Oley Valley scores historic victory at District 3 Cross Country Championships
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The Oley Valley girls cross country team did something Saturday that the squad hasn’t done in 32 years – win a district title.
The Lynx, powered by three runners in the top eight, won the Class 2A title at the District 3 Cross Country Championships on the Big Spring High School 5,000-meter course in Newville.
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The Lynx scored 78 points to outdisance runnerup Lampeter-Strasburg (96) by 18 points. Annville-Cleona was third with 107.
Senior Marli Laity led Oley Valley, placing second in 18:46.10, with Pequea Valley sophomore Reagan Gates winning the race in 18:10.49.
Oley junior Jillian Rogers was fifth (19:16.41), junior Julianna Gourley was eighth (19:34.42), freshman Penelope Smith was 29th (21:07.88) and sophomore Ava Estelle was the team’s fifth scorer, placing 42nd (21:47.09).
Daniel Boone senior Julia Leady won the girls 3A race, cruising the course in 17:42.72.
Leady will be one of the favorites in Saturday’s PIAA Championships at Big Springs. Earlier this season she won at the Paul Short Invitational at Lehigh and cruised to her second straight win in the BCIAA championships at Kutztown.
Gov. Mifflin took second in the girls 3A team race, scoring 140 points. Dallastown won with 74.
Senior Melissa Sweigart led the Mustangs, placing eighth in 18:39.21 with junior Allie Darrenkamp 11th in 18:50.16. Senior Molly Orndorf was 22nd (19:34.07), freshman Remy Laino was 37th (20:08.03) and sophomore Breanna Detterline was 75th (20:43.87).
The Mustangs qualified for the state meet.
Leady’s teammate Sarah Shank, a junior, was 15th in the 3A race in 19:11.1.
In 2A girls, Schuylkill Valley sophomore Matilda Walborn was 10th in 19:46.18. In the girls 1A race, Kutztown sophomore Zoey Vallone was fifth in 20:40.52.
In the boys 3A race, Gov. Mifflin senior Sam Ulrich, the BCIAA champion, placed fourth in 15:52.52 to qualify for the state meet.
In the boys 2A race, the first Berks finisher was Conrad Weiser junior Damon Mohn in 12th in 16:54.99.
Berks teams have won 17 Class 2A girls team titles, with Wyomissing winning the last one in 2021. Oley Valley’s 1994 title was the only one for the program before Saturday. Wyomissing has won 11 of those 17 championships won by Berks teams in 2A girls.
In 3A girls, Berks have won eight team titles, with Wilson winning four times, Gov. Mifflin three times and Exeter Township once.
In Class 1A, Kutztown won in 2016.