Liberty distance runners Darlyn Fermin and Cole Frank medaled at the EPC Cross Country Championships last Tuesday at Bethlehem Municipal Golf Course.

Fermin placed sixth with a time of 17:00.4.

“I went out faster than my normal pace,” Fermin said. “I don’t like it cold. I was doing fine until the second mile. At the finish, I had nothing left in my tank. [For districts] I may try to stay behind the top five and let them take the air. Then after that, I’ll have to go early with my kick.”

Frank placed eighth with a time of 17:10.1.

“I started off easy because I knew the hills were coming up, and then after the hills I really pushed it on the golf course,” Frank said. “After the first hill we went up, my arms started to get really tight and then I kind of loosened them up at the top and I felt better. I wanted to go 17 flat, but that’s OK.”

Freedom’s Nick Bauer placed 33rd in 18:02.1, Liberty’s Casey Frank was 43rd in 18:21.7, Liberty’s Ryan Wycherley came in 51st in 18:36.7, Freedom’s Dylan Stahl was 56th in 18:45.2, Liberty’s Paul Jensen was 57th in 18:45.8, and Bethlehem Catholic’s Matt Millen placed 58th in 18:48.9.

Liberty’s Philip Bezas finished in 63rd in 18:58.0, Freedom’s Josh Noel was 65th in 19:07.7, Freedom’s Josh Konschnik was 69th in 19:14.1, Freedom’s Christian Jancsarics was 70th in 19:16.9, Liberty’s Sam Graybeal placed 73rd in 19:18.4, and Becahi’s Owen Fitzgerald was 77th in 19:23.3.

In team results, Liberty placed sixth, Freedom placed eighth, and Becahi was 14th.

Parkland’s boys placed first overall.