After six weeks of competition, the PMS cross country team has proved to be one of the top teams in its league across all four categories in which races are held. The 6th grade boys team has both depth and quality runners with Josh Wood setting a school course record at the Temescal meet on September 30th and Blake Gruendl doing the same at the Prospect Sierra meet on October 14. There are over 120 - 6th grade boys competing in the league, the largest number ever. For the 6th grade girls, Piedmont has its biggest squad ever, over 20 girls are on the team. The top runner for Piedmont in all the races so far has been Ava Podell. Other runners finishing up near the front are Nicole Jiang, Addie Christensen, Sabrina Kim, Skyler Liu, Gracie Petty, and Carlie Houser.
The 7th & 8th grade boys have a number of runners who are very evenly matched and are usually bunched up at the finish. Leading the way is 8th grader Thomas Horn who has been closely followed by Miles Von Herrman and Michael Kuroda, also 8th graders. The league is very evenly balanced in this division, and the championship may very well depend on which school can put their 5th run across the line first. In the case of the 7 & 8th grade girls, the team's top two runners Sofia Lautt and Sarah Ching have unfortunately been beset by injuries. The team hopes to have all its runners at full strength for the league championship meet on November 4th. 7th grade Maddie Copeland has recorded the top times in most of the meets for the team, but 8th grader Sofia Mills, running her first cross country season, has performed very well and set a school course record at the Golden Gate Fields meet on October 11. In a rather unique set of circumstances, the team has three sets of twins on its roster. 6th graders Margaret and Meredith Meagher, 7th graders Kyle and Nicole Bilorusky, and 8th graders Christopher and Matthew Fong. For the first time ever, the cross country team will be taking a bus to the meet at Orinda on October 18th. To follow the team, just go to its website at:
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