Cross Country Championship Draws 575 Runners

Runners gather at St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Easton Oct. 21 for the Diocesan Catholic Youth Organization and hold signs supporting Team Decker, a running team that raises money for the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society. The meet drew 575 runners from 18 parishes in the Diocese of Allentown. (Photos by Ed Koskey)

The championship was held at St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Easton for the Diocesan Catholic Youth Organization. Click on the any image on this page to browse all the pictures in the gallery.

Runners in kindergarten, first- and second-grade start the girls’ race during the CYO District 1 Diocesan Cross Country meet.

Diana Flynn, Holy Guardian Angels (HGA), Reading, is cheered on as she heads for the finish line to win the kindergarten, first- and second-grade girls’ race.

Kindergarten, first- and second-grade girls run in a pack on the cross country course. Runners from St. Thomas More, Allentown clinched the girls’ race.

Theo Wechtler, St. Michael the Archangel School, Coopersburg, leads the pack before clinching first place for the kindergarten, first- and second-grade boys’ race. Wechtler’s time helped St. Michael capture first place in the boys’ race.

Runners in kindergarten, first and second grade run the course at the meet.

Aiden Vanwert, St. Jane, runs toward the finish line to win the fifth- and sixth-grade boys’ race. The team from St. Thomas More earned first place in the boys’ race.

Runners from St. Jane; St. Ann, Emmaus; St. Thomas More; and St. Michael compete during the fifth- and sixth-grade boys’ race.

Shawn Swavely from HGA sprints toward the finish line to win the fifth- and sixth-grade boys’ race.

Runners head up the incline part of the course during the seventh- and eighth-grade boys’ and girls’ race. The girls’ team from Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Bethlehem won first place and the boys’ team from St. Jane placed first.

Connor Murphy, Holy Family, Nazareth, races for the finish line to win the seventh- and eighth-grade boys’ and girls’ race.

Olivia Schweitzer, Immaculate Conception BVM, Allentown, runs to the finish line to be the first girl to win the seventh- and eighth-grade boys’ and girls’ race.