Red Lion's Erin Zellers, left, edges York Suburban's Christina Antonopoulos in the 2004 YAIAA cross country championship meet.

Erin Zellers competes in the NCAA Division II national championships. And yes, she does have school-spirited blue hair.

A pair of former YAIAA cross country rivals recently capped impressive collegiate seasons.

Erin Zellers, a 2005 Red Lion graduate now running for the University of Alabama-Hunstville, became that program's first All-American after finishing 32nd at the NCAA Division II national championship meet. She finished the 6K championship course in 21:43.6.

Zellers just missed her school's record for a 6K race, but she will go into her senior season holding her share of Lady Charger records. She has the school's second fastest 5K and 6K times.

Christina Antonopoulos led all Delaware finishers in her final six races this season.

Meanwhile, Christina Antonopoulos has been excelling as a sophomore at the University of Delaware.

A 2005 York Suburban graduate, Antonopoulos led the Blue Hens in the last six events of the season, including a 23rd-place finish at the East Coast Athletic Conference championships. She ran the 3.1-mile course in 18:40, helping Delaware to a ninth-place team finish.

She also finished 38th in the NCAA regionals and eighth in the CAA conference meet.

Her twin sister, Yianna Antonopoulos, also runs for the Hens. She finished 45th in the ECAC meet.