Photo by Don Rich
Girls' Brown Race Recap
The Pennsylvania soil has been good to Padua Academy's Lydia Olivere. The Delaware sophomore won her second race in as many weeks in Pennsylvania, clocking a 17:27 for the win. It's also the second straight week that Olivere pulled away convincingly in the final mile to grab a win. It's the second straight Brown Race win at Paul Short for her, too.
She was able to outlast a big pack that was together at around two miles. Shenendehowa's Julia Zachago (second place in 17:44) and Hannah Reale (fifth pace in 17:52) earned top five finishes to lead their New York squad to the overall win with 100 points. Tully's Brooke Rauber, also down from New York, took third place in 17:47.
Lauren Finikiotis took fourth overall in 17:49 for her first time under 18 minutes in her career. She also led her PA#1 Oakland Catholic team to another impressive team finish. This time it was second to the strong Shen team. The solid second pack of OC runners---Hannah Schupansky, Megan Nagy, Teresa Davison, and Kathryn Aldrich---fit between spots 20 and 50 for a 43 second 2-5 gap. Centerville from Ohio took third in the race.
Spring Ford upset PA#3 and PAC rival Perkiomen Valley for fourth place. Isabella Marchini (16th in 18:36) and Gabriella Bamford (35th in 19:00) posted to PRs to lead Spring Ford. Annie Glodek turned in another solid run, placing sixth in 18:03 (faster than her District 1 time from last year) as the top PV girl. Liberty's Rasia Kochmaruk was seventh in 18:08.
Cardinal O'Hara was seventh. The PA#4 squad welcomed back Olivia Arizin to the lineup, but were without usual fifth runner Sara Hayes. Arizin, in her first race this season, was eighth in 18:12.