Bel Air Places Third at Cross Country Meet

Angel Whitaker

The Bel Air Cross Country team competed at Tolgate Park, Bel Air, MD against Patterson Mill and Rising Sun Thursday, September 27, 2017 for the 5,000-meter race.

Twelfth grader, Ryan St. Pierre, came in first overall for the Bel Air Boys Cross Country team, but came in 7th place over all with a time of 20:17.

Tenth grader, Riley McDermott, From Bel Air High School, came in first for the Bel Air Girls Cross Country team and 7th place overall with a time of 23:59,  a personal record.

“Everyone ran hard. The downward slope at the end of the course really helped them finish the race,” says Bryson Foye, manager for Cross Country.

Bel Air finished in third for both Men’s and Women’s, the Official Team Scores were 66 for Men and 60 for Women.

There were a total of four PR’s and one SR for Women, and three PR’s and one SR for Men.

Overall, everyone ran a great race and did their best against two tough teams.