Boys Cross Country returns plenty of talent and depth to challenge in EPC

2018 Preview

Head coach – Kelly Bracetty (1st year)

Last year – 11-6 (5th place EPC Meet/4th place District XI Meet)

Losses to graduation – Charlie Norelli

Returnees – Sr. Jacob Brown, Jr. Mason Brown, Jr. Mark Magee, Jr. Ian Cox, Jr. Paul Petre, Sr. Will Bassett, So. Keshav Shankar, So. Jeff Kleinberg, So. Tristan Schmidt, So. Cameron Carter, Jr. Ian Cox

Newcomers – Fr. James Manley, Jr. Colin Schaffer

Coach Bracetty – “We have a lot of guys returning and the best part about that returning group is that they are so competitive with each other and they are all fighting not only to make themselves better, but the team better as whole.

“They had the best spread by far in the entire distict last year with the top five runners all within 30 seconds of each other and when you get they can be unstoppable. This season it’s going to take all of them to push each other and motivate each other to have that comon team goal in mind.”

EPC top challengers – Easton, Parkland

Season-opener – Tuesday, Sept. 11 vs Easton/Nazareth/Northampton @ Lehigh Parkway

Follow the team on social media: Twitter: @Emmaussports, @EmmausXC