The Butler Cross Country Teams faced off against the Central Catholic boys and the Oakland Catholic girls today (Tuesday 9/26/23. Both can away with victories. First, the girls won a hard fought race 26 to 30 as they swept the first three finishers led by Ava Brewster, Makayla McLister, and Madison McGarrah. Rounding out the Butler scoring were the duo of Elizabeth Keffalas & Macie McLister. The girls are now 4 & 1 on the dual meet season. Not to be out done, the Butler boys swept 1st through 5th being led by the quintet of Owen Dressler, Drew Griffith, Brendan Eicher, Logan Rogers, & Zachary Slear. Final score was Butler 15 and Central Catholic 47. The Boys are now 5 & 0 on the season.

The Butler Cross Country teams traveled to Hershey on Friday for Saturday’s PIAA Foundation Invitational and came away with some very nice results. In the rain and mud of the Hershey Park XC Course. The girls finished in 17th place out of 42 teams - led by Ava Brewster in 35th place running 20:46. She was followed by the personal best runs of: Makayla McLister 21:17, Madison McGarrah 21:24, and Elizabeth Keffalas 22:37. I’ve added team and individual results below. The boys weren’t out done by the girls as they finished strong 8th of 41 teams from all of PA. Highlighted by the fact they were the number two team from the WPIAL. (The NA Boys finished 3rd overall). The boys were led by Drew Griffiths’ (15:48) 46 second AAA Victory over the field of 301 finishers. The races were wet and muddy as rain started at 7:00am at peaked as the boys running in the 6th race of the day took to the course that was like a slip ‘n slide on the down hills. Again I’ve attached more results and some pictures of Drew & the boys & girls highlighting how wet & muddy it was.

The Butler Boys and Girls Cross Country teams ran well and defeated both North Hills and Mars today (Tuesday 9/19/2023) The girls were led by the 1,2,3 finish of Ava Brewster, Makayla McLister, & Madi McGarrah. Butler defeated North Hills 17 to 39. They also defeated Mars 20 to 39. The girls are now 3 and 1 on the season. On the Boys side Butler was led by the 1,2 finish of Drew Griffith and Owen Dressler. The boys downed North Hills 18-44. They also shut out Mars 15-50 sweeping the top 7 places. The boys are 4 and 0 on the season. Additionally, the North Hills  girls defeated Mars 27 to 32. The North Hills Boys defeated Mars 18 to 42.

Butler girls defeated PR 19-41. Butler girls fell to SV 28-27 so close. Dual Record 1-1. Butler boys defeated PR 21-40. Butler boys defeated SV 26-29. Dual Record 2-0.