This season the cross country team will participate in a total of 10 events. Three have already taken place, the Maryland Track and Trail Cross Country Invite on September 9, a multi team event on September 12, and another tri meet at Patterson Mill on September 18.
The Track and Trail meet resulted in a first place finish for the girls in a field of 17 teams. The Hawks nudged out both C. Milton Wright and Harford Tech at the invitational. All seven of the Hawks varsity girl runners placed in the top 25 competitors, with junior Eden Hussung, freshman Maddie Coyle, and sophomore Kendall Chandler leading the team.
The boys team saw its first victory this season at the Patterson Mill meet, with seniors James Ortt and Austin Parry, and junior Justin Collins leading the pack of Hawks runners.
Senior captain Ortt comments that during this season he looks forward to “doing really well at regionals and making” the teams “way up as we start the season.”
Blake Carberry, senior captain, states that he wants “to run faster than I did last year.”
Junior captain Hussung says that she “did fairly well” last season “but definitely not as good as I am doing now, considering it was my first year.”
Hussung continues to say that this season she is looking forward towards “everyone to keep improving their times and just enjoying the season.” She also says that this season she wants to “continue to improve my times and become a better runner.”
Ortt states that he is “most excited for Regionals because it is at the same place that it was two years ago, Fair Hill in Cecil County.” He also wants “to win the Bull Run this year,” Ortt
says.
Carberry agrees with Ortt and also wants “to win Regionals because it is the only [meet] that matters.” Hussung agrees with Carberry and Ortt.
To train for the season during the summer Hussung “meet up with a couple people from the team a couple of days during the week,” she states.
Ortt comments that “practices have overall been good, it has been a hard time with the weather being so hot and getting back into the swing of school.”
Hussung states that “practices have been really good, the workouts can be tough sometimes, but I think they are only making [the team members] stronger.”
During the season the team has had team dinners at team members junior Reagan Cadden and sophomore Jack Apples. “We had a pool party on a Saturday for breakfast after a long run, and […] we had a taco party as well,” Ortt says. Hussung also says that the team “played kickball” at one of the dinners as well.
