Kosek (17:59.3) pulled away from Lewisburg’s Baylee Espinosa (18:42.4) the second half of the race to break the tape at the end.

“The idea was to just stay as close as I could to Baylee and then basically see what happened,” said Kosek.

She was focusing on 100 meters at a time during the race, and was comfortable at the mile mark.

“I just did that for a mile, I can do it for another one,” said Kosek.

CHRIS MANNING/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Montgomery's John Shrimp compete at the District 4 cross country championships.

She used the flat middle portion of the race to make her move, and once she did she never looked back.

“I was a little surprised that I started closing the gap,” Kosek said. “Then everything kind of happened quickly.”

Also in the Class AA race North Penn-Mansfield’s Leila Garverick (20:34.1) and Jaci Fairchild (20:35.3) took 15th and 16th to punch their ticket to states.

In the Class A girls’ race Sullivan County won school’s first ever district title for women with 36 points. She edged out the defending district champions Warrior Run (48).

Zoey Reese (20:41) was second to lead the Griffins as Addisyn Templin (21:01.7) took fourth.

CHRIS MANNING/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Sullivan County's Zoey Reese and Addisyn Temple lead Warrior Run's Keiara Shaffer compete at the District 4 cross country championships.

Paige Jordan (22:02.1) was 10th, Adilynn Thibodeault (22:27.1) came in 12th, and Emily Guare (25:48.7) rounded out their top five in 18th.

“It’s really amazing, especially coming off a team that was really small and nobody really thought of being this good,” Reese said.

Also in the class A race South Williamsport’s Kendall Smith (21:43.4) was seventh overall to claim the final state qualifying spot.

In the boys’ Class A race Montgomery’s John Shrimp (18:06) was fifth overall to punch his ticket to states.

“My mindset going in it was I have to be strategically smart about it, and conserve my energy,” said Shrimp. “I wanted to kick it a little sooner but I knew the way the wind was I had play a little smarter, and save it down to the last.”

CHRIS MANNING/Sun-Gazette Correspondent South Williamsport's Kendall Smith compete at the District 4 cross country championships.

He’ll be joined by Sullivan County’s Calen Sweigart (18:01.9), who took fourth overall.

In the Class AA boys’ race Mansfield’s James Knefley (16:35.6) was fifth to earn a state berth, while Wellsboro’s duo of Henry Whitney (16:44.3) and Max Macias (17:06.2) were seventh and 13th to earn state berths.