OnFocus Port Edwards Blackhawks Cross Country Season Preview
- Key returners this season:
Our key returners will be our one upperclassman- Easton Gasch- a junior. The remainder of the team is sophomores or freshmen. Our returning soph. include Jack Schraeder who is finding the middle distance races his strength. Felicity Clouse and Naomee Gruba will be key returners at the sprints and jumps. Kari Lacour will be our distance runner for the girls after she had a great first season of XC. Our other boys include Colby Grunden and Nolan Bastien who will compete in sprints with Arik Andreason competing as our other thrower.
- Strengths of your team:
We are a young team dominated by sophomores and freshmen. Our incoming frosh class has some strong athletes in Lia Jochimsen and Jo Marcoux on the girls side and Rylee Duckart, Jasper Detlefsen, and Jon Peckham on the boys side. We have prospects to grow from
- Conference outlook:
Pittsville, Wild Rose, and Tri County will be the Conference leaders looking at last years performances
- Coaching staff: Tim Miller and Joni Duckart
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