Penn Girls and Boys Cross Country Teams earned berths to the Semi-State with outstanding efforts at the Elkhart Regional on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020.
The Penn Girls won the Regional Championship, and the Penn Boys placed second.
Penn’s Mariano Retzloff won the individual championship in the Boys race.
Penn’s Girls placed all seven runners in the Top 20.
GIRLS XC TEAM SCORES: 1. PENN 34, 2. Northridge 60, 3. Elkhart 126, 4. Mishawaka 136, 5. South Bend St. Joseph 144, 6. Fairfield 169, 7. NorthWood 191, 8. Goshen 195, 9. Marian 197, Glenn 200.
PENN RUNNERS: 2. Nicole Marshall 19:23, 3. Julie Smith 19:25, 7. Morgan Gannon 19:51, 10. Mary Eubank 20:09, 12. Haley Makowski 20:16, 13. Ellie Stabnik 20:18, 17. Nicole Jerzak 20:41.
BOYS XC TEAM SCORES: 1. Goshen 56, 2. PENN 60, 3. Northridge 77, 4. NorthWood 137, 5. South Bend Adams 162, 6. South Bend Riley 170, 7. Concord 172, 8. Elkhart 172, 9. South Bend St. Joseph 181, 10. Mishawaka 217.
PENN RUNNERS: 1. Mariano Retzloff 15:45, 7. Dillon Pottschmidt 16:26, 13. Carter Kaser 16:43, 15. Ben Boardley 16:55, 25. Jason Juarez 17:13, 29. Nick Probst 17:23, 42. Caleb Evans 17:36.