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The weekend started with Lower Merion's Ben Furcht and the Emmaus girls making a statement at Lehigh in the Paul Short Run. The exclamation points continued on Saturday, in and out of state. North Penn dominated Carlisle at Salesianum in DE as Brad Miles reversed roles with Kyle Hurston. The two posted the 3rd and 5th best all-time marks on the course since it's redesign in 1996. The Latrobe girls easily won at Pittsburgh Central Catholic just two days after winning their county championship (where Natalie Bower four-peated). Mt. Lebanon topped North Hills in Pittsburgh, as well (North Allegheny ran their B team). Quaker Valley was a strong third. The North East boys left their mark on the course at Harbor Creek, where Lauren Zarger defended home turf easily. At Steel City, Council Rock North's boys won individually and as a team. The State College girls win. Boyertown's Elizabeth Simpson is wire-to-wire. Plum boys and Grove City girls at Grove City. In Pottstown, Saint Joseph's boys and Exetor girls at Harrier Inv.

Summaries posted BELOW for Paul Short and Steel City. More coming. Look for photo galleries from Paul Short, Steel City and Harbor Creek. Video from Steel City. Stories and more coming through mid-week.

10/02 Westmoreland County Coaches Association
Kiski Prep

Saltsburg, PA

RESULTS POSTED

LATROBE'S BOWER WINS FOURTH COUNTY TITLE - from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
 

10/04 24th Harrier Invitational
Pottstown
 
By Michael Carpenter
 
The 24th Harrier Invitational was in Pottstown, PA this weekend, and both the St. Joe's Prep boys and Exeter girls squads had impressive showings.  St. Joe's snuck 4 into the top 10 and scored only 33 pts, behind James Murphy who was 2nd overall in 17:20.  Alex Talarico of Oley Valley was just ahead in 17:19 and walked away with an individual title, and helped his team to a 2nd place finish with 64 pts. Jamus Perry of Owen J Roberts was rounded out the top 3, posting a 17:30.

But the Exeter girl's were every bit as impressive, putting three girls in the top 10 and scoring only 36 pts, beating out Oley Valley, 2nd with 45 pts.  Amanda Quaglia of Exeter led her team to victory with a 20:30, with Kelly Meyer, OJR, and Saige Zaharesky, Pottstown, nipping at her heels and finishing 2-3 overall.  Meyer finished 2nd in 20:34, with Zaharesky right behind her in 20:39.
 

Pottstown, PA

PARTIAL RESULTS POSTED

10/04 7th Annual Lion Classic
Linesville
Linesville, PA
10/04 Cumberland County Championships
East Pennsboro
 
Red Land swept both races held at Trinity HS in Camp Hill. With her 3rd place 20:38.6, Emily Luvison led a group of five scorers in the top ten. Mechanicsburg's Sarah Sulon won in 29:43.9. Greg Gillispie led the Red Land boys with his 2nd place 16:56.6. East Pennsboro's arry Latchford won in 16:41.3.
 

Enola, PA

RESULTS POSTED

10/04 Endless Mountains Invitational
Bobcats Running Club
 
A junior and sophomore toasted the boys' race at the Kiwanis Wyoming County Fairgrounds. Junior Vic Costello of North Pocono, went 16:13.7 to hold off Tunkhannock's Reece Ayers, 2nd in 16:19. Northeast Bradford won the team title by 14 over Tunkhannock, placing three in the top ten behind Tory Carlsen's 7th place 17:36.8. Milton dominated the girls' race, with three in the top 10 behind the win by senior Heidi Shuck in 20:17.1 and 3rd place 20:53.4 by senior Kristin Shoop.

Meshoppen, PA

RESULTS POSTED

10/04 Grove City Invitational
Grove City Area
 
By Michael Carpenter
 
The Grove City invitational was in Memorial Park on Saturday, and both the girls and boys races came down to a battle of just two teams: hometown Grove City and the squads from Plum HS.  On the girl's side, Grove City walked away with a team title, earning only 27 pts after putting all 5 scorers in the top 10, including SR Megan Degraaf's 20:12 1st place finish.  The Grove City ladies spread 2:02 on their way past Plum, who was 2nd with 76 pts.  Brittany Amori, SR from Plum, led her team with a 4th place overall finish, posting a 21:17.  Stong Vincent SR Anna Dunsworth and Grove City SR Nicole Wizorek battled hard for 2nd place overall, both crossing the line 20:59, Vincent taking 2nd.

On the boys side it was Plum who came out on top, edging Grove City 33-43.  All 10 scorers from both squads were in the top 20, 7 in the top 10.  Grove City looked strong, taking 1-2 behind SO Jacob Kildoo's 16:13 win and SR Tom Bollinger's 16:51 2nd place finish.  But Plum's 5-man varsity squad of Junior class harriers spread only :40 seconds behind Bryce Rupp, Denny Lydon and Richie Addison's 3-4-5 finish in 17:08, 17:09 and 17:10.

Grove City, PA

RESULTS POSTED

10/04 Heartland Middle School Classic
Lewisburg Area
 
To see the results in the PennTrackXC.com Middle School Rankings, click below:
 
Girls  |   Boys

Lewisburg, PA

RESULTS POSTED

10/04 Southern Tier Classic
St. Bonaventure
 
Allegany Limestone finshed 4th in the Varsity Girls Small race behind the 2nd place 20:55 by Megan Bischof, and 4th place 21:19 by Sam Stady.
 

St. Bonaventure, NY

RESULTS POSTED

10/04 Northern Tier Invitational
Olean
Olean, NY
10/04 Ridgway Invitational
Ridgway
 
By Michael Carpenter
 
The Ridgway Invitational was on Saturday, a really great event with an 800m race for elementary school level runners, a 2750m for Junior High level, as well as a Varsity 5k for the high school harriers in the area.  Danielle Kocjancic, a JR at Kane Area HS, took home the gold in the girl's Varsity 5k posting a time of 19:03. But Kelsey Acre, SR from Punxsutawney Area was able to lead her team to victory behind her strong 2nd place finish in 19:14.  Punxy scored 59 pts to beat out Clearfield (70pts) and DuBois Area HS (90pts).

In the boys race, Bud Plaszenski and Mike Robinson, a pair of seniors from Dubois went 1-2, posting 16:13 and 16:46 respectively.  But the squad from Dubois had to take home the team bronze, the 1-2 punch and 83 total pts was not enough to defeat Bradford Area (51 pts) and St. Marys (76 pts). JR Matthew White led Bradford to the gold with a 17:00 3rd place finish, and SO Justin Huey was St. Mary's top finisher, going 17:08 and finishing 4th.

Ridgway, PA

RESULTS POSTED

10/04 Salesianum Invitational
Salesianum School
 
By Michael Carpenter
Some of PA's best traveled to Delaware this weekend for the Salesianum Invitational in Wilmington.  PA fans got quite a show, as North Penn's Brad Miles and Carlisle's Kyle Hurston battled it out for top overall finisher in the Varsity A Boys race.  Miles took the win in 16:20, which is the 3rd best all time on the famed course since it's redesign in 1996. Three of his teammates slipped into the top 10 and helped PA#2 North Penn to a team title.  PA#4 Carlisle was 2nd in the team race with big help from Hurston's impressive 2nd place finish in 16:25, also putting three in the top 10. Hurston now stands at #5 all time on the course.
Salesianum Course Top Marks, since 1996 redesign
(Courtesy of Joe O'Neill, N5CTA.com)
1. Sharif Karie, West Springfield, VA  15:54  1996
2. ?????
3. Brad Miles, North Penn, PA  16:20  2008
4. Mike Spooner, West Springfield,  16:22.14  2005
5. Kyle Hurston, Carlisle, PA  16:25  2008
6. Alan Webb, South Lakes, VA   16:26  1998
 
Miles, Hurston photos courtesy of Budkeeganimages.com

But the PA excitement didn't stop there.  PA#8 North Penn's girls squad was virtually untouchable in Delaware this weekend, putting all 5 scorers in the top 10.  Christy Cohick, a JR at North Penn, won the race in sub-20 fashion, something only she was able to do in the Varsity A Girl's race, posting a 19:54.  SO teammate Heather Sleheimer was 2nd in 20:11.  Rachel Brown, Lauren Bond and Carolyn Fergus finished 4-5-9 overall to help in this impressive team win. But Hatboro Horsham's girls squad also ran well this weekend, placing their varsity scorers all in the top 15.  The duo of Kaylee Irwin and Casey Uhrich led the way for the ladies from Hatboro, finishing 7-8 overall and posting 20:51 and 20:55 respectively.

Wilmington, DE

RESULTS POSTED

10/04 The Legends Meet
Maplewood
 
The Mount Lebanon girls traveled to Cortland, Ohio for The Legends Meet, and came away with 3rd place in the Division I race with 117 points. Junior Samantha Carl led Lebo with her 3rd place 19:22. Teammates Shannon Moorhead, 13th in 19:57, and Anne McGinty, 18th in 20:04, were also in the top 20. In boys' action, Mason Calhoun was the top finisher for Aliquippa Hopewell in the Division 2 race, going 17:23 for 18th.

Cortland, OH

RESULTS POSTED

10/04 Tri-County North Conference
Riverside (7)
 
Riverside's boys captured the team title with just 26 points behind the 16:56 win by Jon McElwain. Two other teammates were in the top ten. Ciara Sackin led her Mohawk team to a 24 point win over Ellwood City with her 5th place 23:09. Laurel's Rachel Simko won the race in 22:11.

Ellwood City, PA

RESULTS HIGHLIGHTS POSTED

10/06 Cardinal Classic 5k
Pine Grove Area
Pine Grove, PA
10/07 Midwestern Athletic Conference
 
Hazen, PA