Huge congratulations to the Unionville boys' and girls' cross-country teams, who both finished in sixth place in the Pennsylvania cross-country championships on Nov. 3 in Hershey.
Medalists (meaning they finished in the top 25 in the whole state) were junior Cole Walker and senior Cole Driver for the UHS boys and senior Madison McGovern and freshman Sarah Coates for the UHS girls. The team coach is Mark Lacianca.
No matter where they finished, I'm in awe of any athlete who finished this pain cave of a race. The course ends in a grueling hill, the footing was muddy and slippery due to the pouring rain the night before.
Coaches, parents, teachers, friends, and siblings of the athletes from dozens of schools were on hand on the windy, intermittently sunny day. We overheard one boy saying that it was easy to spot his team-mates in the crowd because they have distinctive orange uniforms. They'd be in trouble, added his friend, if they had blue uniforms.
We happened to be standing at the finish line with a philosophically minded group from La Salle College High School in Wyndmoor, who were discussing the life lessons, like endurance and hard work, that running cross-country teaches.
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