The fine line between individual accomplishments and team goals is often blurred in sports. But in cross country, the line disappears altogether. Owen J. Roberts junior Jane Kratz fulfilled both during an outstanding junior season for both runner and team. Kratz, our 2023 Mercury All-Area Girls’ Cross Country Runner of the Year, led the Wildcats […]
There are plenty of multi-sport athletes. You’ll find far fewer doing it in a single season though. Perkiomen Valley’s Ian Johnson was in the unique camp his junior year when he was pulling double duty with the Vikings’ boys’ soccer and boys’ cross country teams. His primary commitment was with the soccer squad. Yet cross […]
It was a nice way to end the 2021 season. But for Andrew McGonigle, being named The Mercury Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year does not so much mark the completion of a journey. For the Owen J. Roberts junior, there is still more to accomplish before he reaches the finish line on his […]