The Emmaus girls and boys cross country teams celebrated Senior Day with sweeps over Freedom, Bethlehem Catholic and Liberty on Tuesday afternoon at their home course at Camp Olympic.
Both teams remained unbeaten on the season improving to 6-0.
In the girls race, Emmaus junior Madelyn McCartney finished in first place and set a new course record by 23 seconds crossing the finishing line in a time of 18:52. Teammate, senior Payton Campbell, was second (19:41), while senior Isabella Scarlata (6th/21:15), senior Addison Johnson (7th/21:16), Grace Nosal (8th/21:34) and Amanda Gulliver (10th/21:41) all finished in the top 10.
The team’s seven seniors were recognized with their parents before the meet — Payton Campbell, Cassandra Creveling, Taylor Huczko, Addison Johnson, Ava Palamara, Isabella Scarlata and Isabella Shotwell.
On the boys’ side, four Emmaus runners placed in the top 10 with senior Conor Fisher leading the way with a third-place finish in a time of 17:12. Senior Richard Will finished in fifth (17:25), followed by junior Ryan Fach (7th/17:33) and senior Jared Petre (8th/17:58). Sophomore Calvin Schucker finished just outside the top 10 finishing in 13th place (18:19).
The seven seniors honored were: Ryan Derhammer, Conor Fisher, Joshua Guth, Jackson Jansen, Jared Petre, Richard Will and Braxton Winkle.
Both teams will return to action on September 24 when they travel to Nazareth Intermediate School at 4 p.m. to take on the host school along with Easton, Nazareth and Northampton.
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GIRLS –
Emmaus 15, Freedom 50
Emmaus 15, Becahi 50
Emmaus 21, Liberty 40
Results –
- Madelyn McCartney (EM) 18:52, 2. Payton Campbell (Em) 19:41, 3. Kate Drabouski (Lib) 19:56, 4. Liz McClarin (Lib) 20:09, 6. Isabella Scarlata (Em) 21:15, 7, Addison Johnson (Em) 21:16, 8. Grace Nosal (Em) 21:34, 10. Amanda Gulliver (Em) 21:41
BOYS –
Emmaus 26, Freedom 33
Emmaus 15, Becahi 50
Emmaus 16, Liberty 47
Results –
- Dylan Boyle (Free) 16:29, 2. Brayden Boyle (Free) 17:00, 3. Conor Fisher (Em) 17:12, 4. Mehki Britt (BC) 17:19, 5. Richard Will (Em) 17:25, 7. Ryan Fach (Em) 17:33, 8. Jared Petre (Em) 17:58, 9. Ethan Caine (Lib) 17:59