Liberty’s girls’ cross country team scored victories over Freedom, Bethlehem Catholic, Northampton, and Nazareth, and lost only to Easton last Tuesday at Freedom High School.

Liberty sophomore Belle Weikert won the girls’ race with a time of 19:45. Grace Haas came in 10th in 20:38, Greta Stuckey placed 13th in 20:50, and Rachel Byrne finished 17th in 21:15.

Although it was the Hurricanes’ home meet, the venue was moved to Freedom due to poor field conditions at the Illick’s Mill Course.

Bethlehem Catholic’s Lauren Bunke took second place with a time of 20:03. Mary Scheidel came in 21st in 21:47, and Hope Brown was 30th in 22:52.

“Freedom’s course is a lot flatter than the Monocacy course and I was kind of hoping to P.R. today,” said Scheidel. “I think I had a very fast first mile. It was just the heat, honestly, and I feel like I should have taken that into consideration and started slower. I had another girl right behind me, and I kept her behind me with my kick so I was pretty happy with that.”

Freedom’s girls defeated Becahi and Nazareth, but lost to Liberty, Northampton, and Easton.

Lauren Charboneau placed seventh in 20:19, Shannon Connelly finished 16th in 21:05, and Mary Sweeney was 22nd in 21:56.

“I know this start really gets me because everyone goes out so fast it’s ridiculous, but we do have some hills here, so I was like, if I can get up those hills [at Illick’s Mill] I can get up these hills much faster,” said Connelly. “Our goal was to go after Liberty, get as close to them as possible and break their groups up.

“I felt pretty good. I was with Mary in the first half of it. We always run really close to each other, and so I stayed with her as long as I could, I got in front of her, and then the next thing in my head was go after Liberty.”

The next cross country meet will be the East Penn Conference Cross Country Championships which are scheduled for Oct. 17 at Illick’s Mill.