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Berlin Cross Country Teams Shine At Patroons

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by Ryan Mosher

In her fourth varsity season on the Berlin Cross Country team, junior Kelsey Demick claimed her third

Berlin’s Kelsey Demick runs with Shea Auffart of Catskill during the Patroon Conference Championship meet. Demick would out duel Auffart and win her third straight Patroon Conference title. (Ryan Mosher photo)
Berlin’s Kelsey Demick runs with Shea Auffart of Catskill during the Patroon Conference Championship meet. Demick would out duel Auffart and win her third straight Patroon Conference title. (Ryan Mosher photo)

straight Patroon Conference individual championship as she easily finished ahead of the pack on Tuesday. Behind Demick was Ashley Rokjer, Angie Longhi, Emily Olson, Liz Sheehy and Rachel Thomas. The Lady Mountaineers took second place at the meet, which was good enough to lock up their fourth straight overall conference championship. 

 

For the boys, senior Casey Gilbert,

Berlin senior Casey Gilbert cruises towards the finish line as he wins the Patroon Conference Championship in just his first season running. (Ryan Mosher photo)
Berlin senior Casey Gilbert cruises towards the finish line as he wins the Patroon Conference Championship in just his first season running. (Ryan Mosher photo)

running his first season of cross country after switching over from soccer, took home the boys’ championship by a very large margin. Cody Blain, RJ Hebert, Connor Hoyt, Alex French, Lew Palmer and Mike Stankus followed Gilbert across the line. The team finished in third place. This weekend the teams run at the Troy Invitational in their final tune-up before next Friday’s Section 2 Championships at SPAC. Both the boys and girls teams will look to challenge for the top spot, as will both Gilbert and Demick, the two-time defending Sectional Champ.