Sep 7, 2021 By The 3 min read

Brownsville’s Jolena Quarzo and Ringgold’s Ryan Pajak outran the field Saturday morning to win the AA-A races at the 49th annual Cal U/Marty Uher Invitational.

Quarzo crossed the finish line in 18:48.9 for the title.

Uniontown’s Hope Trimmer finished third with a time of 19:43.1 and Ringgold’s Charlee Leach placed fourth in 20:54.4.

Pajak won the boys race in 16:33.8, about 17 seconds ahead of Riverside’s Ty Fluharty. Teammate Lorenzo Zeni was 14th with a time of 18:08.2.

Montour won the girls AA-A team title with 72 points. Uniontown was fourth with 127 points and Ringgold was eighth with 172 points. Laurel Highlands was 20th with 518 points.

The North Catholic boys won the team title with 78 points. Ringgold finished second with 113 points, placing three points ahead of Uniontown. Laurel Highlands was 13th with 427 points. California placed 14th with 437.

Uniontown’s Emily Angelo (15, 22:43.8) and Grace Trimmer (19, 23:00.1) had top-20 finishes. Ringgold’s Ryan Wilson finished 12th in 22:16.2.

California’s Anastasia Georgagis placed 16th overall with a time of 22.52.4.

Elena Cavanagh was the top finisher for Laurel Highlands, placing 64th in a time 24:53.3. West Greene’s Katie Lampe was 126th in 28:37.1.

Mason Stewart led Uniontown to the finish line in 12th place with a time of 18:02.3. Payton Hostetler had a top-20 finish, placing 17th in 18:20.1.

California’s Kolby Kent was 34th in 18:47.4. Laurel Highlands’ top finisher was Matt Schwertfeger in 37th with a time of 18:49.5.

Connellsville’s Zach Bigam had a solid start to his season by finishing seventh in the boys AAA race with a time of 17:21.1. Butler’s CJ Singleton won the race in 16:13.1.

Connellsville placed 17th in the girls AAA race with 463 points. Maggie McPoyle was the first Lady Falcon to finish, placing 79th overall in 24:34.2.

The Belle Vernon boys won the P3R River Trail Invitational team title Friday afternoon with 43 points. Quaker Valley’s Matthew Otto won the race in 16:30.79.

Luke Henderson (2, 16:38.55), Troy Teegarden (4, 17:35.52), Dylan Holliday (6, 17:38.14), and Noah Lehner (13, 18:50.31) all had top-15 finishes for the Leopards.

The Elizabeth Forward boys were fourth with 121 points and Yough finished ninth with 223.

Thomas Fine (15, 19:10.29) and Hunter Thomas (16, 19:12.62) finished in the top-20 for the Warriors.

The Belle Vernon girls finished second in the team standings with 62 points. Quaker Valley, led by Anna Cohen’s first-place finish in 19:18.0, won the team title with 42 points. Elizabeth Forward was fourth with 122 points.

The Lady Leopards’ Viva Kreis placed second in 19:57.20.

Southmoreland’s Lexi Ohler was third in a time of 20:07.16. Elizabeth Forward’s Marissa Manko (6, 20:42.96) and Laci Schwirian (9, 21:29.38), and Belle Vernon’s Tessa Rodriguez (7, 20:48.37), Rosalyn Perozzi (12, 21:58.61), and Sienna Steeber (20, 22:47.36) also had a top-20 finishes.