North Penn Girls' Cross Country Preview

NORTH PENN GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY PREVIEW

Coach: Jim Crawford - 36th year

 Last year's record:  10-1 overall; 6-1 league; 3rd overall in Continental league (C. B. East 57 points, C. B. West 58 points, North Penn 59 points).  District - 6th overall.  States:  Meghan McGovern - 5th place; Heather Selheimer - 67th place individually.

Notable losses: Heather Selheimer is now running at George Mason University.  We are returning 6 of our top runners from last year.

Key returnees: 12th - Meghan McGovern, Rachel Brown, Lynne Deckel; 11th - Courtney Kern, Janki Patel; 10th - Emily Mesaris.

Others to watch: 11th - Dana McPeak: 10th - Colleen McGovern, Brianna Mengini, Melanie Vlasic.

Strengths: Experience, new talent

Question marks: Injuries are always a possibility.

Outlook:  “We were disappointed to finish third in our league, and sixth in the district last year, but our league is so strong that we may not be able to do any better in the standings this year.  Our team needs to work really hard in order to do better.”

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