Lady Raiders无毛视频� Trimmer breezes to county cross country title
LEMONT FURNACE 无毛视频� Uniontown senior Grace Trimmer pushed into the lead in the first quarter mile and kept pushing the pace on her home course Thursday afternoon to win her second FCCA Cross Country Championship title.
Trimmer covered the Penn State Fayette Campus course in 19:30.90.
The trailing pack was over a minute behind Trimmer with Albert Gallatin senior Mia Medved finishing second in 20:54.10.
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Trimmer felt in control after the first mile.
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Medved expected Trimmer to push the pace from the start.
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Medved said she ran with Baker for most of the course.
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Medved was pleased with her performance in her final county meet.
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Laurel Highlands junior Isabella Baker placed third with a time of 21:09.80.
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Baker believes how she ran will carry forward to the WPIAL final in a couple weeks.
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Belle Vernon freshman Brooklyn Steeber finished in fourth place in 21:35. Steeber was running the course and most of the field for the first time.
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Laurel Highlands sophomore Taylor Schwertfeger was the fifth-place finisher in 21:54.80.
Connellsville freshman Abby Zavatchan held off the late charge by Uniontown无毛视频檚 Paisley Murtha for sixth place in 22:09.10. Murtha crossed the finish line in 22:10.70.
Uniontown无毛视频檚 Charley Murtha (22:14.70), Geibel Catholic无毛视频檚 Emma Larkin (22:23.60), and the Lady Raiders无毛视频� Addy Martin (22:31.40) closed out the top 10 for all-county honors.
Mataia Geary finished 22nd in 30:09.90 for Brownsville无毛视频檚 top finish.
Uniontown无毛视频檚 Sadie Hostetler won the junior varsity race with a time of 23:04.10.
Connellsville无毛视频檚 Addison Lane won the middle school race with a time of 9:18.50. Belle Vernon won its second straight team title by one point over Uniontown, 38-39.