WPIAL Class 3A boys track and field championships: North Allegheny's Jack Bertram goes the distance, captures first three WPIAL golds of his career - Pittsburgh Union Progress

WPIAL Class 3A boys track and field championships: North Allegheny's Jack Bertram goes the distance, captures first three WPIAL golds of his career - Pittsburgh Union Progress

Jack Bertram’s roller-coaster senior year continued Wednesday. One of the top distance runners in the state, Bertram, a senior at North Allegheny, wasn’t himself during cross country season, the result of a medication he was taking to treat acne. “I was on Accutane,” he said. “It affected my running pretty significantly. I still competed, but my times just weren’t what they were the year before. It affected me a lot. The joint pain was pretty ba…