Freshman Reese Anderson won the WPIAL AA Individual Cross Country Championship Thursday at White Oak, PA.
Anderson finished with the course with a time of 18:22.4 and won the race by over twenty seconds over the second place finisher in setting her personal record time.
Anderson secures Riversides first female individual title in the 2A classification.
Brady Pettner finished 17th overall in the Boys Class A race with a time of 17:27.6 to also qualify for the PIAA championships next month.
For Ellwood City, sophomore runner Gio Venezie finished 13th overall in the Boys Class AA Championships with a time of 16:56.5 to also qualify for the PIAA Championships.
The 2026 PIAA Cross Country Championships will take place on Saturday, November 7, 2026, at Big Spring High School in Newville, Pennsylvania.
For the Panthers, Brooklynn Kaszer (21:35.5, 37th place) and Gabriella McElwain (23:28.9, 87th place) secured top 100 finishes in the Girls Class AA while Matthew Bowser (18:59.9, 48th place), Joseph Smerk (19:15.3 57th place) and Jonathan Williams (20:14.7, 85th place) earned top 100 finishes for the Boys Class A.
For Ellwood City, Reese Edwards (18:06.0, 45th place), Jacoby McKinney (18:37.7, 66th place) and Bejamin Sukits (19:30.7, 96th place) earned top 100 finishes in the Boys Class AA race that featured 229 runners. Peyton Cooper (23:33.4, 93rd place) earned a top 100 mark for the Lady Wolverines.
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