Angel Picarillo and Dustin Wilson take 13th in their respective races, both earning All-American honors.
Angel posted a 17:47 in a very fast field that had Molly Seidel (WI) from the Midwest as the winner in 17:22.
Dustin (15:29) faced a similar challenging, blistering field that ended with NJ's Edward Cheserek (14:51.5) nipping ahead of Futsum Zeinasellassie, IN (14.52.1).
Pennsbury senior Ann Herman posted a strong finish to her final cross country campaign with a 42nd place finish at the Nike Cross National on Saturday December 3rd in Portland, OR.
PA came away with their first two All Americans in four years! Angel Piccirillo and Dustin Wilson both came in 13th place in their respective races to earn All American honors!
Wilson ran 15:29.4, while Piccirillo ran 17:46.1! Both runners took conservative approaches to the start of the race, pacing themselves early before picking runners off in the 2nd half of the race. Tori Gerlach (39th in 18:39.3) and Meredith Speakman (40th in 18:45.6) both represented PA well and the four PA representatives capped off great high school cross country careers!
Megan McGovern of North Penn and Maria Seykora of Notre Dame set a very high bar for the 3000 meter run in the opening meet of the 2011-2012 season. McGovern held off Seykora by .05 seconds, with both runners breaking the 10:20 mark. McGovern ran 10:19.43 for the win. Seline Tan-Torres of Methacton ran 2:18.95 to win the 800 meter run. Jody Ann Evans of Quakertown got off to a flying start in the 60 meter dash, running 7.65 to earn gold. In the relays, Swenson ran 4:05.31 to win the 4x400, Pennsbury ran 1:49.07 to win the 4x200, and Pennridge ran 9:43.97 to win the 4x800. In the field, Amanda Benninghoff of Council Rock South cleared 11 feet to win the pole vault, and Megan McCloskey of Germantown Academy cleared 5-6 to win the high jump.
In the finals of the 60 meter dash, Quakertown junior Jody Ann Evans went 7.65 for the win. sophomore Tori Nawalinski of Villa Joseph Marie was 4th, and Musniyyah Rogers, a Pennsbury freshman, was 7th. Photo by Patty Morgan
300 meter hurdle state record holder Eric Futch got his season off to a nice start, running 23.14 to win the 200 meter dash. Aaron Willett of Coatesville ran 8.30 to win the 60 meter hurdles. Tyrek Edwards of Archbishop Ryan won the triple jump with a mark of 45-9.25. The big highlight of the event was a big shot put mark from Praduman Singh of Upper Darby. His mark of 57-8 was almost six feet better than the field!
In division 2, Ned Willig came flying out of the gates with a spectacular debut! Willig was the winner of the 800 meter run with a strong performance of 1:55.58! Drew Magaha of Upper Moreland won his first indoor race of the season, running 4:26.24 to win the mile. Mazmilian Hairston of Wissahickon ran 8.30 to win the 60 meter hurdles. Wellington Zaza of Upper Darby won the long jump with a mark of 22-4.50.
The Cedar Cliff duo of Olivia Loy and Katlin Gould both cleared 10-9 to top the girls pole vault. For the boys, Shawn Mayer of Palmyra cleared 14-6 to win the boys crown.