October 20, 2001 - Central League Championships @ Rose Tree Park - 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. Soph Fiana York went 21:15. Springfield finished second with 87 points on the strength of two seniors, Stefanie Thomas and Ann Marie Regan, who ran together most of the way until the final mile, with Thomas getting the win in 18:40.5. Regan was ten seconds back, and more than a minute up on third place. Penncrest boys pulled a surprise upset of regular season champions Haverford, going 1-5-8-18-22 for 54 points, 16 better than Haverford. They were led by the first place finish of Rob Craft who toured the Rose Tree
course in 16:20.5.

October 20, 2001 - District 8 @ Schenley Oval, Pittsburgh - Allderice won everything up for grabs at the District 8 Championships held in Pittsburgh's Shenley Oval, including both varsity and both JV races. The boys, led by Ian Wolfson's 16:54, tallied just 20 points. The girls matched that score
behind Molly Ainsman and her 19:50.

October 19, 2001 - Suburban One National Conference Championships (Patriot & Colonial Divisions) @ William Tennent High School - Council Rock isn't letting anyone get close as the season hits the meets than really count. The girls, ranked US#13 by Harrier, pulled even further ahead of North Penn, taking the championship (1-3-4-5-19) 32-53 behind Jessica Cickay's 18:22 5K, more than a minute ahead of her nearest competitor. In Divisional scoring, Rock took the Patriot, while CB East took the Colonial. The Council Rock boys and CB East boys repeated the division titles of the girls, but it was the Rock boys who went 1-2-3-5-8 for just 19 points, and the easy win. Mike Didio led Council
Rock with a 16:08.

October 19, 2001 - Suburban One American Conference (Freedom & Liberty Divisions) Championships @ Ursinus College - On the 2.95 mile Ursinus College course, Hatboro-Horsham's girls defeated Wissahickon for the second week in a row, this time on the basis of their sixth runner. But it was Erin Franklin who continues to better last season's marks by 2000 state champ and former teammate Paige Miller. Franklin ran 17:18, over 40 seconds faster than Hatboro's Janine Ricci.
Defending D1 champ Katie Ewart of Upper Dublin DNF due to breathing difficulties. Mark Mullelly, Upper Moreland, hed his team to a four point win (54-58) over Upper Dublin, running 14:41 to set a new league record, bettering the mark of Springfield (M) star Tim Carroll. Tom Rhodes, Upper Dubin, was second, also under the previous record of 15:01.

October 18, 2001 - Berks County Championships @ Kutztown University - The Wyomissing boys and girls teams took the Berks County Championships, the girls for the third straight year. Defending AA state champs, the girls cruised with just 33 points (1-4-6-8-18), 40 fewer than Governor Mifflin. Amy Huss led the team with her 19:05. Sister Debbie was 4th, 31 seconds back. The Wyomissing boys had it a lot tougher, tallying 115 points, just 14 better than Wilson and Exeter, both with 129. It was their second in a row, and third overall (1996). Conrad Weiser's Chris Muldoon took the championship with his 16:39.

October 18, 2001 - Mountain Valley Conference Championships @ Lehigh University - The defending AAA state champs, Parkland, look to be positioning themselves for a solid defense after going 1-2-5-16-17 (41) 1:58 spread, to win the Mountain Valley Conference championship. Easton was 10 points back, followed by Liberty with 54 points. Returning to form as the big meets roll around, appears
to be defending District 11 champ Paula Giguere, who has been strengthed by the challenge from newly arrived frosh teammate Katie Stepp. Stepp had been winning races all year, but Giguere took this one by 7 seconds in 18:33.8. The Stroudsburg boys, led by John Somer's third place finish, won the league
meet with 44 points, 16 better thena Parkland. But the individual championship belonged to Dorian McDonald, Liberty, who blistered the Lehigh course in 15:51.2, 39 seconds better than Parkland #1 Greg Marci.

October 18, 2001 - Lebanon-Lancaster County League @ Ephrata High School - Cedar Crist delivered when it counted, taking the Lebanon-Lancaster Leage with 61 points behind the winning effort of P. Clark in 16:22. Cedar Crest placed three in the top ten. In the girls race, Hempfield (3) held off Garden Spot 98-129 . Their top finisher was 4th, but they had three runners in the top ten.
McCaskey's Reynolds won the individual title with hewr 19:19.

October 18, 2001 - Ches-Mont League Championships @ Malvern Prep - First year runner Jessie Yestear of Downingtown tied the course record at Malvern Prep with a 19:53. That was the good news. The bad news was that Coatesville's Kelly O'Connell was ahead of her, finishing in 18:49. But both girls saw their team finish behind a strong showing by West Chester Henderson, who went
3-4-6-7-8 for just 28 points. Rob Robertson, Coatesville, won the boys title in 16:13, breading
the old course record of 16:44. Henderson also won the boys title with 30 points.

October 17, 2001 - Mid-Penn Conference Championships @ Gettysburg High School - As expected in the boys AAA race, the Cedar Cliff boys, ranked US #18 by The Harrier, easily won their conference championship behind the 16:03.6 run of John Butler. The Colts went 1-3-4-6-11 for their 25 points, 67 less than second place Red Land. Cumberland Valley was another five back. The Cedar Cliff spread was 63 seconds. In the girls AAA race, Foot Locker favorite Angie Saterstad of Hershey, won by over a minute, covering the flat 5K course in 18:28.2. Cumberland Valley tallied 54 points, going 2-3-15-16-18, nineteen better than Chambersburg. In AA action, Kyleigh Millhouse, Boiling Springs, took the title, while defending AA District 3 champ Ryan Blood, East Pennsboro, ran the fastest time of the day, a 15:49, over a minute ahead of his nearest competitor.

October 17, 2001 - Tri-State Coaches Association Championship @ Slippery Rock University - Mount Lebanon took both team titles on a cold, blustery day behind the 3rd place 16:34 of defending state champ Shawn Cavanaugh and the 2nd place 19:28 of sophomore Lauren Wood. Dan Mazzocco continued his win streak with a strong 16:10 on the hilly course, followed 15 seconds later by Shaler's Sam Bair. The Mt. Lebo win may be considered a mild upset of power North Allegheny, but #1 NA runner Stephanie Madia ran 19:21 to secure her title. Hempfield's Lauren Bricker was third in 19:31.

October 17, 2001 - Wyoming Valley Coaches Association Championships @ Luzerne County Sports Complex in Forty Fort - Bishop Hoban freshman Jessica Jones showed the field a nationally elite time with a 19:02, fifteen seconds over Tunkhannock's Kim Murley. Jones' team took the AA title, while Murley's team went 2-4-5-13-17 for just 41 points and the AAA team win. On the boys side, Wyoming Area soph Marcus Magyar went 16:23 for a seven second win over Hazleton's Greg Rarick. Hazleton took the AAA team championship, while Lake-Lehman took the AA.

October 17, 2001 - Pioneer Conference Championship @ Daniel Boone Homestead - Great Valley made it a double, winning both the boys and girls championships. The girls were most impressive, tallying just 19 points by going 1-3-4-5-6 behind the 19:38 of Carolyn Auwaeter, who was seven seconds up on St. Pius X's Javi Hartensteine. Pottsgrove's Corey Rogers won the boys race in 16:07. But Great Valley, led by Bill Patchak's second place 16:15, placed five in the top 12 and seven in the top 15 for the title with just 33 points.

October 17, 2001 - Southern Chester County League Championships @ Nottingham Park - Devon Prep, behind the 2nd place finish of Tom Bentley, took the SCCL boys title with 46 points. Unionville was second with 55 points behind the winning run of Tom Boland in 16:34.3. Girls results were unavilable.

October 17, 2001 - Bicentennial League @ Tyler State Park - Joanna Marlow, New Hope-Solebury captured the individual title by two seconds (19:54) over Lynn Morelli of St. Basil, but Merion Mercy took the team championship with 56 points. Mt. St. Joseph was second with 71, and Gwynedd-Mercy third with 77. Holy Ghost Prep went 1-2-3-4-10 for just 20 points, led by a meet record 16:55 by Chris Wojciechowski. The next three HGP runners were in within 31 seconds. Bill Ference, 17:03, also broke the meet record, while Rob Burns, with his 17:15, tied it.

October 17, 2001 - Schuylkill League Championships @ Tuscarora State Park in Barnsville - S. Clauser of Pottsville, took the individual championship, leading his Pottsville team to an easy Schuylkill League Championship with just 33 points. Pottsville's Steph Evans ran 19:53 for the win, buy Nativity BVM went 4-5-6-7-8 for a mere 30 points.

October 17, 2001 - Mountain Conference Championships @ Indian Valley Middle School - Sonja Hinish led her Bishop Guilfoyle team to the team title at the Mountain Conference Championships with her 19:52, more than a minute ahead of a teammate in 2nd place. Bishop Guilfoyle tallied 36 points, placing their top five in the top 18. Allen Pryde, West Branch, took the boys championship in
17:06. But Bellwood-Antis, led by Kyle Shiffler's 10th place finish, won the team title with 80 points, placing three in the top 13.