Class AAA Report Week 4: Downingtown West, Palmyra are new leaders!

Downingtown West boys flexed their mighty muscle last week at Carlisle with a comfortable victory to kick off their invitational season. Jaxson Hoey, Josh Hoey, and Henry Sappey all broke 16 minutes and the top seven all broke 17 minutes. West Chester Henderson finished 4th in the same race.


At Foundation, North Allegheny kept their title defense on course with a victory over Lasalle thanks to a strong top four. Lasalle earned their 2nd straight runner up finish. Central Bucks West rotated their team but still achieved victory at the Council Rock Invitational.

For girls teams, Perkiomen Valley have emerged as the surprise package of the season after securing a narrow win over North Allegheny at PIAA Foundation. Led by Annie Glodek's last gasp victory, Perkiomen Valley have finished in the top two in both of their major invitational appearances.

Meanwhile at Carlisle, Cumberland Valley won by 20 points over Manheim Township and 21 points over Chambersburg to get the edge over their district rivals. North Penn girls travelled to New Jersey and the Six Flags Invitational and earned their first win of the season thanks to a 1-2-3 sweep up front.

CLASS BOYS GIRLS
D1 58 Points 36 Points
Downingtown West Pennsbury
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D2 38 Points 62 Points
Wallenpaupack Williamsport Area
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D3 169 Points 145 Points
Hempfield Palmyra
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D6 24 Points 15 Points
State College State College
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D7 55 Points 84 Points
North Allegheny Seneca Valley
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D8 15 Points 15 Points
Taylor Allderdice Taylor Allderdice
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D10 28 Points 15 Points
Cathedral Prep McDowell
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D11 42 Points 49 Points
Parkland Easton Area
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D12 33 Points 20 Points
Lasalle Cardinal O'Hara
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Individually, Jaxson Hoey's 15:28 is now the fastest time in the state and is the best of his career. Brother Josh has the 3rd fastest time in the state with his 15:40. Jake Brophy of Central Bucks East was a big winner at Foundation, while Connor McMenamin of Souderton ran 15:41 to win at Six Flags, missing the course record by 4 seconds. The AAA division currently has ten sub 16 minute runners through four weeks.

Aislinn Devlin of Downingtown West won the Carlisle Invite in 18:04, the 2nd fastest time in the state this season, 11 seconds off the top. Mady Clahane of Cumberland Valley and Abby Yourkavitch of Chambersburg both ran 18:13 trying to chase Devlin in the same race to crack the division's top five. Annie Glodek of Perkiomen Valley edged out Clara Savchik of North Allegheny to win the gold race at Foundation. Ariana Gardizy of North Penn was victorious at Six Flags.


D1 15:28.0 17:53.0
Jaxson Hoey Olivia Sargent
Downingtown West Pennsbury
2016 2016
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D2 16:37.5 19:45.0
Jake Wacker Tara Johnson
Wallenpaupack Pittston Area
2016 2016
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D3 15:41.0 18:13.0
Nathan Henderson Mady Clahane
JP McCaskey Cumberland Valley
2017 2016
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D6 16:06.0 19:41.0
Alex Milligan Natasha Fedkina
State College State College
2016 2016
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D7 15:48.4 18:21.4
Nick Wolk Lauren Finikiotis
Peters Township Oakland Catholic
2016 2017
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D8 16:47.6 21:22.3
Amadou Diallo Noelle Disilvio
Taylor Allderdice Taylor Allderdice
2017 2019
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D10 16:40.7 20:24.9
Ryan Zimmerman Haile Martin
McDowell McDowell
2018 2018
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D11 16:08.7 18:55.0
William Alpaugh Raisa Kochmaruk
Freedom (11) Liberty
2016 2017
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D12 16:22.4 19:25.0
Joe Pisacano Olivia Arizin
St Joe's Prep Cardinal O'Hara
2016 2017
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