NOTE: PA Girls Race Pix are below. A PA gallery will be published later this week.
PA Boys Summary from Manhattan with action pix.
Photo Gallery PA @ 10/9 Manhattan Invitational @ Van Cortlandt Park, NYC
In the biggest meet the thriving program from Unionville has ever run, they came up big. The Eastern States race at the annual Manhattan Invitational attracts the best teams to a single race. In the mix were the three top-ranked teams from the Northeast US, Saratoga Springs NY, Bay Shore NY, and Bethlehem Central NY. Also in the race were previously ranked teams, includiing St. Basil and Hatboro-Horsham.
It's not just 3rd place, it came with a great trophy and validation that Unionville belongs among the best in the Northeast US
Unionville stepped up and deliverd a third place run behind the top team in the US, Saratoga Springs NY, and the #2 in the Northeast, Bay Shore, NY. Their 182 points were just 43 out of 2nd. In the process, the beat the current NE#3 team, Bethlehem Central NY, along with CA#8 Thousand Oaks CA, and previously ranked Comubia NY, St. Basil, Warwick Valley, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Hatboro-Horsham. Katie Thaeder was Unionville's top finishing, getting 20th in 15:22. St. Basil was 10th with 305 points. Christine Morelli paced St. Basil with a 23rd place finish in 15:27. Her sister Christinea, was 30th in 15:33.
In the Varsity Girls D race, North Penn finished 4th behind the 16:10 by Cheryl Dingham, with teammate Jennifer Schofield a second back in 11th place. In the Varsity A race, Pittsburgh's Taylor Allderdice finished 10th Clara Finley was 12th in 16:08, while teammate Sassi Kerpedjieva was 14th at 16:13.
(OTHER RESULTS AS AVAILABLE)
Katie Thaeder gets 20th in the Eastern States girls race in 15;22.
Following are several pix from the Eastern States Girls race.
