The Parkland boys cross country team finished a strong 2021 season with a third-place finish last Thursday at the District 11 3A cross country championships held at DeSales University.

The Trojans completed the course with 86 points and in 17:49, 14 seconds behind first place Nazareth and four seconds behind second place Liberty.

Out front for Parkland was sophomore Paul Abeln who finished in 17:45, good for 15th overall. Less than two seconds behind was teammate Brian Warren in 17:47.14, which earned 16th place. Cameron Price was an eyelash behind Warren at 17:47.58 in 17th place.

Ethan Warren, Sam Tomko and Brady Hoffman and Liam McGuigan completed the Trojan contingent.

“I just wanted to do better than at leagues, and I did that,” said Tomko when asked about his performance. “The course is really hard with the woods and the cornfield. You got to be ready for the hills.”

District 11 Cross Country Championships

at DeSales University

BOYS

Class 3A

Team Scores

(and legend)

1. Nazareth (Naz) 72*, 2. Liberty (Lib) 82*, 3. Parkland (Park) 86, 4. Emmaus (Emm) 101, 5. Southern Lehigh (SL) 123, 6. Northampton (Nor) 172, 7. Freedom (F) 180, 8. Stroudsburg (S) 191, 9. Easton (Eas) 204, 10. Pleasant Valley (PV) 315, 11. Pocono Mountain East (PME) 331, 12. Whitehall (W) 339, 13. Pocono Mountain West (PMW) 405.

Top 10 Individuals plus state qualifiers

1. Alex Heidemann (F) 16:28*, 2. Dominik Lisicky (SL) 16:35*, 3. Liam Davis (ES South) 17:06*, 4. Liam McLaughlin (S) 17:11*, 5. Cameron Koch (Naz) 17:12*, 6. Alexander Kane (SL) 17:14*, 7. Adam Kollgaard (Naz) 17:17*, 8. Ethan Strzempak (Emm) 17:19*, 9. Connor Murphy (Naz) 17:19*, 10. Andrew Huntsberger (S) 17:21*, 11. Emrick Leshko (Lib) 17:30*, 12. Conor Fisher (Emm) 17:32*, 13. Evan Dempsey (Nor 17:34*, 14. Jacob Rivera (Lib) 17:36*, 15. Paul Abeln (Park) 17:45*, 18. Owen Reilly (Lib) 17:49*, 19. Jacob Orrico (Lib) 17:49*, 25. Ben Pfefer (Lib) 18:01*, 27. Jack Hasker (Naz) 18:03*, 29. Robert Pitsko (Naz) 18:04*, 30. Ross Ellis (Naz) 18:06*, 34. Sean Gorman (Naz) 18:23*, 35. Cole Ruhf (Lib) 18:26*, 36. Jack Huie (Lib) 18:32*.