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AAA State Champ Stephanie Madia on her Foot Locker experience.
Updates on Andy Weilacher regarding his accident.
From season-long observation, Jessica Cickay is a front-runner. Go out hard and make everyone else try to catch you. And it worked to perfection through an undefeated season, until dehydration on a hot day caught up with her, along with Madia, as she was passed at the line in the AAA state championships.
Just as Jessica Cickay took a page from Stephanie Madia's normal race plan, Andy Weilacher did, too. Going out at the back of the lead pack, and coming on after the mile. "I went out slower in the first mile than I have all year to hopefully have something left for the next two, and have a good finish."
You have heard that before. Many high school track and field athletes do not stretch properly because in the past it has not helped to improve their flexibility. Improving flexibility is a slow but worthwhile process.
Led by Tim O'Neill's 13:35, St. Joseph's Prep took the 57th Jesuit XC Championships in Van Cortlandt Park in NYC with just 39 points going 1-6-9-11-12.
Rob Robertson of Coatesville, and Stephanie Madia of North Allegheny, led the PA all-senior, all-star teams in the six-state field at the Mid-East Regional Championships in western Ohio.
One of the winningest programs in the state of Pennsylvania just can't seem to get any respect. They don't showboat.
This story is repeated many times at virtually every cross country race in the country. But this one occurred in a championship race, in the midst of fierce competition, and involved an athlete and the coach of a competitor.
Cardinal O'Hara swept the Philadelphia Catholic League team titles, the guys led by Steve Hallinan in 16:13, just four seconds up on St. Joseph's Prep soph Tim O'Neill.
Pennsylvania's most recent Footlocker finalist, Julia Pudlin of the Baldwin School, will have everything she dreamed of for her senior cross country season.
The vote must have been tough for Men's and Women's Athlete of the Year. Rarely is PA blessed with such incredible talent in the same year.
Every athlete has unique needs, strengths and weaknesses to various components of their sport. By moving through each of the following 7 steps, you will have a format to follow that ensures each strength training session will be built on a solid foundation and maximize success.
Three time x-c independent schools state champ Julia Pudlin was forced to watch from the sidelines today while recovering from an injury.
The snow, hail, wind and mud couldn't stop the pre-race favorites from what they considered their rightful places - first. Andy Weilacher, who many see as the top male runner in PA this year, AA or AAA, took first in 16:18 to lead his Eisenhower team to the title 44-83 over West Middlesex.
Bishop Guilfoyle sophomore Sonja Hinish captured her second District Championship after finishing 10th in last year's state meet.
Cedar Cliff is for real. And the showdown next week with Council Rock (and others) at the Hersheypark course will be a great race.
The winds blew briskly through the Lehigh Valley as the North Penn girls finally got the better of nationally ranked Council Rock.
It was a windy Indian summer day at the deceivingly tough Lehigh University course in Bethlehem.
AA GIRLS - Charity Learn led all with the only sub-20 at 19:44.
North Clarion took the District 9 AA boys title by over 30 behind the 16:30 by Ben Weaver.
In AA boys, Scranton Prep showed up big at crunch time, led by Jonathan Pastore in 16:24.
Despite wind and a defending state champ for competition, Baldwin's Dan Mazzocco continued his quest, and his winning ways, taking the AAA WPIAL (District 7) Championship.
On a nearly perfect day for racing, the Susquehanna Valley Conference meet at Shikellamy was the ideal warm-up for the District 4 Championships.
The Haverford girls delivered on some of the promise they showed on paper early in the season by going 7-9-10-11-15 for 52 points with an impressive 36 second spread to win the team championship.
Sweating is your body's most effective way of cooling itself. When sweat evaporates from your skin, body heat is reduced.