Juniata Cross Country gets the Opportunity to Compete on the District Course Against Mifflin County and Williamsport

By Kenny Varner Jr.
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Updated: October 16, 2025

Courtesy of Shari Miller

The Juniata High School Cross Country teams traveled to Reedsville on Thursday, October 17th to compete on the District course. The boys race first on the day. Juniata was led by Josiah Barner ‘s 5th place finishing with a personal best time of 17:52. Next for the Indians was Coy Kerstetter in 9th place with a time of 18:29. Kade Wagner came in next for 11th place in a time of 18:33. David Marall-Marker placed 15th with a time of 19:26 while teammate Joel Hardin was right behind in 17th place in a time of 19:28. John Randolph and Luke Weiand ran together throughout the race to place 23rd in a time of 21:45 and 24th with a time of 21:53. Both ran personal best times for the day. Juniata took losses against Mifflin County 32 – 23 and Williamsport 40 – 18. “It was great to see Josiah break 18:00 for the first time today. I really enjoyed watching Luke and John work together throughout the race to accomplish the time they set out to run. Coy, Kade, David, and Joel ran well, but just came up short of personal best times.” Juniata Coach Jeff Miller said.

In the girls race, multisport athlete Carolyn Heidenreich led the girl Indians with a personal best time of 20:53 for 3rd place. Sylvia Brubaker came in 4th place with a time of 21:13. Hannah Zeiders was 9th with a time of 22:03. Ella Zimmerman was 14th with a personal best time of 24:20. Erendira Martinez-Ramirez rounded out the scoring in 16ht place with a personal best time of 24:46. Selena Mayall-Marker placed 22nd with a time of 28:05. Juniata took the win against Mifflin County 26 – 29, but lost against Williamsport 35 – 22. “I was happy for Carolyn breaking the 21:00 barrier for the first time. She’s a very talented hard working girl that has done much better this year getting in training runs on top of her primary sport soccer and it’s showing with her consistency. This was Sylvia’s first race since coming back from injury so it was a good test going into districts next week. Hannah ran tough and will take today’s race to better herself for next week’s districts. It was great to see Ella and Erendira run personal best times. Ella dropped over a minute off her best time. She has talent. She just needs to stay consistent with her training and have confidence in herself. Selena is coming off of sickness, so I was just glad to see her race today.” Juniata Coach Jeff Miller said.