Four area runners on CL Cross Country First Team

Four Times News area runners were selected to the First Team of the Colonial League all-star cross country team.

Northwestern’s Molly Tarvin and Madeline Consuelos both made the top girls squad, as did Northern Lehigh’s Reagan Pender. The only local athlete on the top boys team was Palmerton’s Jake Martinez.

Five other Tiger runners — four of them girls — were named to the Second Team. They included Kailyn Jones, Alyssa Zack, Sarah Supplee, Hannah Herzon, and Robert Leiser.

Below are all the Colonial League all-stars:

COLONIAL LEAGUE CROSS COUNTRY ALL STARS

Boys

MVP

Colin Cramer, Southern Lehigh.

First Team

Ethan Bernstein, Saucon Valley; John Koons, Notre Dame-GP; Jacob Martinez, Palmerton; Sheamus Hammerstone, Notre Dame-GP; Marino Bubba, Bangor; Matthew Chaikowsky, Saucon Valley.

Second Team

Thomas Matsumura, Southern Lehigh; Shane Artis, Salisbury; Dylan McNichol, Palisades; Robert Leiser, Northwestern; Anthony Coppolella, Pen Argyl; Anthony Pacchioli, Pen Argyl; Morgan O’Brien, Bangor.

Honorable Mention

Alec DiCesare, Southern Lehigh; Phillip Castrine, Northwestern; Shane Houghton, Wilson; Preston Kemery, Northern Lehigh; Charlie Hohl, Notre Dame-GP; Luke Smith, Saucon Valley.

Girls

MVP

Martina Sell, Bangor.

First Team

Grace Medei, Notre Dame-GP; Amy Farese, Palisades; Reagan Pender, Northern Lehigh; Molly Tarvin, Northwestern; Madeline Consuelos, Northwestern; Sophie Doman, Palisades.

Second Team

Kailyn Jones, Northwestern; Alyssa Zack, Northwestern; Jillian Pote, Wilson; Gaby Vega, Wilson; Sarah Supplee, Northwestern; Jenna Groeber, Southern Lehigh; Hannah Herzon, Northwestern.

Honorable Mention

Alexis Rushatz, Catasauqua; Hannah DelSordo, Southern Lehigh; Katie Guelcher, Northern Lehigh; Lydia Bottelier, Palisades; Emily LaBar, Bangor; Alison Lorah, Northern Lehigh.