PMS Cross Country Team Closes out Regular Season, Championships Next

The PMS cross country team finished its regular season with a meet at Mills College in Oakland. For the 6th grade girls team, Maddie Copeland won for the fourth time in five meets in which she competed. Maddie should contend for the league championship individual title, but there are several other girls who are her main competition. In addition, Alexandra Shoptaugh and Nicole Bilorusky also ran well in the meet, finishing 6th & 17th, respectively.

On the 6th grade boys side, we had nine runners compete, with Alex Harrison finishing in 6th place and was our only runner to place in the top 10. For the 7th & 8th graders, in the girls, PMS had three girls in the top 10, Sarah Ching (6th), Anna Harleen (8th), and Angel Rael (9th). For the boys, our top runner, Kevin Wu, turned his ankle and could not finish. Still, Piedmont had three boys finish in the top 10: Andrew Strauch (4th), Thomas Horn (5th), and Jack Flynn (8th). The league championships will be held on November 2 for the 6th graders in El Cerrito and November 5 for the 7th & 8th graders in El Sobrante.