven senior finishing 19th in 16:31. He was 31st at states a year ago.

Haverford sophomore Teddy Foster ran an outstanding race to go 16:32. That earned him 21st place. He had been just 26th at last week’s District 1 Championships and finished 144th at states a year ago.

Ridley’s Jackson Kane finished 58th in his states debut, clocking in at 17 minutes even. Garnet Valley’s Michael Colavito was 75th, nearly halving his finish of 152nd from last year.

Delco’s showing in the girls Class 3A race was dampened by the fact that District 1 champion Olivia Cieslak of Haverford did not run. She would’ve challenged for a medal, her runner-up at districts, Mount Saint Joseph’s Ella Woehlcke, finishing fifth. Mount Lebanon senior Logan St. John Kletter won the race in 18:13, besting District 7 mate Eva Kynaston of team champion North Allegheny by six seconds.

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Haverford's Camryn McGeehan placed 12th at the PIAA Championships on Saturday. (Submitted Photo)