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Kings Park Cross Country Runners Earn High Rankings In State Meet
Shannon Ahern ranked as a National Elite runner.
Three runners from the Kings Park Cross Country team took top spots in the State Meet held this month.
Kings Park fared well in the most competitive race of the day, the 5K Class A race with Shannon Ahern placing 29th, Kathleen Naeher placing 44th and Kristen Hoeymer placing 52nd.
Ahern's performance against all other girls racing was 47th out of 470 girls competing across all state divisions, ranking her as a National Elite.
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Both Ahern and Naeher's performance earned them a spot in the Federation State Cross Country Meet, held in Wappingers Fall this past weekend. Ahern placed 34th in the race with a time of 19:27. Kathleen Naeher placed 54th in a time of 19:42.
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