Riverside sophomore Daniel Danilovitz finished 11th and two other District 2 runners were part of a tight pack that grabbed the final eight available state medals Saturday in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Cross Country Championships Class A boys race on the Hershey Parkview Course.
The top 25 runners in each race earn medals.
Dunmore’s Joseph Cardillo and Montrose’s Nate Sinkovich finished 22nd and 23rd. Cardillo finished one-tenth of a second ahead of Sinkovich and they were part of a group of runners from 18th to 25th place that all came in within two seconds of each other.
Tommy Clark, a Dunmore freshman, missed a state medal by one place in 26th.
District 2 champion Montrose was 10th in the team standings while Blue Ridge finished 14th out of 22.
Hughesville defeated Winchester Thurston, 97-140, for the team title. Montrose posted a score of 280 and Blue Ridge was at 352.
Thomas Smigo from Palisades won the title, covering the 3.1-mile course in 16:31.1.
Danilovitz finished in 17:15.8.
Full results for District 2 runners:
Medalists
| Runner | School | Class | Place | Time |
| Daniel Danilovitz | Riverside | So. | 11 | 17:15.8 |
| Joseph Cardillo | Dunmore | Sr. | 22 | 17:29.8 |
| Nate Sinkovich | Montrose | So. | 23 | 17:29.9 |
Montrose runners
| Runner | Class | Place | Time |
| Nate Sinkovich | So. | 23 | 17:29.9 |
| Logan Birchard | So. | 98 | 18:39.2 |
| James Bixby | So. | 113 | 18:46.6 |
| Nick Harder | Sr. | 136 | 18:58.4 |
| Andrew Chidester | So. | 162 | 19:14.5 |
| Cody Leonard | Sr. | 204 | 19:52.5 |
| Carter Dolaway | So. | 209 | 19:58.8 |
Blue Ridge runners
| Runner | Class | Place | Time |
| Heath Bowker | Jr. | 55 | 18:16.3 |
| Duncan Geyer | Jr. | 87 | 18:33.5 |
| Max Ksenich | Fr. | 127 | 18:52.3 |
| Dawson Stepniak | Fr. | 188 | 19:34.7 |
| Andrew Kowalewski | So. | 193 | 19:40.4 |
| Ryan Stallings | Jr. | 247 | 22:28.5 |
| Kaleb Norton | So. | 252 | 23:22.8 |
Other individuals
| Runner | School | Class | Place | Time |
| Tommy Clark | Dunmore | Fr. | 26 | 17:46.1 |
| Brayden Clarke | Lackawanna Trail | So. | 37 | 18:08.0 |
| Justice Johnson | Elk Lake | Sr. | 52 | 18:15.2 |
| Jack Novelli | Wyoming Seminary | So. | 70 | 18:25.1 |
| Teddy Novak | Holy Cross | Jr. | 116 | 18:47.0 |
| Cohen Anderson | Mountain View | Sr. | 120 | 18:47.4 |
| Dylan Way | Elk Lake | Jr. | 150 | 19:07.5 |
| Woobie Kupsky | MMI Prep | So. | 201 | 19:48.9 |
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PIAA Class 3A girls: https://nepasportsnation.com/crestwood-girls-finish-13th-in-3a/.
PIAA Class 2A girls: https://nepasportsnation.com/dallas-freshman-earns-state-medal/.
PIAA Class A girls: https://nepasportsnation.com/kate-korty-montrose-team-finish-third-in-state-in-class-a/.
To check for more updates from Saturday’s PIAA Championships or visit past coverage, go to: https://nepasportsnation.com/fall-sports/cross-country/.
