10/7 WKND: Coatesville 40-WCH 127. Weller 15:47.7-Dawson 15:54.5 @ Steel C | Zarzeczny 15:14 @ Pgh

Don Rich
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Boyertown's Jason Weller did beat Kyle Dawson on his home course... but no matter, the Coatesville guys absolutely dominated.
This pix shows their top five in the top ten at the 3/4-mile point at the start of the hills. The top five would finish in the top 12.


10/7 WEEK #6 SUMMARY:

At the STEEL CITY INVITATIONAL, Coatesville not only defended home turf, they delivered another message to the XC community - this team is among the best in the US. Scoring just 40 points, they went 2-7-8-12-13 behind the 2nd place 15:54.5 by Kyle Dawson. The gap from 1-5 was just 45 seconds. All five Coatesville runners were in before Henderson's 5th. Boyertown's Jason Weller defended his Steel City title with a 15:47.7. West Chester Henderson won the girlls title by just two points over a surprisingly strong Northern York squad, which started with just three points. Rachel Wong won in 19:33.6, followed by Katie Meck in 19:41.8. Carly Hamond led Henderson with her 3rd place 19:46.0. The score was 123-125. At the WESTMORELAND COUNTY COACHES MEET on Thursday, Natalie Bower, Latrobe, and Josh Christopher, Penn-Trafford, set course records. Latrobe took the girls' title, while Hempfield (7) won the boys'. At the WALT DISNEY WORLD CLASSIC in Orlando, Florida, the Wyomissing girls captured 2nd in the 2A race behind junior Nicolette Miller and freshman Noel Geraci. At the 21ST HARRIER CLASSIC in Pottstown, Stephanie Fulmer of St. Pius X won the race in 19:35, but Oley Valley put three in the top eight and beat Methacton. Owen J. Roberts won the boys title. Methacton's Ian Quinlan won. At the CUMBERLAND COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS @ East Pennsboro HS, Lara Crofford and Amanda Raudabaugh led Big Spring with a one-two finish, but Cedar Cliff, behind the 3rd place by Kassie Meholick, placed five in the top eight, tallying just 28 points. The Cedar Cliff boys had a closer battle, holding off Red Land 46-58 behind the 1st place by Jared McGahen. With their 2-3-8 finish, Elk Lake won the girls race, while the Lake Lehman boys were paced by 2nd and 4th place finishes at the ENDLESS MOUNTAINS INV. Hanover Area athletes captured the two individual titles. Claudia Harris of the Solebury School won THE GEORGE SCHOOL INVITATIONAL, but it was the Hill School's Stephanie Hewitt who led her team to the title. Patrick DeSabato of Friends' Central nipped Penn Charter's Dylan Isaacson, but it was Penn Charter by just three over the host school. Led by the first place of sophomore Chelsea Sumney and 5th by her twin Shaina, the District 7 Trinity girls won the GROVE CITY INV with a tight pack backing up the Sumneys from 22nd through 25th to put the meet away by a score of 58-75 over Sharon. On the boys side, McDowell used a nice pack behind 4th place Dan Marchini, putting five more guys across the line within 22 seconds. Trinity was 2nd as a team, thanks in large part to the 1st by Tyler Lyon and 2nd by Ryan Bassi. Harbor Creek was led to a four-point team win by sophomore Lauren Zarger's win on her home course at the HARBOR CREEK DIRTY DAWG INV. Michael Stolar, the Mercyhurst senior, won the boys race, but it was the North East boys behind a 2nd place by Garrett Gray that won the team title. The Mount Lebanon girls ran one of their freshman in the JV race at Carlisle. On Saturday at the PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC INV, they promoted her to varsity. Samatha Carl then promoted herself to the #1 spot on the team for the day, finishing 10th. 35 seconds later, there were five (yes five) more Lebo girls across the line for a winning total of 73, 43 point up on the defending AAA sgtate champs Latrobe. Their #1, Natalie Bower, kept her winning going. North Allegheny was 3rd. In the boys' A race, Lucas Zarzeczny of Avonworth, broke away from Pittsburgh Central Catholic's Scott Van Kooten midway, and cruised to what is probably a course record of 15:14. Van Kooten was 2nd. Matt Jacob led the North Allegheny boys to the win with his 4th place. Their spread was a clean and neat 40-seconds. In the girls B race, Sara Klinvex of Avonworth won in 19:32. Moon captured the team wins in both B races. Andy Howard and Ben Rogers went one-two for Moon. Bradford placed five in the top 13 at the RIDGWAY INV, paced by a win by Sarah Lonzi. The boys were also strong, taking five of the top 18 spots behind a 4th place by Jared Feura. Smethport senior Ben Hahn won the race comfortably. Hatboro Horsham's Kerry Swayne won the Girls A race at the SALESIANUM INV, running 20:07 on the killer hills of Brandywine Creek State Park. But starting 1:01 back was the first of five North Penn athletes, led by Jennifer Schofield. The scoring group was in 1:10 and had tallied 76 points. Gwynedd-Mercy captured the Girls B race. Jill Buck and Erin Mee led the charge. Springfield's Sam Gallagher won in 21:18. In the Boys A race, LaSalle held off hosts Salesianum 68 to 81 behind Tim Heck in 7th in 17:26. Wissahickon junior Nick Crits was the only boy under 17 for the day, finishing in 16:59.91.