The Penn Hills Cross Country team opened up the 2022 season on Gateway's challenging Boyce Park course. The boy's team finished in 6th place. The team was led by team captain Austin Stuchul's 6th place finish in 19:03. Sawyer Kinney closed in on 15th place with a time of 19:55. Owen Templer placed 48th in 23:00. Three freshman running in their first cross country meet took the next 3 places for the team. Brody Dougherty was 52nd with the time of 24:02 followed by Avin Keller in 24:05 and Xavier Nicholas in 24:06 placing 53rd and 54th respectively.

Larrisa Lockridge led the girls placing 40th in 29:15. Freshman Amanda Heide in her first meet was 61st with a time of 40:59. Nevaeh Mosley also running in her first cross country meet placed 65th in 48:41.

The team will be at White Oak Park next Saturday at the Red, White and Blue Invitational.