Twelve Northampton harriers competed in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Cross Country Championships on Oct. 14 at DeSales University, Center Valley.

Leading the Konkrete Kids in the girls race was Liv Jusinski who placed 13th with a time of 20:29.10.

“My goal was to get out with the pack in front and maintain that for the first mile,” Jusinski said. “Having experience with the course definitely helped a lot. I knew where I could push myself and where I could best kick to catch the pack ahead of me. The hills in the second mile were the most challenging part and continuing into the third mile after having to go through those hills. I didn’t get the place I wanted, but I improved on my time.”

Juliana Joseph placed 66th with a time of 24:23.10.

Alexa Wright, Brielle Torres, and Allison Rounsaville also raced for the K-Kids.

The top 12 medal winners for the girls were Madelyn McCartney (Emmaus, 18:11.30), Hannah Brodhead (Freedom, 19:00.10), Elizabeth McClarin (Liberty, 19:07.50), Katie Drabouski (Liberty, 19:20.00), Lama Mahmoud (Easton, 19:27.10), Harshita Keerthi (Parkland, 19:30.30), Lyla Knoble (Easton, 19:54.10), Vivian Clark (Easton, 19:57.20), Helaina Acker (Nazareth, 20:10.90), Taylor Vidumsky (Freedom 20:12.40), Emma Carlson (Parkland, 20:25.00), and Delaney Schoeneberger (Nazareth, 20:28.60).

Easton’s girls took first place in team scores with 59 points, and Northampton placed ninth out of 13 teams.

Leading Northampton in the boys race were Marc Jusinski and Michael Muessig, who placed 48th in 19:07.70 and 49th in 19:08.40, respectively.

Michael Snyder came in 53rd in 19:28.80.

Gavin Beam, Isaiah Deveney, Liam Sekol, and Benjamin Forte also raced for the K-Kids.

The top 12 medal winners in the boys race were Colin McGuigan (Parkland, 16:27.30), Roen Woolf (Emmaus, 16:44.40), Will Haring (Allentown Central Catholic, 16:50.30), Ryan Fach (Emmaus, 16:59.20),

Evan Guydish (Easton, 17:00.50), Jaiden Zabler (Parkland, 17:00.60), Jacob Casey (Nazareth, 17:11.90),

Luke McEvoy (Parkland, 17:12.80), Logan McEvoy (Parkland, 17:13.30), David Hearn (Emmaus, 17:19.90),

Joshua Cazares (Liberty, 17:23.20), and Isaiah Wilson (Parkland, 17:24.00).

Parkland’s boys placed first in team results with 36 points, and Northampton placed 11th out of 14 teams.

The District XI Cross Country Championships are Oct. 22 at DeSales University.