Cross Country (Boys) – With key returnees and new faces in place, 2019 squad could be ‘most talented’ in many years says coach as team preps for upcoming season

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Head coach – Kelly Bracetty (2nd year)

Assistants – Kami Reinhard, Kristen Susens, Page Woodbury

Last year – 14-3 EPC, T-3 overall (4th @ EPC Meet/4th @ District XI Meet)

Losses to graduation – Jacob Brown & Will Bassett

Returnees – Jr. Keshav Shankar, Sr. Mark Magee, Sr. Paul Petre, Jr. Jeff Kleinberg, Sr. Colin Schaffer. Jr. Cameron Carter, So. James Manley, Sr. Ian Cox, Jr. Tristan Schmidt, Sr. Jack Rush, Sr. Mason Brown

Newcomers – Sr. Brendon Ward, Fr. Dominic Nunez, Fr. Ethan Ferris, Fr. Sam Dalton, Fr. Griffin Hawkins, Jr. Jarrett Lysek, So. Patrick Dodson, Sr. Luca Flick

Coach Bracetty – “This might be one of the most talented team’s we’ve had in quite a few years. Last year we had our top five runners all between 17:00 and 17:05, so we had a five- second spread and that was one of the top spreads in the state. We lost Jacob Brown out of that mix, but we’re also getting a lot of new talent coming in and we’re also getting a lot of kids who have worked really hard this Summer.”

EPC top challengers – Easton and Parkland

Season-opener – Saturday, August 31 @ Northampton Invitational (9 a.m.)

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