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WILLIAM TENNENT & SLIPPERY ROCK
| 10/08 |
5th West Chester Henderson XC Invitational
West Chester Henderson
Eric Diestelow of West Chester East was a comfortable winner in this 3200 meter track race, running 9:41.1 to win by 20 seconds over Jack Carmody of West Chester Rustin. For the girls, Olivia Young (10:44.6) and Kacie Breeding (10:59.0) of Unionville finised 1-2 and the champions had six of the top ten finishers in the race.
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West Chester, PA RESULTS POSTED |
| 10/09 |
Marion Center girls had four of the top nine overall finishers to win the county championship over Indiana Area 31-47. Indiana Area did have the individual champion, as Melanie Zoloczik ran 20:43 to win the gold medal by 13 seconds. For the boys, Kiski Prep had three finishers in the top 11 in a spread out race to come away with the county title over United 50-78. Individual honors went to Sam Lenze of Indiana County with a time of 17:30. |
Indiana, PA RESULTS POSTED |
| 10/09 |
Midwestern Athletic Conference
Quaker Valley swept both conference team championships, as the boys survived a strong push by Mars Area, holding on to the team title by a score of 69-72. Quaker Valley were led by another winning performance by Zack Skolnekovich, who ran 16:32 to defeat AA 1600 and 800 meter track champion Dominic Peretta of Beaver Falls.
The Quaker Valley girls had a more straight forward path to the team title, placing six of the top fourteen overall finishers to cruise over West Allegheny 37-75. Alexis O'Shea led the way for West Allegheny, recording another victory with a winning time of 19:11.
Girls Highlights
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Hazen, PA RESULTS POSTED |
| 10/09 |
Mingo Classic
Baldwin
Ethan Linderman of Canon McMillan ran a solid 16:06 to hold off Nick Wolk of Peters Township to win the gold medal. His performance was also good enough to help his team win the AAA team title over the host school Baldwin 62-71, thanks to three finishers in the top six. The AA crown went to South Fayette, 32-66 winners over Thomas Jefferson, and the Class A team title went to Chartiers Houston.
For the girls, Dani Hinish of Bethel Park (19:06) earned a narrow 6 second victory over Chloe Gryzb of Peters Township to win the individual title. Her teammates followed her lead by putting two more finishers in the top six to earn the AAA team title over Peters Township 38-59. The AA crown was won by South Fayette, who were 3 points away from a perfect score (18), and Trinity Christian won the Class A team title.
Girls Highlights
Boys Highlights
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Monongahela, PA RESULTS POSTED |
| 10/09 |
Westmoreland County Coaches Association
Seton Hill University
Franklin Regional boys had five finishers in the top ten overall with a 58 second spread to cruise to the County title over Norwin 34-75. Individual gold went to Ben Bickerton of Southmoreland in 17:03. For the girls, Megan Aller of Kiski Area got the best of Riley Kwiatowski of Greensburg Salem to win the individual crown with a time of 19:51. Her performance also led her team to the county team title over Hempfield (7) 45-79.
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Greensburg, PA RESULTS POSTED |
| 10/10 |
2014 Blue & Gold High School Invitational @ UD
University of Delaware
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Newark, DE NO PA TEAMS RESULTS POSTED |
| 10/11 |
William Tennent
  Central Bucks West boys put together the best 1-5 spread in the state this season to win the team title over Harriton 48-83. The Bucks had five finishers in the top 12 separated by just 10.5 seconds, with top runner Teagan Fortna running 16:31.2 for 7th place. Individual honors went to Harriton’s Jonathan Gillespie-Sickman, who ran 16:07.1 to win by 6 seconds over Lukas Marcelis of Wissahickon.
For the girls, Jerrica Bauer of George School nearly made a wrong turn early on in the race, only for her to recover in a big way to successfully defend her Tennent title. The junior made it four victories out of four invitationals this season with a winning time of 18:22.1 to win by nearly 30 seconds over Lotte Black of Wissahickon. Black finished 2nd for the 3rd time this season and has finished in the top five in all six invitational appearances. Team title honors went to Upper Dublin, who placed five in the top 20 to defeat Harriton 48-64.  Girls Highlights
Boys Highlights
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Warminster, PA RESULTS POSTED
PHOTO GALLERY
VIDEO INTERVIEW |
| 10/11 |
Cuba-Rushford
Oswayo Valley boys held off Bradford Area 46-52 to win the large school team title at this New York invitational. Bradford were led by a 2-3 finish from Logan Caruso and Tyler Nuzzo, but Oswayo Valley countered that with four finishers in the top ten to put the team title in their hands. Otto-Eldred were 4 point winners in the small school race over Coudersport, 35-39, despite Coudersport having the gold medalist in Devan Cavanaugh in a record 17:15. Otto-Eldred had four in the top 8 to edge out the win. For the girls, Mikaila Banka finished 3rd (20:27.4) to lead her Bradford team to a 2nd place finish in the large school race with 49 points, just 9 points shy of the team title. Katie Kelly of Coudersport finished in the runner up position (21:42.8) to lead her team to a runner up team finish, just missing the team title by 2 points. |
Rushford, NY RESULTS POSTED |
| 10/11 |
DELCO Championships
Kevin James of Cardinal O’Hara repeated as county champion with a history making performance. The senior set a new course record of 15:22, breaking the old course record of 15:27 set by Neal Berman of Lower Merion back in 2008. It also broke the county meet record of 15:32 set by Steve Hallihan of Cardinal O’Hara back in 2004. His teammates were just as impressive behind him, scoring 22 points to cruise to a county championship title defense.
For the girls, we had an upset at the front, as Country Day School of the Sacred Heart freshman Emma Seifried overcame the star power of Cardinal O’Hara’s deep squad to come away with the county title on her first attempt. Her time of 18:41 was 17 seconds better than the Mancini pairing of Elizabeth and Grace. O’Hara did have a comfortable day in the team title chase, scoring 23 points to win the county title over Strath Haven. O’Hara have won four invitationals and finished 2nd in two others this season.
Boys Highlights
Girls Highlights
DELCO CHAMPS 2014 PREVIEW
by Coach Bill Coren(Strath Haven) DELCO CHAMPS!! Sponsored by the DELCO RRC---SATURDAY 10-11-2014 Rose Tree Park 40th year!!! BOYS NOVICE 2:00 GIRLS JV 2:30 BOYS JV 3:00 GIRLS V 3:30 BOYS V 4:00
GIRLS TEAM PREVIEW The 2014 race appears to have only 2 teams that will climb 2-Mile hill in an effort to become the DELCO CHAMPS. STRATH HAVEN(ranked PA #7 before Paul Short)) was the Champion in 2011, 2012, and 2013. They also won in 2007 and 2008. In 2013 STRATH HAVEN only beat OHARA by a 6th girl tiebreaker. CARDINAL OHARA(ranked PA #3 before Paul Short) last won DELCOS in 2004, but they are really strong this year as evidenced by their win in the BRIARWOOD CHAMPIONSHIP race. They have 6 solid runners and are definitely the favorite!! OHARA has already beaten STRATH HAVEN this year at FOUNDATION by 50 and by 270 at PAUL SHORT(STRATH HAVEN was without their #4 and #5). There is a good possibilty that among the 20 DELCO schools 10 of the TOP 12 individuals in the race could be from either OHARA or STRATH HAVEN.
INDIVIDUAL PREVIEW Again this year, the Individual DELCO Champion race is wide open. There is no clear favorite and in fact 7 girls have a real chance!! Freshmen Siefried(SACRED HEART) and Elizabeth Mancini(OHARA) are the only newcomers who could win DELCOS in 2014. Siefried was 3rd at BULLDOG “Small” and last year was a CYO STAR!!! Mancini ran an amazing 9th at PAUL SHORT this past Saturday and is also a veteran of many CYO championships. The other 5 girls who could win finished in this order in 2013--G.Mancini(OH 11) 2nd--Arizin(OH 10) 3rd--Mesyngier(SH 11) 9th--Wolters(SH 12) 11th and Hayes(OH 10) 26th. G.Mancini has been having breathing problems, but is tough as they come. Arizin and Hayes have been running really well this year. Mesyngier and Wolters give STRATH HAVEN a chance of having another DELCO champion(5 of last 7 years). The TOP 7 girls are likely to make 1st team DELAWARE COUNTY DAILY TIMES ALL-DELCO. Here are the other 4 girls who could be in the hunt for TOP 7---Lyons(OH 10)--Eleanor Mancini(OH 9)--Cardi(SH 10)-- and Joseph(UD 10).
BOYS TEAM PREVIEW OHARA! OHARA! OHARA!---Historically, OHARA has dominated the DELCO XC CHAMPS. Coach Tom Kennedy’s harriers have been FIRST 11 of the last 16 years!! This year OHARA is ranked #3 in PENNSYLVANIA. No DELCO team is even close to them this year. OHARA will make more TEAM HISTORY this Saturday!!!!!!! At least there may be a TEAM race for 2nd!? HAVERFORD, RADNOR, and STRATH HAVEN all will be trying to garner the 2nd place trophy.
INDIVIDUAL PREVIEW Lets look at some more HISTORY. An OHARA runner has been the DELCO Champ 10 of the last 14 years(including 2013). This year will likely be no different!! Senior K.James won in 2013 and he will repeat in 2014. He is likely to be followed by his brother, R. James(10) and his teammate Morro(12). That’s OH 1-2-3. It looks like only sophomores Galligan(SF) or Kim(HAVSCHOOL) or Zwichorowski(ACAR) can break them up. For the other All DELCO 3 spots, there are a plethora of pretty good runners. Among them are Miller(SF 12)--Holm(RAD 12)--Dwyer(RAD 12)--Sullivan(BP 11)--Rastatter(BP 12)--Orcutt(PC 12)--Beckley-Gray(SH 11)--Bush(SV)and Abrahams(HAV). |
Media, PA RESULTS POSTED PHOTO GALLERY VIDEO INTERVIEW |
| 10/11 |
Mid-Penn Conference Champs
Cumberland Valley boys kept the momentum going from their big runner up finish at the Paul Short Run last week to come away as the new champions of the Mid-Penn Conference! The squad in red were the only team to have three top fifteen finishers and five top 25 finishers, which did the trick in bringing home the title over State College 75-96. In the front of the pack, there was a minor upset on the cards, as one of the rising stars of the 2014 season, junior Zach Seiger of Red Land defeated a big pack of seniors to become the Mid-Penn champion. His time of 16:02 was only 3 seconds better than Daniel Green of James Buchanan and 6 seconds better than 2013 runner up Zach Brehm of Carlisle.
For the girls, Cumberland Valley attempted to follow in the footsteps of their male counterparts after a big day at Paul Short last week. Mady Clahane did her part, making it look easy once again on her way to a successful Mid-Penn title defense. Clahane ran 18:29 to win by 40 seconds over the field. Her team’s efforts to join Clahane at the top of the league came up narrowly short, missing out on team glory by just 4 points to new champions Chambersburg, 88-92. The champions were led by a 3rd place finish by Abby Yourkavich, who led five in the top 30 to edge out the win.
Girls Highlights
Boys Highlights
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Newville, PA RESULTS POSTED |
| 10/11 |
NTL Coaches Invitational
Northeast Bradford
Northeast Bradford came away with both the boys and girls team titles at their league championship meet on Saturday. The boys were comfortable winners, scoring 27 points thanks to having four of the top five finishers. Simon Smith of Towanda prevented a perfect five for five with his gold medal winning performance of 16:00, winning by nearly 50 seconds. For the girls, Northeast Bradford had a slightly tougher time, but were able to pull away from Wellsboro 41-60 to come away victorious. Lydia Werner (20:35) and Karli Moyer (20:41) finished 1-2 for the champions.
Boys Highlights
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Rome, PA RESULTS POSTED |
| 10/11 |
Bishop Loughlin
Conestoga, Lasalle, and Germantown Academy participated in the boys Eastern States race on a wet Saturday afternoon. Lasalle emerged through the rain as PA’s top team in the race, finishing 13th with a score of 368 points, led by a 58th place finish from Patrick Grant. The Explorers finished with a 12 second 1-5 spread, the 2nd best spread in the state this season! Conestoga finished 17th with 394 points, with Andrew Marston leading the way with a 16th place finish. Sam Ritz of Germantown Academy was PA’s top finisher, placing 13th with a time of 12:31.4 for the 4k layout.
For the girls, Villa Maria Academy finished 11th in the Eastern States race with 276 points and a 1-5 spread of 35 seconds. Claire Brown finished 43rd with a time of 15:53. Conestoga finished 4th in the Varsity A race with 119 points, with Annamarie Shultz leading the way with a 3rd place finish in 15:24. |
New York, NY RESULTS POSTED |
| 10/11 |
Rocky Grove
Maplewood’s Hanz Wentz held off Nathan Cline of Cochranton by a slim 2 second margin to win the individual gold medal. That narrow win for Wentz went a long way to edging Maplewood to the team title over Cochranton by just 3 points, 83-86.
For the girls, Cambridge Springs had three in the top nine, with champion Reilly Walsh (20:40) and 3rd place finisher Sadie Brown (21:33) leading the charge to the team title over Lakeview 47-72. |
Dempseytown, PA RESULTS POSTED |
| 10/11 |
Slippery Rock University Mack Cooper Invitational
Slippery Rock University
Fans who attended the Slippery Rock Invitational saw the long awaited 2014 season debut of Shaler Area senior Brianna Schwartz. While all of the other top runners who battling for form and confidence, Schwartz worked behind the scenes to get ready for the big competitions. After weeks of not competing, Schwartz ran her first 5k of the season as if she’s run every week of the season. Schwartz blazed through the Cooper’s Lake course and set a new course record with her winning performance of 17:48.8! It breaks the record of 18:23 that was set by Kelsey Potts of Mount Lebanon earlier this season. While Schwartz dominated the individual race, Butler controlled the team competition, taking the top three team places on their way to 27 points a 36 point victory over Our Lady of Sacred Heart.
For the boys, Griffin Mackey of Sewickley put on a dominant performance of his home, taking home the individual gold with a time of 16:35 to win by 40 seconds over the field. In a head to head battle with Class A rivals Our Lady of Sacred Heart, Sewickley finished level on points, 107 each, but Our Lady of Sacred Heart was given the 4th place position due to having the better 6th runner. Knoch held off Pittsburgh Central Catholic 84-99 to win the overall team title.  Girls Highlights
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Slippery Rock, PA RESULTS POSTED PHOTO GALLERY VIDEO INTERVIEWS |
| 10/11 |
Tim Cook Memorial JV Invitational R
Big Spring
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Newville, PA RESULTS POSTED |
College
| 10/11 |
Jack St Clair Memorial
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Philadelphia, PA |
| 10/11 |
Carnegie Melllon XC Invitational
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Pittsburgh, PA RESULTS POSTED |
| 10/11 |
DeSales University Invitational
DeSales University
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Center Valley, PA RESULTS POSTED |
| 10/11 |
Gannon/Mercyhurst Invitational
NONE
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Fairview, PA RESULTS POSTED |
| 10/11 |
Huskies Invitational
Bloomsburg University
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Bloomsburg, PA RESULTS POSTED |
| 10/11 |
Penn State National Invitational
Penn State University
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State College, PA RESULTS POSTED |
| 10/11 |
Waynesburg Invitational
Waynesburg University
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Waynesburg, PA |