Apollo-Ridge Community Fitness Trail

Congratulations to our 2 competitors at the WPIAL Cross-Country Championships yesterday at White Oak Park. Our Captain, Daniel (Marty) Dunmire improved by 61 seconds over his fastest 5K of the year to finish in 69th place out of 184 of the best runners in Single A. This was Daniel’s 3rd trip to the Championships and it was his best performance yet. On the girls’ side it’s a bird, it’s a plane, no it’s Super Kyra. Kyra Myers was the first Apollo-Ridge girl to ever c...ompete in the WPIAL Championships. Not only did she participate in the biggest meet of the year (so far), she finished ahead of more than half of the runners. Improving by 1 minute, 15 seconds - Kyra posted her best 5K time yet 23 minutes and 44 seconds. She took 81st place out of 170 runners. These athletes along with Nathan Kavulic, Ashby Abernathy, Aaron Worst and Nick Clawson represented our school well in Cross-Country this year. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you, to all of our supporters. Coach D.

Four members of our Boy’s Cross-Country Team participated in the Indiana County Championships at United High School. Indiana dominated the competition by placing 14 runners in the top 20. Our runners finished 9th, 11th, 19th and 28th against the rest of the teams from United, Purchase Line, Penns Manor, West Shamokin, Blairsville, and Homer Center. Daniel Dunmire led the Vikings with a time of 20:31. Nate Kavulic finished less than a minute later. Ashby Abernathy and Aaro...n Worst ran well on a very challenging course with a few major hills. Please consider joining our cross-country team next year boys and girls. Coach D.

October 6 cross country meet at Kotecki Memorial Park featured your Vikings and teams from Burrell and Highlands. Using a different format for the race due to Covid 19 each school sent their runners at 5 minute intervals to run the 3.1 mile course. This is not the preferred way to compete against other teams, but the day proved to be a success. The team scores were: (remember the low score wins) AR 33 Burrell 22 AR 24 Highlands 31... On an individual note: Daniel Dunmire and Nathan Kavulic took 3rd and 4th against all competitors Aaron Worst improved his time by nearly 1 minute Ashby Abernathy shaved 24 seconds off his best time this season Nicholas Clawson improved by 5 minutes great job guys. Kyra Myers took second place against both Burrell and Highlands finishing 3rd out of all the girls. She was 2 seconds behind the Burrell runner’s time but they were not able to race against each other due to the staggered team starts. Our next meet is Thursday, October 15 at United for the Indiana County Championship. Coach D.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 Our Cross-Country Team will compete today at Freeport against Freeport, Geibel and Deer Lakes. This is our second meet of the season. Our team is composed of:... Daniel Dunmire Captain Nathan Kavulic Ashby Abernathy Aaron Worst Nicholas Clawson and Kyra Myers Good luck to our athletes. MEET RESULTS This year, the Apollo-Ridge Cross-Country Team continues to make history. Last week, our boys’ team ran the first race for our school in over 40 years. This week, the first Apollo-Ridge girl EVER took part in a high school cross-country race. That young lady is Kyra Myers, a sophomore dual sport athlete who also plays on our soccer team. Kyra not only ran, but she finished the race in 7th place out of 20 runners. She had a very respectable time of 24:59. The boys did not have a full team today so they forfeited against Freeport and Deer Lakes. Even with our 5th runner, we would not have beaten either team. The positive take-away from today is that our guys had an average improvement of 35 seconds on the same course that they ran last week. Our next meet is at Burrell in two weeks. It's great to be sharing this report with you given all that is going on in the world. Coach D.

*******We won our first meet!!! Four of our runners ran their first race today. Our Apollo-Ridge Cross Country Team faced Burrell, Greensburg CC and Freeport - at Freeport today. ... Here are the scores: The low score wins. AR - 50 Freeport - 15 AR - 36 Burrell - 19 AR - 25 Greensburg CC- 30******* The Vikings were led by our top finisher, Nathan Kavulic who took 12th place out 30 runners. Close behind him was our Captain, Daniel Dunmire - who finished 14th despite being injured. Ashby Abernathy gutted it out to pick up 22nd place. Aaron Worst out-sprinted an opponent to hold onto 25th place. And Nick Clawson beat the 5th runner from Greensburg CC to ensure the win and claim 29th place. Congratulations team - on your first victory! Coach D.

At 4:00 PM today, 5 Apollo-Ridge runners will assemble on the starting line at Freeport. This will be the first race for our team in over 40 years. As you know, Daniel Dunmire has been our lone competitor for the past 2 seasons. He is now the captain of our team and we are excited to begin a new era at A.R. TEAM CAPTAIN: Daniel Dunmire TEAM: Nathan Kavulic , Aaron Worst , Ashby Abernathy, Nick Clawson... We’ll let you know how it goes. Bob Desiderato Head Cross Country Coach