St. Basil Academy Invitational
The 1st annual St. Basil's Invitational was a success. The meet was attended by seven girls schools and four boys schools. Individual honors went to Lynn Morelli of St. Basil's and Pat Taggart of Father Judge. Morelli, running on her home course, ran away from the field early and finished nearly a minute ahead of runner up Mora Tipping of Merion Mercy, 19:24 to 20:22. Taggart (17:35) and teammate Tim Creelman (17:48) pulled away from a pack of Monsignor Bonner runners midway through the race to take the top two spots in the boys competition. The girls team title went to Merion Mercy Academy with 33 points, just three points ahead of Mount Saint Joseph's Academy. Merion placed four runners in the top ten and five in the top 13. Monsignor Bonner took the boys title over Father Judge, 25-60. Bonner took the next eight places after the top two runners from Judge.