| 10/13 | Washington County Coaches Meet
Mingo Creek Park
Trinity (D7) won its third straight Washington County Coaches Championship, while Canon McMillan captured their fourth straight. Chelsea Sumeny led Trinity with a single point, going 19:11. They placed four in the top ten, while Peters Township had three behind a 2nd place 19:14 by Kayla Keddal. It was Chelsea's third county title in four years. She was 2nd as a sophomore. The final margin was 34-37. The boys' team race was dominated by Canon Mac, with all five scorers in the top 11 behind the 16:20 win by Matt Gregory.
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| 10/14 | AACA Championships
Mount Saint Joseph's Academy
Liz Barret led Saint Basil to a single point win over Villa Maria Academy, 48-49. With her 19:13, Barret's margin of victory was a mere two seconds over Emma Mahony of Villa Joseph Marie. Saint Basil placed two other runners in the top ten at 3rd and 10th; Villa Maria captured 4th and 6th. |
Newtown, PA PARTIAL RESULTS POSTED
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| 10/14 | Keystone Valley Athletic Conference
Redbank Valley
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| 10/14 | Lebanon-Lancaster League
Ephrata
Manheim Township won a tight boys race with a score of 82 points off of a 57 second spread. Cedar Crest was 2nd with 85 points, and Hempfield was 3rd with 89 points. Hempfield's Kevin Hull finished first with a time of 16:25. Cedar Crest teammates Brent Balmer and Alex Galli finished 2nd and 3rd with times of 16:50 and 16:55.
Warwick won a battle of the 6th runners over Manheim Township with each team scoring 75 points. Warwick's Dana Thompson finished 24th with a time of 20:47 to top Manheim Township's Perry Scheetz, who was 30th in a time of 20:54. Kayleigh Perry, Eastern Lebanon, won the race with a time of 19:15. Garden Spot's Emily Martin, who started racing only a few weeks ago, finished 2nd with a time of 19:32. Becca Brandt, Cedar Crest, finished 3rd with a time of 19:36. |
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Tom Luff, Emmaus, won the boys race with a time of 16:00.2. Isaac Leggett, Easton, finished 2nd with a time of 16:07.4. Parkland's Matt Gillette ran to a third place finish with a time of 16:09.1. Parkland won a very close race over Liberty by a score of 58 to 60. Easton finished 3rd with a score of 67 points.
Jessica Cygan, Liberty, finished first in a very tight race with Emmaus' Lindsey Graybill, 18:01.8 to 18:02.2. However, Emmaus won the team battle with a score of 30 points. Liberty notched 47 points for 2nd, and Allentown Central Catholic finished 3rd with 92 points. Emmaus put 5 girls in the top 11 for the win while Liberty put 5 runners in the top 16. |
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Amr Aldeen, East Stroudsburg South, finished first in the boys varsity race with a time of 16:48.3. Dylan Conklin, Pocono Mountain East, was 2nd with a time of 17:19.3. Pleasant Valley won the team title with 42 points over Stroudsburg, with 48 points. |
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| 10/14 |
New Oxford senior Jordan Jenkins has now won the YAIAA title two of her four years in high school. She finished third her freshman and junior seasons. It was also the 2nd time she had dipped under 19, and was a PR on the course in 18:54.14. Fellow senior Emily Ballantyne of Dallastown, who was third this year, has been either 2nd or 3rd since her sophomore year. They don't score the meet, but if you look at the results, you'll see York Suburban has six in the top 18. In the boys race, Dallastown's Chuck Lockwood went 16;36 to hold off Central York's Ben Myeers by ten seconds. Both York Suburban and Dallastown placed four in the top 20. |
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| 10/15 |
By Michael Carpenter The Berks County Championship XC meet was at Kutztown University on Wednesday, a couple of races that led to Conrad Weiser boys and Governor Mifflin girls taking home team championships. Governor Mifflin beat Exeter Township 39-96, behind a 2-3 finish from the SR duo of Lindsay Topper and Molly Mitchell who finished 19:52 and 20:19 respectively. Heather Weiss of Tuplehocken held off the field to win the indiviudal crown, posting a 19:38. |
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| 10/15 | Ed Narkiewicz All-League Meet
Hanover Area
By Michael Carpenter
The Ed Narkiewicz All-League Meet was on Wednesday in Wilkes-Barre. In the Boys Varsiy race, Crestwood SR Robert Micikas took the win by almost a full minute, posting a 15:46. A 2-3 SR duo from Holy Redeemer followed the impressive win, when Anthony Rizzo and Paul Majikes finished in 16:44 and 16:45, leading their team to a 42-45 win over Dallas HS. Dallas' top finisher was AJ Thomas, who crossed 4th in 16:48.
In the girl's race, the ladies squad from Dallas were victorious, scoring only 45 pts after putting their top 3 girls in the top 15 overall, including their top finisher Alexis Arnold, who was 5th overall in 19:58. Crestwood had another huge individual win after SO Kristin Schafer took home the gold in 19:06, :34 seconds ahead of her competition. Hazleton Area SO Bria Edwards was 2nd in 19:40, and Lake Lehman SR Marina Orrson rounded out the top 3, posting a 19:44. |
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| 10/15 |
By Michael Carpenter Riverview HS girls and boys squad won the Freedom Invitational on Wednesday in Hazen, PA, both teams over Center HS. In the girl's race, SR Christi Trilli and JR Ali Taylore went 3-5 to lead the Riverview squad to a 45-83 win over Center. Blackhawk SO Agelica Park and JR Rebecca Penneau had a devastating 1-2 punch, finishing 20:04 and 20:44 for the first two overall finishers. |
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| 10/15 | Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference
Leah Anne Wirfel of Forest Hills won the individual title by a comfortable margin in 17:56 on the 3 mile layout, but it was Central Cambria again as team champs with 29 points, only five more than last year with Carly Seymour. Annie Cekada led her team with a 19:11 for 2nd, with Kendall and Kelsey Seymour coming in 3rd and 4th, in 19:18 and 19:48, respectively. Jim Spisak of Bishop McCort won the boys' race in 16:26, but Central Cambria, behind the 2nd place 16:57 by Phil Steinberg, captured the team title with 52 points.
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| 10/15 | Mountain Athletic Conference
Indian Valley
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| 10/15 | Philadelphia Catholic League Championships
Lasalle won their 6th straight title, scoring 34 points by putting 5 runners in the top 10 with a time average of 16:51.20. LaSalle also had an impressive 25 second 1-5 spread. St. Joseph's Prep took a shot at them with a score of 50 points and a team average of 16:58.79. It was a close race through 4 runners, 24-26, until LaSalle's 5th runner iced the victory with a 10th place finish with Prep's 5th man finished 24th. St. Joe's John Pickhaver won the race with a time of 16:26.84. Tom Kehl, Father Judge, finished 2nd with a time of 16:34.11. Prep's John Castillo was 3rd with a time of 16:37.85.
Cardinal O'Hara won the girls race with a score of 40 points, putting 5 runners in the top 16 places for their 5th title in a row. Archbishop Wood put 4 runners in the top 11 to claim 2nd with a point total of 59. Katie Rodden, Archbishop Carroll, won the race in 19:58.57. Teammate Alyssa Bellia finished 2nd with a time of 20:23.30. Nicole DelGrosso, Cardinal O'Hara, finished 3rd in 20:26.63. |
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| 10/15 | Pioneer Athletic Conference Championships
By Michael Carpenter
The Daniel Boone Homestead was home to the Pioneer Athletic Conference on Wednesday, and the Viking squads of Perkiomen Valley HS both came away with team championship titles. In the boy's varsity race, Perk Valley SR Jimmy Tarsnane took the individual gold in 15:54, followed by teammates Vince Perozzi and Scott Armstrong, who rounded out the top 3 finishers in 16:08 and 16:28 respectively to help Perk Valley to take the team title.
In the girl's race, Boyertown's Elizabeth Simpson added a Conference Championship Title to her impressive 2008 season resume, beating the field with a time of 18:49, over Upper Perk's Audrey Malloy, 2nd in 18:58. But it was the girls from Perk Valley who won their 7th consecutive PAC10 team title behind Kiersten Bonsall's 3rd place finish in 19:42, and her teammate Khrystina Bauman's 5th place finish in 19:50. |
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| 10/15 | Bicentennial Athletic League Championship
Holy Ghost put 5 runners in the top 7 to claim the Independence Division with 20 points. Phil-Mont won the Constitution Division with 77 points. Holy Ghost's Mike Pierce won the 3 mile race with a time of 15:28. Teammate Matt Chylak finished 2nd with a time of 15:30. Phil-Mont's John Shope was 3rd in 16:01.
Christopher Dock won the girls race with a score of 62 points. Phil-Mont finished 2nd with 71 points. Cecelia Forshee, Phil-Mont, won the race with a time of 18:36. Delco Christians Beth Coradino was 2nd with a time of 19:33. |
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| 10/15 | D10 Region 5 Meet
Fairview
Bryan Baumgartner, McLane, won the individual race with a time of 16:55. Nick Stolar, Mercyhurst Prep, finished 2nd with a time of 17:16. Morgan Elliott, McLane, finished 3rd with a time of 17:20. General McLane won the race with a score of 41 points. Fairview finished 2nd with 48 points despite their number 1 runner being held out.
McLane's Makenzie O'Connor won the individual race with a time of 20:25. Lindsey Phillips, Iroquois, finished 2nd with a time of 20:55. General McLane won on the girls side as well with a score of 36 points. Fairview again had to settle for the runner-up position with 53 points. |
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| 10/16 | Ches-Mont Championships
Westtown School
By Michael Carpenter
The previously ranked Downingtown East ladies added a Ches-Mont Championship team title to their 2008 season after an impressive win over Henderson, 47-83. JR Erin Casey was 5th overall, the top finisher for Downingtown, posting a 20:04. The varsity 5 spread only :34 seconds and all placed in the top 15 on their way to the championship. The most impressive performance of the day came from West Chster Henderson FR Janie Augustyn, who won the race in 19:30, with her SO teammate Leigh Manning-Smith 3rd overall in 19:59.
In the boy's race, it was PA Honorable Mention West Chester Henderson boys who took the team win, defeating Great Valley 45-58. Henderson JR Will Kellar took the win in 16:08 over a 2-3 Great Valley punch from SR Kevin Borillo (16:29) and FR Ned Willig (16:30). It was a strong Henderson team effort that took the win, with the rest of the Varsity team going 9-10-12-13 with a spread of only :09 seconds. |
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| 10/16 |
By Michael Carpenter Northwestern Lehigh's Lindsay Kerr (19:04.7), and Moravian Academy's Greg Duckloe (17:17.2) walked away with gold on Thursday after winning the boys and girls varsity races at the Colonial League Championship in Center Valley, PA. Kerr was :38 seconds ahead of the field, but behind her was a 2-3 finish by team-champs Saucon Valley, when FR Lainie Smith and SO Sarah Kish finished in 19:42 and 20:31 respectively, leading SV to a win 41-57 over Northwestern Lehigh. |
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| 10/16 | Tri-States Coaches Association
By Don Rich  Greater Latrobe was in complete control of this race, scoring 58 points for with win with an average time of 19:07. The fact that they started with just three points was hard to miss. As was the battle that ensued between seniors Natalie Bower and Abby Hewitt. By a half mile, it was just the two in Orange. Just past the mile, Bower had a small gap. And by two miles, the gap had grown to about 30 meters. But Hewitt didn't relent, and it was an obviously motivated Bower who pushed the final mile to win by 17 seconds. Her 17:58 became the first time a high school girl has cracked 18 minutes, and it marked her 4th straight Tri-States win. The course record of 18:04 had been held by former state champ and Foot Locker all-American Kacey Gibson of Neshannock.
 North Allegheny looks finely tuned for the post season with an impressive 68 point victory over Mt. Lebanon. North Allegheny put up 36 points by placing 5 runners in the top 15 places with a spread of 33 seconds. Mt. Lebanon finished 2nd with 104 points and a 54 second spread. Ryan Gil, North Allegheny's star soph, won the race with a time of 16:03. Junior Rad Gunzenhauser, Mt. Lebanon, was 2nd with a time of 16:05. Will Appman, North Allegheny, finished 3rd with a time of 16:08. Baldwin's T.J. Hobart wound up 4th in 16:12, using his pure wheels to pass quite a few over the final 400. North Hills teammates Joe Kush and Juris Silenieks were 5th and 6th with times of 16:14 and 16:17. Gil said he may have gone out too fast, because Appman caught and passed him early.  Gil trailed his teammate going into the final 600, but passed him as he hit the approach to the castle before the final turn. "I was pretty nervous coming around the bend," Gil says. "I knew Rad was coming and I didn't know what kind of kick he had." It was obviously enough. But the 33 second spread was what Gil and his teammates were most pleased with. "This gives us a lot of momentum and confidence," he concluded, sounding a lot more like a veteran than a sophomore heading to the district race on the same course next week. |
Slippery Rock, PA ONSITE COVERAGE RESULTS POSTED Photo Gallery by Don Rich of the 2008 Tri-State Coaches Association Meet @ Cooper's Lake |
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SOL American Conference Championship By Michael Carpenter The SOL Championships were at Lehigh on Friday, and all three conferences were packed with upsets, blazing finishes and unexpected results. SOL Continental Conference Championship SOL National Conference Championship |
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| 10/17 | Del-Val League D1 Qualifier
Rose Tree Park
Tyler Arias, Glen Mills, won in 17:27 as the Bulls placed three in the top ten, along with Chichester.
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In the girls race, Haverford Township was led by the 6th place finish of freshman Sophia Meehan in 19:29.86. They held out by six points over Conestoga and seven points over Strath Haven with 65. Radnor's Kelyn Freedman, a junior, won the race in 18:48.67. CENTRAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS PREVIEW
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By Michael Carpenter The District 10 Region meets took place this weekend, and Region 1&2 were in Sharon, PA. Grove City boys walked away victorious after Jacob Kildoo and Tom Bollinger went 1-3, with Kildoo taking the win in 16:32 over Adam Shrawder of West Middlesex in 16:57. Shrawder was the top W Middlesex finisher, leading his team to a 2nd place finish.
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| 10/18 | D10 Region 2 Meet
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| 10/18 | D10 Region 3 Meet
Linesville
By Michael Carpenteer
The District 10 Region 3 meet was in Linesville, PA this weekend, and the races saw battles in the team and individual results. In the girl's varsity race, it was Cochranton who came out on top over Conneaut Lake, 52-60. Cochranton was led by a 4-5 finish from Haley Huges and Kaitlynne Kline, who posted 20:49 and 20:57 respectively. Saegertown's Michelle Kozubal and Danielle Stanko went 1-2, racing to the finish in 20:04 and 20:08, with Titusville's Spencer McIntyer rounding out the top three, finishing 3rd in 20:36.
On the boy's side, Nate Tallada of Saegertown took home the individual gold and helped his team to a 1st place finish as well. Tallada posted a 16:36, ahead of 2nd place finisher Ryan Haylett of Cochranton. Tallada's teammates Kyler Edwards and Drew Tordella were big contributors to the 33 pts total in Saegertown's win, finishing 4-5 in 17:27 and 17:31. |
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| 10/18 | D10 Region 4 Meet
Union City Area
By Michael Carpenter
The District 10 Region 4 meet was in North East, PA this weekend, and having the home course certainly fared well for the PA#1 AA boy's squad from. The defending AA state champs not only took the team title, but did so in a perfect fashion, putting their varsity runners in the 1-5 positions. Alex Beardsley took the win individually, posting a 16:39 1st place finish, with teammate Dylan Klein coming in 2nd, posting a strong 16:47.
In the girl's race, PA#2 AA Union City was also victorious, scoring 40 pts behind a 4-5-8-9 finish from their varsity scorers, including Vicky Bem, 4th in 19:47 and Rebecaa Reichbaum, 5th in 19:51. Harborcreek's Lauren Zarger won the race in 18:36, and home turf North East's top finisher was Katie Perkins, who was 2nd in 19:20. |
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| 10/18 | D10 Region 6 Meet
 By Michael CarpenterErie, PA is home to the District 10 Region 6 meet, and on Saturday the finishes did not disappoint. The ladies team race came down to the wire, with McDowell beating Meadville 34-38, despite Meadville's Elesia Wilson taking the individual win, posting a 19:24. Kate Spade of Warren was 2nd in 20:09, but it was the 3-4 finish by McDowell that led to the team title, with Katie Sabolcik and Julie Osmanski going 20:20 and 20:34 respectively.
On the boy's side, it was Cathedral Prep who won big, posting only 27 pts, with McDowell the next closest finisher, 56 pts. Logan Steiner of Meadville finished 1st overall with a 17:08, but Cathedral Prep really poured it on as Ryan Bruno, Mike Moore and Mike Wehrle went 2-3-4, posting 17:23, 17:31, and 17:34 respectively, en route to their impressive team championship. |
Erie, PA RESULTS POSTED ONSITE COVERAGE Photo Gallery by Carl Strub of the District 10, Region 6 Meet at Brown's Farm, Erie
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| 10/18 | Northern Tier Championships
Northeast Bradford
By Michael Carpenter
Rome, PA is home to the Northern Tier Championship, which saw Towanda HS boys and Sayre HS girls crowned team champions. On the girl's side, it came down to the wire, as Sayre's girls squad defeated Wellsboro by only 2 pts, 55-57. Hannah Robinson was Sayre's top finisher, 3rd overall in 19:31. Mansfield's Susan Learn was the individual winner, taking the gold in 19:11, over Wellsboro's Sophie Weaver, 19:14.
Taylor Woznicki was the winner on the boys side, taking home some gold for Wyalusing Valley after posting a 16:33. Canton's Nick Patton and Sayre's Shawn Lake came in 2nd and 3rd, 16:44 and 16:46, leading their teams to 2nd and 3rd place finishes. But it was Towanda's 4-5 finish by Dan Blackman, 16:48, and Jon Purdy, 16:50, who led their team to victory. |
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| 10/18 | Shikellamy Classic Cross Country Invitational
Shikellamy
By Michael Carpenter
The Shikellamy Classic on Saturday had plenty of impressive finishes, including a wire finish in the boys varsity race. But the main story has to be centered around Sophia Ziemian of Lewisburg and her course record finish in 18:19. Ziemian, now a SR at Lewisburg, has been on everyone's radar after her 17:35 5k at Nike Outdoor Nationals in June, and then her SB 18:08 at the Big Valley Inv in late August. But at the classic, Sophia was untouched in her incredible performance, followed by her teammates Kiah Hardcastle, 2nd in 18:52, and Shannon Wright, 4th in 19:26, which led to a Lewisburg team title with only 39 pts. At least the course record was kept in the Lewisburg family. The mark of 18:32.9 had been set last year by Casey Miller.
The mens race may not have seen any records fall, but it was quite an exciting finish. Tyler Erhard of East Juniata and Ian Eisenhauer of Jersey Shore raced to the finish, both posting a 16:35 with Erhard earning the win. But the excitement continued when Mike Davis and Chris Brandt of Danville raced to a 3-4 finish, both posting a 16:38. Teammate Tyler Barnhart was 5th in 17:06, and Danville would go on to win the team title over Jersey Shore, 59-62. |
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| 10/18 |
Allderdice swept the PIAA District 8 (Pittsburgh City League) Championships at Schenley Oval. Allderdice was led on the girls' side with a meet record 19:43.69 by Beth Gordon. Peabody's Justin Quast captured the boys' title in 17:22.17. |
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Lower Merion seniors Neal Berman and Ben Furcht both broke the five-year-old course record at Rose Tree Park by five four seconds. Set in 2003 by Cardinal O'Hara start Steve Hallinan at 15:32, but 15:27.63 by Berman and 15;27.99 by Furcht,