Photo Gallery from 10/2 Steel City Invitational @ Coatesville HS
\"I told the girls that if Lance Armstrong could win after being on the cover of Sports Illustrated, then we could handle being ranked #9 in the Northeast US.\" And apparently the talk Parkland head coach Loretta Dodson had with her girls worked. They held off an upfront charge by improving Chambersburg to win a dry, cool and largest-ever Steel City Invitational. In the boys race, Council Rock North moved up to NE#4 on 10/1, but without their #3 and #6 runners, they were vulnerable. Ready to pounce was the home team.
Steel City is shaping up to be another competitive invitational with some of the top teams in the state on the boys and girls side. Although US# 10 Cedar Cliff will be trying there luck down at Great American this year, US #22 Council Rock will be looking for the win. And the Parkland girls will be challenging Chambersburg for a win in the District 11 team's first visit to Coatesville.
The Steel City Invitational continues to be one of the premier invitationals of the PA cross country season. This year, 57 girls teams and 58 boys teams will toe the line and challenge each other and the HILL, before descending to a finish that never seems to end. Top PA teams are entered, as usual, even with a few running at the Great American XC Festival in North Carolina. Fresh off their big win in Carlisle will be what many consider the best girls team in the state, Parkland. They\'ll be challenged by Chambersburg, Cardinal O\'Hara, Gwynedd Mercy, West Chester Henderson, and West Chester East. In the boys race, it\'ll be NE#5 Council Rock North fending off challenges from teams like Cardinal O\'Hara, Parkland, Henderson, and host Coatesville.