Members of the Pennsbury girls cross country team will be flying to Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday to compete in the Nike Cross Nationals this weekend.
It was quite a weekend for members of the Pennsbury cross country team.
Hannah Molloy, Olivia Sargent, Erica Gray, Meridith Twomey, Bailey Balmer, Erin O’Connell and Anna Cruser traveled to Wappingers Falls, N.Y., where they competed in the Nike Cross Regional Championships on Saturday.
The Falcons, competing under the name Lower Bucks Cross Country, finished second only to perennial rival Unionville Running Club in the prestigious field of 35 teams with 101 points to 85 for Unionville. As a result of their second place finish, they qualified for the Nike Cross Nationals (NXN) this weekend in Portland, Ore., the first girls’ team in the State of Pennsylvania to qualify more than one time.
Sophomore Hannah Molloy was the top finisher for Lower Bucks, posting a time of 18:44.5 to capture seventh place. Sophomore Olivia Sargent was right behind, finishing in eighth place with a time of 18:49.7. Senior Erica Gray was 14th (19:14.2), sophomore Meridith Twomey finished 36th (19:43.0), and sophomore Bailey Balmer was 38th (19:48.1). O’Connell crossed the finish line in a time of 20:27.4 while Cruser finished the race in 21:48.9.
Photo ID, from left, Coach Ken Cislak, Bailey Balmer, Meri Twomey, Erica Gray, Olivia Sargent, Anna Cruser, Erin O’Connell, Hannah Molloy, Coach Greg Sargent.
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