JONAH MONTAGNESE

Quaker Valley

Recently: Montagnese won the WPIAL Class 2A boys championship at White Oak Park this past weekend with a time of 15:08.70, the best of anyone in all three classifications by 19 seconds.

Check this out: He isn’t the first Montagnese sibling to win a WPIAL cross country title. His older sister, Cecilia (now a freshman running at Villanova), won last year’s Class 2A girls race.

How big of a goal was it for you to check off the WPIAL title? It was definitely a big milestone that I’ve been looking for. It’s what we all look for at the beginning of the season, we’re like, ‘We got to get to WPIALs, we got to see what we can do.’ I knew I had the ability to do it.

What’s the difference in your approach for the state race coming up? It’s a much different race tha

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