Petersburg Pilot -

Petersburg cross country runners will be pacing themselves this week as they prepare to run in Ketchikan this weekend for the regional competition, coming off a strong performance in the recent Sitka match.

The Vikings girls finished within one minute of each other, from Kayleigh Eddy’s 22:07.85 (11th, three and one half minutes behind first) to Julia Murph’s 23:02.93 (25th), holding an intimidating block of six comparably speedy runners just ahead of the packs of Juneau, Ketchikan and Mt. Edgecumbe.

“Early in the season there was a spread of about six to seven minutes (in the girlsâ€...