The Northampton girls went 3-0 on Tuesday afternoon in a home meet to improve their record to 4-1 this season.

They defeated Becahi 15-50, Freedom 25-30, and Liberty 23-32.

Joelle Perelli won the race in a time of 19:35. Lyndsey Gallagher was second overall in a time of 19:39. Jessica Hendricks was third on the team and sixth overall in 21:01. Olivia Cappolella was fourth on the team and 13th overall. And the top five was rounded out with Charlie Amore taking 17th in 22:46.

"Lyndsey Gallagher and Joelle Perelli have consistently been among the best in the league to start the year off," said head coach Dan Benner. "Jessica Hendricks is slightly ahead of her pace last year, which is encouraging as we move through the early stages of the season. Olivia Cappolella has come in as a freshmen and has really worked hard. She has been a solid four on our team."

Benner has also been happy with the depth of the girls team.

"Brooke Ingram and Charlie Amore have both made great strides from last year," Benner said. "Carly Hein, a first time cross country runner, has worked her way into a team scoring position early on.

"I feel we have the potential to be a threat, but only if some of our younger runners can make the transition to the high school level."

The boys went 1-2 on the day, defeating Becahi 15-46, but losing to Freedom 15-47 and Liberty 18-43.

Noah Rindock was 10th overall and first for the team in 17:46.

"There is still a lot of work to be done, but the first few races look promising for him," Benner said about Rindock.

The top five for the Kids were: Justin Nikles (13th) 18:07, Lucas Yost (19th) 18:28, Andrew Martuscelli (22nd) 18:39, and Noah Durnin (31st) 19:12.

"Andrew Martuscelli, Lucas Yost, and Noah Durnin have solidified themselves in our top five with some good races," Benner said. "Evan Yost is showing some signs as a freshmen. Our top seven has been rounded out with Gabe Reichenbach. Gabe's improvement has been really impressive so far in the season."

The team's next meet is on Saturday, Sept. 13, at the Desales Invitational.

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The Northampton Invitational was held on Saturday, Sept. 6. The girls team finished second overall.

Lyndsey Gallagher was third overall and set a new Northampton course record at Bicentennial Park. She timed in at 19:18.22. Holy Cross' Mackenzie Greenfield won with a time of 18:51.23 and teammate Lexi Walsh was second in 18:54.94.

Joelle Perelli was fifth overall and posted the second fastest junior Northampton runner time with a 19:33.84.

Jessica Hendricks was 11th and Olivia Cappolella was 16th. Charlie Amore finished 23rd and Brooke Ingram rounded out the top-30 taking 28th.

Holy Cross won with 25 points while the Kids had 55 points, just ahead of Becahi's 57.

On the boys side, Schuylkill Valley was first with 81 points while the NHS boys took fifth with 150 points.

SV's Clay Stabolepszy won the boys race with a 16:39.27. Northern Lehigh's Gavin Kemery was second in 16:59.83.

For Northampton, Noah Rindock was fifth in 17:50.02. Justin Nikles was 14th in 18:25.54.

JV race award winners were: Carly Hein 2nd, Beth Albright 3rd, Tyleen Lopez 4th, Aubrey Bealer 5th.