Presenting Daily Local News 2022 All-Area Girls Cross Country teams

FIRST TEAM
CAROLYN TARPLEY, Sr., Downingtown West –- Senior finished eighth at the PIAA 3A championship meet, placed sixth at the District 1 3A championships, and captured first place at the Ches-Mont League Championships with a clocking of 18:00.2. She is a repeat selection for first team Daily Local News All-Area cross country.
MADDIE MILLER, Jr., West Chester Rustin — Junior placed fourth at the Ches-Mont Championships, followed it up with an 18th-place finish at the District 1 3A championships, then finished 33rd at the 2022 PIAA 3A state championship meet. A first team All-Ches-Mont runner, she is a repeat selection for first team Daily Local News All-Area cross country.
TAYLOR ROCHON, Sr., Downingtown West – The senior, who was a first team all-area cross country runner last year, wrapped her high school cross country career in fine form this fall, finishing sixth at the Ches-Mont Championships. A first team All-Ches-Mont runner, she placed 35th at districts and 83rd at states.
JULIA HARRIS, Sr., Conestoga – Senior finished third at Central League Championships, then followed it up with a 15th-place finish at the District 1 3A championships and placed 43rd at the 2022 PIAA 3A state meet. Is a repeat selection as a first team Daily Local News all-area first team runner.
MADISON BROWN, Jr., Downingtown East – A first-team All-Ches-Mont runner, the junior placed third at the Ches-Mont Championships, then finished eighth at the District 1 championships and placed 87th at states.
SECOND TEAM
Jesse Cox, Jr., Oxford
Ella Burnham, Sr., Kennett
Becca Harkness, Sr., Unionville
Lily Schindler, Soph., Avon Grove
Ava Pfaff, Jr., Avon Grove
Elizabeth Gares, Soph., Conestoga
Alexia Tubbs, Fr., Conestoga
HONORABLE MENTION
Bishop Shanahan – Meghan Willis, Penelope Loeper, Isabella Cipriano; Conestoga – Mariel Hadjiliadis, Natalie Haracz; Downingtown West – Bridget Kiey, Paige Oskison, Kate Vaughen, Bridget Howe, Emily Maloney; Great Valley – Megha Iyer, Kiley Mansfield, Aimee Dill, Tessa Dietrick; Oxford – Brianna Pollock; Unionville – Nicky Diver, Erin Rapin; Villa Maria – Elise Cheely; West Chester East – Maria Heebner, Lily McCaffrey; West Chester Henderson – Riley Bender, Brynlea Rieger; West Chester Rustin – Brianna Ambrosine.
COACH OF THE YEAR
Scott Burns, Downingtown West
Under the coaching of Scott Burns, the Whippets had a very successful season, finishing higher than any other Ches-Mont team in the PIAA 3A cross country championships (15th) and the District 1 championships (fifth). Downingtown East also finished first in the Ches-Mont League Championships.
The Whippets featured a deep squad of runners this fall, placing three runners in the top 10, and six runners in the top 20, at the Ches-Monts, and five runners in the top 90 at states.