PIAA Qualifiers List courtesy of Mark Byers and the PIAA
While we'd like to be everywhere, we would be interested in a FEW pix of top individuals and teams (action or awards) from D2, D5, D8, D9 and D12). We have someone at every other district meet.
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Lake Ariel, PA RESULTS POSTED |
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10/24 | Schenley
Allderdice boys won their 15th consecutive District 8 title, whilte the girls' captured their 11th straight. The team's #1 runners, Kavish Gupta (boys) and Mari Baron (girls), each on their individual races at Schenley Oval.
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Pittsburgh, PA RESULTS POSTED |
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Pittsburgh, PA RESULTS POSTED |
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10/28 | Paul Robeson placed 1-2-3-5-6 to score 17 points to win the AA girls title with ease over Masterman and Swenson Arts and Tech, who will also represent District XII in Hershey. Kevia Delorme led Paul Robeson to the title with an individual crown of her own, running 20:50 to win by 35 seconds. Cardinal O’Hara repeated as AAA girls champions with five in the top 16 to score 45 points. Archbishop Wood hung on to take the 2nd team spot for states by two points over a St. Hubert’s team who had their five in front of Wood’s number 4 runner. But a 3-4 performance from Katie Boligitz and Maura Craney proved to be just enough to take Wood back to the state meet. Bodine’s Felicia Wright edged out the Archbishop Carroll combination of Katie Rodden and Alyssa Bellia to win the individual title with a time of 19:58.03. In boys AAA, the team title script ran similar to the Philadelphia Catholic League championship race. PA#5 Lasalle used a small spread of 35 seconds and a 3-4-6-9-11 finish to defeat PA#10 St Joe’s Prep 33-45. Chris O’Sullivan of the Prep was able to rewrite the script for the individual title. After coming up short to Tom Kehl of Father Judge in the league championship race, O’Sullivan was able to rebound and win the individual district title with a time of 16:24.30, 14 seconds better than Kehl. |
Philadelphia, PA RESULTS POSTED |
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10/28 | Girls AAA finished in a dead tie between the two state qualifying schools. Holy Redeemer had a 1-2-7 finish led by individual champion Rachel Sowinski (20:03) and runner up Marissa Durako (20:16), but had a 2:44 spread, one minute more than Honesdale, which went 3-5 and they had their fifth runner finish 13 places ahead of Holy Redeemer’s. But on this day, the number 6 runner for Holy Redeemer was four places better than Honesdale’s which broke the 71-71 tie and awarded Holy Redeemer with the AAA girls team championship. The AA girls race was not a close one, as Elk Lake had four in the top 10 and all seven in the top 18 to cruise to the team championship by 54 points over Holy Cross, who will also make the trip to Hershey. Individually, Allison Hall of Blue Ridge was the only girl to break 21 minutes in the race, running 20:33 to win by 32 seconds. |
Lake Ariel, PA RESULTS POSTED Postponed to Oct 30th because of rain PennTrackXC had been scheduled to be on site |
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10/28 | (District 3 photos by Timothy O'Dowd, IrishRunner.com)
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Hershey, PA RESULTS POSTED PennTrackXC on site
Photo gallery by Timothy O'Dowd
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10/28 | Bedford County Technical Center
Bedford boys and Southern Fulton girls will be representing district 5 in AA at Hershey next weekend. Southern Fulton defeated Bedford 20-35 by placing three in the top six overall, while the Bedford boys needed a 6th man tiebreaker to break the 36-36 deadlock with Chestnut Ridge. Individually, Aaron Benner of Northern Bedford ran 18:06 to win the gold medal by 15 seconds. For the girls, Alex Zanella led her Southern Fulton team with an individual championship in a time of 20:42 to win the race by 36 seconds, and she was the only girl to break 21 minutes on the day. |
Everett, PA RESULTS POSTED |
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10/29 | (District 11 photos by Don Rich)
Parkland High School were the only school to place three in the top 20 and they used a 53 second spread to win the AAA Boys team championship 86-103 over state representative Easton. Individually, Matt Kacyon of Lindsay Kerr and AA PA#3
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Bethlehem, PA RESULTS POSTED PennTrackXC on site
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10/29 | Bloomsburg University
(District 4 photos by Don Rich)
The girls AA race was also closely contested, as Danville was able to defeat Lewisburg 56-61. Both teams will represent the district in the state championships next Saturday. Despite Lewisburg’s 42 second spread, Danville placed four in the top fifteen to sneak out the victory. Individually, Katie Sick of Millville had the breakthrough she had been looking for at districts. For the past three seasons, she had fallen short of a district title behind a Lewisburg runner. |
Bloomsburg, PA RESULTS POSTED PennTrackXC on site
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10/29 | (District 7 photos by Doug Michaels)
PA#2 Norwin girls were marking this day to break through and win their first ever AAA girls district team championship. In their first big race since Sharpsville on October 3rd, Norwin used an individual championship performance from Jenna Gigliotti (18:26), placed three in the top 21, and fought off the 2-5 finish from North Hills top two runners to come home with the team championship by a score of 112-178. Despite a large spread, Norwin managed to keep their highest point total to 41 points, which was 58 places better than the runner up. North Hills (2nd, North Allegheny (3rd), and Butler (4th) will also be making the trip to Hershey. In the AA girls race, Quaker Valley completed the AA team championship double, placing four in the top 25 to hold off runner up Shady Side Academy and their 3-5-8 finish by a score of 85-108. Our Lady of Sacred Heart (3rd) and Northgate(4th) will also be making the bus ride to Hershey next weekend. Sarah Miller of Quaker Valley was a big piece of the championship puzzle, winning the individual championship for the team champions, running a time of 19:30, five seconds better than the field. |
Slippery Rock, PA RESULTS POSTED PennTrackXC on site
Photo Gallery by Doug Michaels
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10/30 | (District 1 photos by Don Rich and Tom Mallon)
The Henderson pack approaching 1.75 miles. Four "H's" are visible, and the #4 man in hidden to the left in between. 67 points in this big, this competitive a race, is dominating. Sam Bernitt and Brad Miles were 2nd and 1st, respectively, for North Penn - taking off at the 2-mile park.
The depth of District One was on display at Lehigh University, especially in the girls AAA race, where no one team was dominant. No one team placed three in the top 25 and none of the state qualifiers had a spread under 60 seconds. PA#4 North Penn, who has come back into the state podium picture after a slow start to the season, were able to overtake a short handed PA#5 Pennsbury 195-245. Pennsbury ran without their number two runner Ann Herman, but their depth came to the forefront as this young team still managed to grab runner up honors. PA#10 West Chester Henderson took 3rd place honors with 260 points, Central Bucks South came up and snagged 4th place with 273 with four in the top 46, and Strath Haven’s three in the top 33 earned them the final team qualifying spot with 274 points. Individually, the big question coming into the meet was who would win the head to head battle between Pennsbury’s Sara Sargent and North Penn’s Megan McGovern. McGovern had run the fastest time in PA last week on this course with a time of 17:39, but on this day, Sargent matched that time and in the process defeated McGovern for the district title by 12 seconds. McGovern’s time was still in the top five in PA this season. In the girls AA race, St. Basil’s continued to flex their AA muscle by winning yet another district title with 40 points, 30 points better than runner up Villa Joseph Marie. The two time AA state champions placed four in the top 10 with a team that only has one senior. Individually, Christopher Dock’s Janine Powis took home the individual championship with a time of 19:50, only one second better than runner up Emma Mahony of Villa Joseph Marie. The state qualifying spots in AAA boys were up for grabs outside of the top two or three teams. Everyone knew PA#2 West Chester Henderson was the favorite to win the meet. However, since they had kept themselves away from the spotlight for a big part of the season, no one was certain how good they could be in a big field for 5000 meters. Well the questions were answered and what everyone suspected would happen back in the preseason did happen today. In a field of 58 full teams, Henderson placed five in the top 22 with a 44 second spread to score 67 points, winning by 124 points over PA#9 North Penn, who had a 1-2 finish from district champion Brad Miles (15:35) and Sam Bernitt (15:46). Council Rock North came through at the right time with a 3rd place finish, scoring 198 points with three in the top 50. PA#7 Unionville hung on for 4th place with 201 points with four in the top 52 and a 41 second spread, and Hatboro-Horsham, a team that had been hanging around the top ten all season, took the final state spot with 226 points and four runners in the top 47 and a 51 second spread. In the AA race, Lower Moreland went 11-12-13-18-19 with a spread of 30 seconds to outlast Jenkintown and their 2-6 finish, 73-84. John Shope of Phil-Mont Christian won the individual championship by 15 seconds, running 16:27 to be one of two guys to break 17 minutes in the field. District 1 AAA Girls preview by Bill Coren, Strath Haven
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Bethlehem, PA RESULTS POSTED PennTrackXC on site
Video Interview with AAA Girls' champ, Sara Sargent, Pennsbury - 17:39
Video Interview with North Penn's Brad Miles (15:35) and Sam Bernitt (15:46), 1-2 in AAA
Photo Gallery of Varsity Races by Don Rich
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10/31 | COLLEGIATE
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Kenosha, WI | |
10/31 | MAC Championships
DeSales University
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Center Valley, PA RESULTS POSTED |
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10/31 | PA Independent Schools Championships
Mercersburg Academy
Both varsity races were dominated by two great teams that no one either knows about or doesn’t take seriously. The PA#1 Germantown Friends School used a 69 second spread to go 1-5-6-7-9 to win the Independent School State Title with 28 points, the only team to break 100 on the day. Gus McKenzie led the way for GFS, running 16:21 to win the individual title. The PA #7 Notre Dame girls team also scored 28 points with a 1-3-7-8-9 performance of their own to win by 61 points. Maria Seykora won the individual championship while leading Notre Team to the team state title, running 19:43 to win by 9 seconds.
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Mercersburg, PA RESULTS POSTED |
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10/31 |
(Photo by Carl Strub)
The girls AA race featured a head to head battle between AA PA#4 West Middlesex and AA PA#5 North East. Both teams matched up very evenly throughout the scoring, with both 1-4 runners stuck right with each other in the race. But a 25 point score from West Middlesex’s 5th runner proved to be the difference as West Middlesex defeated North East 85-88. Union City would finish 3rd with 106 points, and they were led by the individual champion Vicki Bem, who ran 20:43 to win the race by 6 seconds. All three teams will go to states next Saturday. In AAA girls, Meadville placed three in the top 10 and five in the top 18 to represent district 10 in Hershey with a score of 46 points. Elesia Wilson led the charge for Meadville, running 21:03 to win the individual gold medal. |
Sharon, PA RESULTS POSTED PennTrackXC on site
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10/31 | Indian Valley
![]() PA #3 Altoona had yet another dominating performance in their final tune up before they contend for the state championship next weekend. On this particular day, they scored 18 points with a 1-2-4-5-6-7 with a spread of 70 seconds, with Wade Endress leading the way as always with an individual district championship, running 16:06. In AA boys, Penns Valley had their scoring five in the top 23 to rise high above the competition with 75 points, 54 points better than 2nd place United, who will be joining them in Hershey. Individually, Alex Woodrow of Marion Center took exactly 17 minutes to win the individual district championship, 17 seconds better than 2nd place. ![]() Flash results from Jayson Jackson
AA Girls: Leah Anne Wirfel 18:40|Angel Picarillo 18:58|Central Cambria wins team title|2nd place between Forest Hills and Somerset AAA Girls: State college girls perfect score|Sofo-Adams-Schmidt-Del Bosco-Balogh|Sofo repeated as champ AA Boys: Alex Woodrow, Marion Center wins|Mike Salguero 2nd|Early team results look like Penns Valley wins, Central Cambria 2nd (Just started raining) AAA Boys: Altoona 18pts 1-2-4-5-6|Endress 16:04|Fischer 16:10, both faster than Big Valley|Alex Monroe, Indian Valley 3rd |
Lewistown, PA RESULTS POSTED PennTrackXC on site
Photo Gallery by Bob Piccirillo
Video Interview with Wade Endress and Chris Fischer, Altoona
Video Interview with Angel Piccirillo, Homer Center
Video Interview with Leah Anne WIrfel, Forest Hills
Video Interview with Mike Salguero, Central Cambria
Video Interview with Alex Woodrow, Marion Center
Video Interview with Nora Adams, State College
Video Interview with Lucia Sofo, State College
Video of the AAA Girls Race by Jayson Jackson
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10/31 | Elk County Catholic came away with both the boys and the girls team AA district championships, with the boys coming away with a 26 point victory over Cranberry and the girls earned a 15 point victory over Brookville. Both runner ups will join Elk County Catholic on the line in Hershey. The boys placed three in the top 5, led by individual gold medalist Chris Antonio (17:45.87) and runner up Harley Thompson (17:55.12). They also placed five in the top 13 to earn the big victory. The girls placed three in the top ten and five in the top 18 to win the championship. Individually, Emily Giannotti continued her winning way by winning the district gold medal, becoming the only girl to break 20 minutes with a time of 19:56.61 to win by 33 seconds. In the AAA races, the Bradford Area boys placed five in the top ten, including individual champion Matthew White (17:50.98) to win by 18 points over Punxsutawney and earn the right to represent the district at states. In the girls AAA race, Punxsutawney was able to pull off the narrow 47-54 victory over DuBois Area to earn a bus ride to Hershey. Milea Schall led a 1-6-7-11-22 finish for Punxsutawney, running 20:46.70 to win the individual championship. |
Ridgway, PA RESULTS POSTED |
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10/31 | PSAC Championships
Doug Watts Cross Country Course
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Edinboro, PA
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10/31 | Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship
Saint Vincent College
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Latrobe, PA | |
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11/01 | Penn State University
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PENN STATE WOMEN WIN BIG TEN! GO NICOLE, KARA, NATALIE AND LINDSEY!
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University Park, PA RESULTS POSTED |
Not-to-miss matchups for this week's district races...
While we'd like to be everywhere, we would be interested in a FEW pix of top individuals and teams (action or awards) from D2, D5, D8, D9 and D12). We have someone at every other district meet.
Wednesday:
Cumberland Valley's Leigha Anderson looks for a repeat in D3
The Cumberland Valley pack attack (both races)
LaSalle v St. Joe's Prep in D12
Thursday:
Ryan Gil vs Red Gunzenhauser in D7
North Allegheny guys continue re-emergence vs tough Baldwin
Norwin has been aiming for this part of the season
Emmaus vs Liberty in D11
Liberty's Jess Cygan looks to rebound from leagues
Friday:
Vince Perozze begins quest for back-to-back Perk Valley state titles in D1 facing North Penn's Brad Miles
Henderson vs Unionville vs North Penn guys
Frosh vs Soph as Pennsbury's Sara Sargent races North Penn's Meghan McGovern
Saturday:
Central Cambria begins trek for a three-peat in AA Girls
The 'Toona "Cruise" in D6
The first round of AA battles in D10