Centaur Invitational
Pre-Season Harrier US#9 Salesianum (DE) was rocked by Council Rock-North at the DeSales Invitational. As perennial state contenders/champions prior to this year's split into Council Rock-North and South, it was North that inherited most of last year's varsity. The experince showed as they went 3-4-11-17-18 (19-29) for just 53 points in the 36-team field to win by 43 over 2nd place Salesianum. Leading Council Rock-North were Pete Hewins (16:37) and Buddy Davis (16:38), as Salesianum #1 PJ Meany was 10th in 16:51, just four seconds up on Rock's #3 guy, Alex Heitman. Red Lion's Kate Papenberg dominated a strong field with her 18:46 to win by almost a minute. (Girls' start pictured above, courtesy of Craig Lowthert) But Hatboro-Horsham, behind Janine Ricci's 7th place 20:02, scored just 76 points to hold off Philadelphia Catholic League power St. Hubert's. Red Lion was 3rd.