2015 Mercury All-Area Boys Cross Country Teams
FIRST TEAM
Jeff Kirshenbaum, Methacton
Senior … Won all Warriors’ PAC-10 duals … Third In PIAA Foundation Invitational Gold race … Sixth in Paul Short Run Brown race … PAC-10 meet champion … Sixth in District 1-AAA meet … Ninth in PIAA-AAA meet … All-PAC team pick.
John Conner, Spring-Ford
Senior … 15th In PIAA Foundation Invitational Gold race … 23rd in Paul Short Run Brown race … Sixth in PAC-10 meet … 37th in District 1-AAA meet … All-PAC team pick.
Sean McGinnis, Phoenixville
Senior … 11th in PIAA Foundation Invitational Gold race … Fifth in Paul Short Run Brown race … Seventh in PAC-10 meet … 13th in District 1-AAA meet … 30th in PIAA-AAA meet … All-PAC team pick.
Liam Conway, Owen J. Roberts
Sophomore … Lost only to Methacton’s Jeff Kirshenbaum in PAC-10 regular-season meets. … Second in PAC-10 meet … 11th in District 1-AAA meet … 28th in PIAA-AAA meet … Won Centaur Invitational … Ninth in PIAA Foundation Invitational Gold race … Ninth in Paul Short Run Brown race … Broke course record on OJR’s Warwick County Park layout … All-PAC team pick.
Jeff Montgomery, Perkiomen Valley
Senior … 34th in PIAA Foundation Invitational Gold race … 32nd in Paul Short Run Brown race … Ninth in PAC-10 meet … 28th in District 1-AAA meet … 103rd in PIAA-AAA meet.
Michael Neeson, Pottsgrove
Junior … 12th in PIAA Foundation Invitational Blue race… 70th in Paul Short Run Brown race … 10th in PAC-10 meet … Third in District 1-AA meet … 33rd in PIAA-AA meet … All-PAC team pick.
Dylan Smiley, Phoenixville
Senior … Consistent lead finisher for team … Won multiple conference meets … 19th in PIAA Foundation Invitational Gold race … 18th in Paul Short Run Brown race … Third in PAC-10 meet … 36th in District 1-AAA meet … 75th in PIAA-AAA meet … All-PAC team pick.
SECOND TEAM
Kharye Ali, Hill School
Justin Beasley-Turner, Pottstown
Ethan Feldman, Perkiomen School
Bryton Henry, Boyertown
Jacob McKenna, Spring-Ford
Zach Murray, Daniel Boone
Zachary Smith, Spring-Ford
HONORABLE MENTION
Boyertown: Dominic DeRafelo
Daniel Boone: Ethan Shane
Hill School: Xavier Friel
Methacton: Joshua Brycki, Nick DeFilippis
Owen J. Roberts: Ethan Conway, Andrew Griffin, Connor Murray, Abe Vanhelmond
Perkiomen Valley: Jonathan Adams, Tommy Armstrong, Frankie McGregor
Pope John Paul II: Antonio Decena
Pottsgrove: Brendan Wurtz
Spring-Ford: Shane Ainscoe, Patrick Power
Upper Perkiomen: Landon Detweiler
COACH OF THE YEAR
Brian Sullivan, Spring-Ford
Led Rams to sweep of the PAC-10’s regular season (9-0 record) and its championship meet (38 points, 32 less than rest of league field). Spring-Ford had strong pack in sophomores Zach Smith and Jake McKenna and senior John Conner — the trio went 4-5-6 in the league meet — along with junior Patrick Power and sophomore Shane Ainscoe, who were 11-12. Rams then placed sixth as team in the District 1 Championships’ Class AAA field.
