The Colonial League held it’s annual cross country championship meet last Wednesday at Bicentennial Park in East Allen Township.

Palmerton’s Natalie Mosier won this year’s Colonial League girls title.

The Blue Bomber sophomore ran the course in 19:36.24 to beat Southern Lehigh’s Maura Lenhart (19:41.69) by over five seconds.

Palisades sophomore Thomas Smigo won the boys race with a time of 15:52.15, just ahead of Saucon Valley’s Matthew Chaikowsky (15:43.65).

Southern Lehigh won both team titles last week.

The Spartans’ top five runners all finished in the top 10 in the girls race to cruise to the title 31-78 over second-place Northwestern.

In the boys race, Southern Lehigh edged Northwestern by just four points (51-55) for the team title.

Several Salisbury runners competed in the meet.

Andrew Grejda was the Falcons’ top finisher in 42nd place in the boys race, followed by teammates Ian Young (61st), Carl Stuart (78th), Louis Mongulitz (83rd), Thomas Lovelidge (84th), Dennis Morton (85th) and Kieren Connelly (89th).

In the girls race, the Falcons’ Eliza Wiener placed 52nd, while teammate Logan Woods finished 74th.

BOYS

Team scores and legend

1. Southern Lehigh (SL) 51, 2. Northwestern Lehigh (NW) 55, 3. Bangor (B) 105, 4. Palisades (Pali) 122, 5. Palmerton (Palm) 144, 6. Moravian Academy (MA) 164, 7. Wilson (W) 173, 8. Saucon Valley (SV) 175, 9. Pen Argyl (PA) 232, 10. Catasauqua (C) 284, 11. Salisbury (S) 293.

Top 10 Individuals

1. Thomas Smigo (Pali) 15:52.15, 2. Matthew Chaikowsky (SV) 15:53.65, 3. Alexander Kane (SL) 16:08.44, 4. Sam Bower (NW) 16:34.51, 5. Dominik Lisicky (SL) 16:37.79, 6. Matt Santana (NW) 16:49.78, 7. Cole Chukoskie (NW) 16:56.23, 8. Joshua Deremer (PA) 17:03.78, 9. Cameron Stout (B) 17:14.46, 10. Mitchell Campbell (Pali) 17:16.9.

GIRLS

Team scores and legend

1. Southern Lehigh (SL) 31, 2. Northwestern Lehigh (NW) 78, 3. Wilson (W) 107, 4. . Palisades (Pali) 120, 5. Saucon Valley (SV) 122, 6. Catasauqua (C) 141, 7. Moravian Academy (MA) 177, 8. Bangor (B) 198, 9. Palmerton (P) 210.

Top 10 individuals

1. Natalie Mosier (Palm) 19:36.24, 2. Maura Lenhard (SL) 19:41.69, 3. Alyssa Errico (W) 19:50.46, 4. Lauren Meinhold (SL) 20:01.99, 5. Angelina Klein (NW) 20:05.36, 6. Emma Szydlow (SV) 20:08.3, 7. Annefloor Fooij (SL) 20:15.78, 8. Alaina Patel (Pali) 20:17.36, 9. Sara Reguera (Pali) 20:19.14, 10. Ashley Meinhold (SL) 20:20.74.