Abington Friends School

Latest AFS Varsity Boys Cross-Country News:

Roos split double dual in FSL competition
https://afsxctf.blogspot.com/2019/09/roos-split-double-dual-in-fsl.html

Previous Posts:
https://afsxctf.blogspot.com/2019/09/afs-xc-posts-2nd-place-showing-at.html

AFS Varsity Boys Cross-Country Most Recent Season (2018):

• Completed 2018 season with overall winning record at 5-3, increasing win total by four from previous season (one in 2017).
• At 4-3 also had winning record in Friends League competition.
• Finished 4^th place in standings and was just one of four FSL schools with above .500 league record.
• Finished 9^th out of 17 teams at prestigious Chesapeake High School Invitational (MD).
• Seniors Chase Balick & Jack Balick as well as Junior Rory Erlich named all-league honorable mention.
• Robert Hewitt takes over as Head Coach for 2019 season.

AFS Varsity Boys Cross-Country Program History:

• Individual runners started competing for AFS in Friends Schools League Cross-Country in 1982. First AFS team in 1997.
• Twenty-one top-20 runners at FSL Championship meets since 1997.
• Top-5 FSL Championship meet placements: Sami Aziz (3rd, 16:14, 2010), Anderson Lee (4th, 17:28, 2000), Nick Sperger (4th, 17:39, 2014), Dave Luber (4th, 18:08, 1998).
• Graduates (with AFS graduation year) have continued to compete collegiately at: William & Mary (’16, crew); Clark (’15, cross-country); NYU (’11, wrestling); Penn State (’10, club cross-country); Wesleyan (’10, track); Goucher (’09, cross-country), Vassar (’09, cross-country), Franklin & Marshall (’09, cross-country).