Fleetwood senior Carl Fortna finished 19th at the PIAA AA State Cross Country Championships recently held in Hershey, earning a selection to the PA All-State Team. This honor is in addition to him placing third at the Berks County Championships held at Kutztown University, as well as a sixth place finish at the PA District III Championships held at Big Spring High School in Newville. Fortna is one of only three male Fleetwood cross country runners in the past 40 years to be named to the All-Berks County Team. Fortna placed first in five separate races during the fall cross country season, including winning the 30th annual Harrier Invitational in Pottstown. He placed fifth at the Northampton Invitational in a personal record time of 16:17 against runners from 18 schools in Pennsylvania and Maryland. He recently placed 59th at the Foot Locker Northeast Cross Country Championship held in the Bronx, New York against top runners from 11 states and Washington, D.C. Fortna plans to continue running cross country as well as track and field in college.
