WPIAL Girls’ Cross Country Individual Champions
The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) has crowned individual champions in girls’ cross country since 1974. The 2022 season marks the WPIAL’s 49th year of competition in the sport, and saw Mt. Lebanon’s Logan St. John Kletter (3A), Brownsville’s Jolena Quarzo (2A), and Shady Side Academy’s Chelsea Hartman (1A) claiming gold at the WPIAL Cross Country Championships.
12 different student-athletes have won at least three WPIAL girls’ cross country individual titles, with Vincentian Academy’s Marianne Abdalah (2013-16) and Greater Latrobe’s Natalie Bower (2005-08) currently serving as the only four-time champions. The other 10 student-athletes to win gold three times are: Jolena Quarzo (Brownsville), Mia Cochran (Moon), Brianna Schwartz (Shaler), Kacey Gibson (Neshannock), Maxine Markfield (Quaker Valley), Lauren Bricker (Hempfield Area), Chrissy Schneider (Hempfield Area), Jenna Bartolomeo (Ellwood City), Kristine Stoehr (Richland), and Julie Hamilton (Neshannock).
A full list of individual champions by year and classification can be found below.
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| Year | 3A | 2A | 1A |
| 2022 | Logan St. John Kletter (Mt. Lebanon) | Jolena Quarzo (Brownsville) | Chelsea Hartman (Shady Side Acad.) |
| 2021 | Mia Cochran (Moon) | Jolena Quarzo (Brownsville) | Corinn Brewer (Greensburg C.C.) |
| 2020 | Mia Cochran (Moon) | Jolena Quarzo (Brownsville) | Carmen Medvit (Shenango) |
| 2019 | Mia Cochran (Moon) | Gionna Quarzo (Brownsville) | Haley Hamilton (OLSH) |
| 2018 | Hannah Schupansky (Oakland Cath.) | Annie Wicker (Quaker Valley) | Carmen Medvit (Shenango) |
| 2017 | Hannah Schupansky (Oakland Cath.) | Annie Wicker (Quaker Valley) | Haley Hamilton (OLSH) |
| 2016 | Clara Savchik (North Allegheny) | Anna Pawloski (Quaker Valley) | Marianne Abdalah (Vincentian Acad.) |
| 2015 | Lauren Finikiotis (Oakland Cath.) | Mandi Moxie (Knoch) | Marianne Abdalah (Vincentian Acad.) |
| 2014 | Brianna Schwartz (Shaler) | Jade Bellotti (Uniontown) | Marianne Abdalah (Vincentian Acad.) |
| 2013 | Brianna Schwartz (Shaler) | Alexis O’Shea (West Allegheny) | Marianne Abdalah (Vincentian Acad.) |
| 2012 | Brianna Schwartz (Shaler) | Julie Friend (Uniontown) | Emily Maxwell (Laurel) |
| 2011 | Margo Malone (North Hills) | Caitlin Bungo (Sewickley Acad.) | |
| 2010 | Margo Malone (North Hills) | Nicole Hilton (South Fayette) | |
| 2009 | Jenna Gigliotti (Norwin) | Sarah Miller (Quaker Valley) | |
| 2008 | Natalie Bower (Greater Latrobe) | Katrina Jueng (Shady Side Acad.) | |
| 2007 | Natalie Bower (Greater Latrobe) | Kacey Gibson (Neshannock) | |
| 2006 | Natalie Bower (Greater Latrobe) | Kacey Gibson (Neshannock) | |
| 2005 | Natalie Bower (Greater Latrobe) | Kacey Gibson (Neshannock) | |
| 2004 | Maranie Staab (Penn-Trafford) | Rachel Erny (Brentwood) | |
| 2003 | Marrisa Umbel (Indiana) | Julie Dickhans (Quaker Valley) | |
| 2002 | Christine Taranto (West Allegheny) | Maxine Markfield (Quaker Valley) | |
| 2001 | Lauren Bricker (Hempfield Area) | Maxine Markfield (Quaker Valley) | |
| 2000 | Lauren Bricker (Hempfield Area) | Maxine Markfield (Quaker Valley) | |
| 1999 | Lauren Bricker (Hempfield Area) | Lauren Shaffer (West Allegheny) | |
| 1998 | Stacey Vidt (Hampton) | Jennifer Locke (Brownsville) | |
| 1997 | Stacey Vidt (Hampton) | Jennifer Anthony (Southmoreland) | |
| 1996 | Stacie Bouchard (Hempfield Area) | Mary Beth Acker (Neshannock) | |
| 1995 | Chrissy Schneider (Hempfield Area) | Mary Beth Acker (Neshannock) | |
| 1994 | Chrissy Schneider (Hempfield Area) | Ellen Cogswell (Quaker Valley) | |
| 1993 | Chrissy Schneider (Hempfield Area) | Jenna Bartolomeo (Ellwood City) | |
| 1992 | Wendy Riker (Mt. Lebanon) | Jenna Bartolomeo (Ellwood City) | |
| 1991 | Jill Kern (North Hills) | Jenna Bartolomeo (Ellwood City) | |
| 1990 | Jill Kern (North Hills) | Kathy Knabb (Peters Township) | |
| 1989 | Carole Zajac (Baldwin) | Sue Ward (Hampton) | |
| 1988 | Carole Zajac (Baldwin) | Kristine Stoehr (Richland) | |
| 1987 | Elaine Laird (Sacred Heart) | Kristine Stoehr (Richland) | |
| 1986 | Elaine Laird (Sacred Heart) | Kristine Stoehr (Richland) | |
| 1985 | Cindy Langwig (Shaler) | Stephanie Wasserman (Neshannock) | |
| 1984 | Laura Grignano (Sacred Heart) | Laurie Moore (Richland) | |
| 1983 | Kim McKay (Bethel Park) | Jackie Pupi (Beaver) | |
| 1982 | Kim McKay (Bethel Park) | Kathy Lennox (Slippery Rock) | |
| 1981 | Allison Kotouch (Ambridge) | Jackie Pupi (Beaver) | |
| 1980 | Janelle Jelovich (Bethel Park) | Sherri Schmidt (Richland) | |
| 1979 | Amy Adams (Churchill) | Becky Menges (Neshannock) | |
| 1978 | Leigh Kinkaid (Franklin Regional) | Rachael Brooks (Mars) | |
| 1977 | Leigh Kinkaid (Franklin Regional) | Rachael Brooks (Mars) | |
| 1976 | Kathy Byrnes (North Allegheny) | Julie Hamilton (Neshannock) | |
| 1975 | Betsy Flack (North Hills) | Julie Hamilton (Neshannock) | |
| 1974 | Julie Hamilton (Neshannock) |
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