9/12 WKND:GFS amazes|Sargent+team roll|Balouris-Rad|N Dame impresses|Emmaus-Perozze|PTXC1 COMPLETE


PTXC 1 coverage complete - 1000s of pix on and video of all six races, plus video interviews

 

09/10

Wyalusing Valley Invitational
Wyalusing Valley Area

Wyalusing, PA

Results Posted

09/11 Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational
Penn State University
 
On a day when several teams decided not to brave the rain, PA#7 State College girls came out strong through the downpour to score 30 points and win in comfortable fashion, placing six runners in the top 12 overall. Chloe Schmidt led the charge, winning the race in 19:10, outdistancing Millville's Katie Sick by 16 seconds.
 
Bayport-Blue Point came down from NY to crash the PA party and come out with the boys team title 64-70 over AA PA#4 Fairview. Vince Fadale of Selinsgrove Area won the individual boys title, winning in a soggy 16:21, 2 seconds better than Tunkhannock's Reece Ayers.

University Park, PA

Results Posted

 

State College girls defend home mud - by Jayson Jackson

09/11 Unionville Showcase Relays
Unionville

Kennett Square, PA

RESULTS POSTED

09/12 19th Big Red Invitational
West Middlesex
 
West Middlesex (38 White Race) and Fort Lebouf (89 Red Race) won the boys varsity races. Tallada from Saegerstown had the fastest time of the day, as he was the only guy to break 17 minutes (16:50) to win the white race. Spurk from Slippery Rock won the Red race, running 17:13.
 
Corry (57 with 4 in the top ten in the Red Race) and AA PA#2 West Middlesex (58 with 3 in the top ten in the White Race) won the girls varsity races. Corry won the Red race by four points over Slippery Rock. Richards from Hickory ran 19:21, defeating the field by 1:26 seconds. Morrocco from Reynolds (20:15) won the White race by four seconds over Spence from Cranberry (20:19)

West Middlesex, PA

Results Posted

09/12 31st Annual Centaur Invitational
DeSales University
 
Perkiomen Valley's Vince Perozze made his debut at the wet and already challenging Desales University course and got off to a winning start, running 16:36.2, to outdistance Council Rock North's Chris Campbell by 12 seconds. Campbell's team had similar luck in the team standings, as Hatboro-Horsham defeated the PA#9 squad 70-92.  The Hatters were led for the second straight week by a 5th place finish from Sam Hibbs and had three in the top ten overall.
 
The two time defending AAA girls state champions, and PA#4 Emmaus started their title defense, but not without some stiff competition from Downingtown East. Despite the gutsy effort, Emmaus came away with a 91-101 victory. The Faust triplets led the way for Emmaus, finishing 2-3-8, all behind Northwestern Lehigh's Lindsay Kerr, who won for the second straight week. Kerr covered the course in 19:47.7, defeating the Brianna and Amanda Faust by 4 and 5 seconds respectively. (Above photo by Kelly Miller)

Center Valley, PA

Results Posted

09/12

4 x XC Relay

PA#1 West Chester Henderson once again displayed their depth relay style by taking the top two places separated by 36 seconds. Henderson's "A" team (Grab, Lott, Jordan, Keller) was the only team to break 45 minutes on the day. The C.B. South girls (Bachman, Meyer, Goldsworthy, Chappell) won their relay event by only ten seconds over Villa Maria Academy.

 
Photo by Tom Mallon

Philadelphia, PA

Results Posted

 

Photo Gallery by Tom Mallon

09/12 42nd Annual Mill Street Run
Holy Ghost Preparatory School
 
Jenkintown (D1) and Neshaminy (D2) won boys team titles. Jenkintown was led by a 3rd place finish from Stephen Prendergast and Neshaminy was led by the individual winner Tim Haines, who ran 15:14 for the 2.9 mile course. Villa Joseph Marie (D1) and Council Rock South (D2) were the girls team champions. Lindsay Rheiner of Council Rock North was the individual winner, winning in 17:23.

Bristol, PA

Partial Results Posted

09/12 Central Bucks East Invitational
Central Bucks East
 
Two time defending state champions and PA#7 North Penn had an easy go of it on the soggy campus of Central Bucks East, scoring 45 points to defeat the host school by 17. The North Penn duo of state contender Brad Miles and Sam Burnitt, along with Father Judge's Tom Kehl were bunched together for 2+miles of the race, but the Miles and Burnitt pulled away in the last 1000 meters for the 1-2 victory, Miles in 16:19 and Burnitt in 16:23. Nick Scarpalo of C.B. West finished 3rd, while Kehl finished 4th.
 
On the other hand, preseason PA#1 North Penn girls had to grind out a tough victory on the road against the host school. Despite a 1-2 finish from C.B. East, North Penn came away with the win 49-56. However, the close team finish was overshadowed by the strong performance of C.B. East junior Katie Kinkead, who took the lead at 3/4 of a mile and never looked back, winning with a time of 19:21, 36 seconds ahead of teammate Jenny Guidera in 19:57. Christy Cohick of North Penn was 3rd for the team winners.  

Doylestown, PA

Results Posted

09/12 Chestnut Hill Academy Invitational
Chestnut Hill Academy
 
Chestnut Hill Academy sophomore Dustin Wilson broke his own meet recordby four seconds on the Philadelphia Cricket Club/CHA campus 3.0 mile course, running 15:37 to win by 24 seconds. Masterman defeated CHA for the boys team title 40-45. Springfield (Montco) won the girls team title with 25 points, placing five in the top eight, and were led by a meet record 20:54 from Jenny Uehlino.

Philadelphia, PA

Partial Results Posted

09/12 Forest Hills Invitational
Forest Hills
 
Top ranked AA girls team, and PA#10 overall Central Cambria place five in the top ten in their 2009 debut (2-4-5-7-9) to score 27 points and start on the right foot. Kelsey Seymour was the top runner for the team, running 19:26, but Leah Anne Wirfel was dominant for the second straight week, running 18:35.
 
Alex Woodrow was the only boy to break 17 minutes on the day, running 16:40 to outdistance himself from St Mary's Cody Foster. Foster, however, did lead his team to victory, as St Mary's won the team title over Westmont Hilltop 107-123.

Sidman, PA

Results Posted

09/12 Jim Smith Invitational
PORT JEFFERSON

Kings Park, NY

Results Posted

09/12 Lebanon Valley Invitational
Annville-Cleona
 
Chris O'Sullivan (16:58) won the individual title at Lebanon Valley and led St Joe's Prep to the team title over Palmyra 45-79. Palmyra's girls team had better luck and took the girls team title over Cocalico 52-62. Oxford's Meghan Harvey won the individual title, running 21:20.

East Hanover, PA

Partial Results Posted

09/12 Montrose Invitational
Montrose

Montrose, PA

RESULTS POSTED

09/12 Slippery Rock Invitational
Slippery Rock University
 
AA PA#5 North East rebounded from last week and took home the AA boys team title over General McLane 45-67. North East countered General McLane's 2-4-5 by placing their top five in the top fifteen, led by AA individual winner Alex Beardsley, who just missed joining the sub-16 minute club, running a 16:01.
 
For the 2nd straight week, PA#8 Altoona Area won in dominating fashion, placing four in the top ten and gapping the field by 82 points. Wade Endress won his second consecutive race and broke 16:10 for the second straight week, running a 16:08 to outrace Grove City's Jacob Kildoo by seven seconds.
 
The North East girls completed the AA team title double over General McLane, winning by 3 points, despite General McLane's Makenzie O'Connor one point in the team standings, running 19:56. Emily Giannotti (Photo by Carl Strub) of Coudersport ran 19:04 to win the individual AA title.
 
Hempfield Area won the AAA girls team title over Butler 50-54, led by a 3-4-6 finish, with freshman Maddie Fiaschetti finishing 3rd. Elesia Wilson of Meadville won the individual AAA girls title in 19:32, the only girl to break 20 minutes in the race.

Slippery Rock, PA

 

Results Posted

 

Photo Gallery by Carl Strub for PTXC

09/12 Twin Valley Raider Invitational
Twin Valley 
 
 
Downingtown East won both team titles. The boys placed four in the top five to win the team title with 28 points. The team was led by a 1-2 finish from Nick Dastalfo (17:14) and Steve Cline (17:15). The girls were led by a second place finish from Tori Mullane (20:31), but she was nipped at the finish line by individual winner Alexa Gruschow (20:30). Mullane led a 2-4-5-6-9 finish for Downingtown East.

Elverson, PA

Results Posted

09/12 Waynesburg Invitational
Waynesburg College
Waynesburg, PA
09/12 Windsor Invitational
Windsor Central

Windsor, NY

Results Posted