Highlights from Nov 10-19: PA finished 4th in both the girls and boys races at the annual Mid-East Regional Champs 11/17 in Ohio. Boyertown's Mark Dennin (in photo by Liz Bollens) was the lead PA guy in third. Nazareth Academy's Megan Lutz led the girls in 10th. Also on 11/17, the Girard Avenue Hawks won the Jesuits Schools Champs with 21 points behind a 1-2-3 finish at Van Cortlandt Park 2.5 mile loop. On Nov 17, Slippery Rock was the top men's team at 9th, and Bloomsburg was the tom women's team at 15th in the NCAA Division II Champs. Also on the 17th, three PA schools finished in the top ten at the NCAA Division III Champs, with Haverford 2nd, Allegheny 7th and Carnegie Mellon 9th. The Dickinson College women were the top PA team, finishing 13th. Earlier results posted from Mid-Atlantic AAU 11/10. Also on 11/10, in her annual tune-up to the NE Foot Locker regional Nov 24th, Shippensburg senior Neely Spence ran a very quick 17:19 in the New York Road Runners XC Championships at Van Cortlandt Park - the 4th best all-time. Boiling Springs senior Kara Millhouse ran her best time ever on the course, going 18:47. Also in New York was the Germantown Friends team, who are tuning up for the NTN North East Regional, also on the 24th. Max Kaulbach - in a 'if I were to run Foot Lockers mode' - went 15:43. Jake McKenzie was in at 16:05, Isaac Ortiz at 16:24 and Gus McKenzie at 16:35.
Articles
Bethlehem, PA. –West Virginia University women’s cross country team earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I National Cross Country Championship to be held on Saturday, November 19 at Indiana State University. The lady Mountaineers tallied 77 points to place second to Princeton’s 56 points at the 2007 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Saturday in Bethlehem, Pa.The Mountaineers were led by 3rd place finisher, sophomore Marie-Louise Asselin, with a time of 20:00 on the 6K course. Clara Grandt from Doddridge County finished 6th in 20:20, and Keri Bland of North Marion was 7th in 20:21.Kaylyn Christopher (21:17) of Preston and Maria Dalzot (21:19) of Morgantown rounded out the scoring. (Read on for more. Marshall University competed as well.)