NAXC Sweeps TSTCA Championships, Keeley Misutka Wins Individual Gold
The North Allegheny boys’ and girls’ cross country teams were crowned champions at the TSTCA championships on Thursday. Traveling to White Oak for a 27-team meet that is on the same course as next week’s WPIAL Championships, the Tigers came up big. Despite unseasonably warm temperatures, the top 12 runners from each squad all ran well.
The girls won the invitational with 63 points (second place was 86 points). Senior, Keeley Misutka, won the race outright with an awesome time on the 5K course (18:13). Here is how the top 7 runners performed:
Keeley Misutka 1st 18:13
Eva Kynaston 9th 19:19
Lexi Sundgren 13th 19:33
Maura Mlecko 16th 19:38
Rachel Hockenberry 24th 20:14
Mazzie Standish 37th 20:42
Samantha Waldo 44th 20:58
The boys won the invitational decisively with 36 points (second place was 65 points). Here is how the top seven placed:
Scott Nalepa 4th 16:24
Greg Kossuth 5th 16:26
Jackson Hickel 9th 16:43
Connor Foody 11th 16:48
Andrew Kollitz 12th 16:49
Michael Gauntner 17th 16:52
Graham Wolfe 19th 16:55
Both teams will compete next Thursday at the WPIAL Championships. The complete results can be found at the link below:
https://pa.milesplit.com/meets/389436-tstca-cross-country-championship-meet/results#.X5I626T3aEc