The EPC cross country meet took place last week at DeSales leading up to this week’s District 11 meet, which also takes place at DeSales.

The District 11 meet takes place Wednesday, Oct. 25, after Press deadlines for this week.

In the EPC meet, Whitehall was led by Mikayla Warren, who took 41st place in 22:42. The girls finished 12th overall as a team.

“The girls finished 12 of 13 teams led by Mikayla Warren, who has been the number-one runner the last couple years at Whitehall,” said head coach Mike Lelko. “Mikayla gives 110-percent with her running and everything she does and is a pleasure to coach.”

Lelko pointed to Kathy Chen, Christen Makhoul, Tess Hopkins and Grace Tsamutalis as veteran girls who had strong races at the EPC meet.

Chen was 92nd in 26:24.0, Makhoul took 96th in 26:50.0, Hopkins was 97th in 27:30.0 and Tsamutalis was 100th in 28:34.6. They were the 2-5 runners for the Zephs.

Freshmen Sophie Aveiga-Miller was 102nd in 28:55.3 and Janelle Kies was 103rd in 29:01.6. Lelko said the two freshmen, “worked hard all season to prove that they could make the varsity team. Both should be key pieces next season.”

Overall, the girls were 4-12 for the season.

The Zephyr boys were 10th of 15 teams at the EPC Championship, led by Austin Hedrick, who ran a personal best DeSales course time of 18:54.7. He finished 53rd overall.

Ethan Kies had a strong performance and moved up to the fourth man on the team after being sidelined earlier in the season with an illness, Lelko said. Kies had a time of 19:37.3 which was 77th.

The top-six Whitehall boys were all veteran seniors including: Hedrick, Kiess, Christian Foehrkolb, who was 74th in 19:35.8, Vinson Eggleston, who was 76th in 19:36.1, Bradley Erie, who was 89th 20:19.1 and Blake Gill who was 92nd 20:22.4.

Sophomore Aiden Borkenhagen will be the only returning varsity boy next year with rebuilding plans in sight, Lelko said. Borkenhagen finished in 105th with a time of 21:32.7 The boys team finished 6-10 in the EPC regular season.