If
you can't get excited about XC this time of the season... Next week in Hershey,
we'll have:Cickay vs. Saterstad vs. Madia vs. Bricker, and more. Weilacher vs.
Blood, Mazzacco vs. Robertson vs. Bair vs. Cavanaugh, and more. Christensen vs.
the Twins. Cedar Cliff vs. Council Rock vs. Lebo.
And it'll be on TV the following
week. North Penn upsets Council Rock (just a slight upset) at District
1.
Jessica Cickay with 17:50.7 in 30 mph winds.
Rob Robertson
of Coatesville, in same conditions, goes 15:37. Cedar
Cliff boys - Patrick Philbin, John Butler and Andy Brehm
lead eventual winner Mark Turner, Cumberland Valley just after the mile on 10/27.
The wind was gusting, but not as bad as at District 1 the day before
 Two
of the state's best girlsAngie
Saterstadt,
Hershey, at a mile on 10/27
 | Jessica
Cickay, Council Rock, ran 17:50 in
30-40 mph winds at Lehigh
10/26
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District
10 - 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. In AA girls,
Jesi Christensen, the defending AA state champ,
won another title with
her 19:41, but Eisenhower's top two rsunners,
Heather Wilmth, and Rachel
Tutmaher, took 2nd and 3rd to lead their team
to the District championship
with 116 points. Titusville was 2nd with
133. In
the boys' AAA race, brothers Brian (10th grade), and Eric (11th
grade) Soder,
went one-two, separated by less than half a second in
16:49. The effort helped
their Harborcreek team to the district title by
a single point, 56-57
over General McLane. And in girls' AAA, Kelly
Richards, General McLane,
took the individual title in 19:51, while the
one-two McDowell punch of Stephanie
Strub (12th), and Emily Evans (9th),
went two-three to lead the Erie team to
the AAA championship. October 27, 2001 - District
3 @ Hersheypark (site of state championships
11/3) - Cedar
Cliff is for real. And the showdown next week with Council
Rock (and others)
at the Hersheypark course will be a great race.
Patrick Philbin led the Colts
with his second place 16:33 on the tough
course, followed within 1:09 by their
fifth for a total of just 60
points. Also qualifying for the AAA trip to States
were Red Land, Cedar
Crest, Cumberland Valley and Carlisle. CV's Mark Turner
took the
individual title in 16:24 after battling Philbin and the Colt's John
Butler
most of the way. (Nearly 2000) Footlocker finalist Angie
Saterstad, running
for the first year with Hershey (and feeling ill much
of the way), showed the
talent that XC fans have come to expect, taking
the AAA girls title in 19:18,
the fastest of the day. Red Lion's Kate
Papenberg, a soph, was second, 20 seconds
back. Cumberland Valley took
the team title with 103 points, and will be joined
by Chambersburg,
Carlisle, Hempfiield, and Manheim Township. Ryan Blood, the
smooth East
Pennsboro sophomore, and defending D3 AA champ, repeated with a
16:34,
running just hard enough to win comfortably. Eastern York took the team
title
by just five points over Wyomissing. The two teams will be joined
at States
by York Suburban. And the Wyomissing girls, a definite AA
dynasty in the making,
took care of business, led by the other twin,
Amy, in 19:42. Debbie, who was
7th this year, won the District title in
2000. Wyo went 1-5-6-15-16 for just
43 points, over 100 better than York
Suburban and Tulpehocken. October
27, 2001 - Districts 5&6 Championships @ Indian Valley Middle
School,
Milroy -AA GIRLS - Bishop Guilfoyle sophomore Sonja Hinish
captured her
second District Championship after finishing 10th in last year's
state
meet. She won in a close race over Forest Hills junior Leanna Nastase,
who
should also contend for medalist honors after finishing 33rd last
year. The
Central Cambria girls repeated as district champs and will be
joined at states
by Bishop Guilfoyle, who is led by Hinish and fellow
sophomore Angela Greaser.
AAA GIRLS - Hollidaysburg freshman Megan
Duffett won her first district title
as the Altoona girls ran away with
the team title. AA BOYS - United and Forest
Hills punched their tickets
to states in a close race. Three medalists from
last year's state meet
will be heading back: Westmont sophomore Dave Mock,
who was the top
freshman at last year's state meet in 24th place, captured
his first
district title. Mock's junior teammate Steve Gonzalez was 17th last
year.
Finally, Blairsville senior Bryan Herdman will return to states
after just
missing medalist honors as a sophomore and grabbing 10th last
year. Forest
Hills' Jake Strayer and Josh Beyer also look strong as does
West Branch's Allen
Pryde. AAA BOYS - Altoona captured their ninth
straight district title in a
runaway. Altoona junior Bobby Boston also
captured his third individual title
and expects to improve on his
twelfth place finish from last year's meet. He
also was a medalist as a
freshman two years ago. Partial results courtesy of
Douglas Hoover.
October 26, 2001 - District
1 @ Lehigh University - The winds blew
briskly through the
Lehigh Valley as the North Penn girls finally got the better
of nationally
ranked Council Rock. But even with a sub-par performance, the
Rock finished
second in the district. The surprise to many, but not to those
who saw their
spring 4x800, was Haverford, coming off a strong Central League
meet to finish
third in the district with two SRs, a JR, and two SOs. Great
Valley overcame
an unexpected performance from a key runner to get 4th. Villa
Maria took the
final state berth over the next three strong teams, Hatboro-Horsham, Wissahickon,
and Merion Mercy. As expected, Jessica Cickay of Council
Rock led from the
start and won in 17:50.7. In today's winds, that time is
especially impressive.
Coatesville's Kelly O'Connell was 2nd, while Kim Malcolm,
Villa Maria, and
Erin Franklin, Wissahickon, joined her under 19:00. Defending
District 1 champ
Katie Ewart of Upper Dublin continues to suffer the effects of a
sinus infection
and did not race. Rob Robertson of Coatesville ran
an
impressive 15:37.3 to win by 12 seconds over Pottsgrove's Corry Rogers.
Council
Rock's one-two punch of Mike DiDio and Rob Hampson went three-four
to lead
their annual powerhouse to a win.D1 page. Henderson, Coatesville, Great
Valley and
Hatboro-Horsham filled out the state slots. In girls AA,k Gwynedd
Mercy
put five in the top 13 to get a state berth behind the 3rd place finish
of Meghan
Bishop. St. Basil's Lynn Morelli won going away in 18:45.3. Devon
Prep cut it a
bit closer by taking St. Pius by only three points to get the
lone AA boys
slot. But Pius #1 Matt Bintner ran 17:03.4 for the title. October
25, 2001 - District 9 @ Clarion - North Clarion
took the
District 9 AA boys title by over 30 behind the 16:30 by Ben Weaver.
Nicole Selker,
Clarion-Limestone, won the AA girls title in 21:13. But Kane's
Tonia
Hartzell led her team to the district championship. Bradford took both
AAA titles. In
the girls race, 1 1 Renea Shaffer of Punxsutawney won in 21:19.
St. Mary's
Rob Meyer ran a 17:23 for the boys AAA title. October
25, 2001 - District 7 (WPIAL) Championships @ Slippery Rock
University
- 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. But that defending state champ, Shawn Cavanaugh, of Mount
Lebanon,
is leading quite a team. With his 3rd place finish, they continued their
win
streak by just three points of a Sam Bair led Shaler team. Mount Lebanon
ran
into the North Allegheny juggernaut, losing by nine points. Those nine points
most
clearly came from front-runner Stephanie Madia, who was second to
Hempfield's
Lauren Bricker, 19:15, by, you guessed it, nine seconds.
In AA, Quaker
Valley dominated both the boys and girls races, by wide margins.
Maxine
Markfield won for the top team, while Zach Thomas and Adam Bernis went
2-3 to lead
their win. October 25, 2001 -
District 2 @ Scranton Municipal Golf Course - In AA
boys,
Scranton Prep showed up big at crunch time, led by Jonathan Pastore in
16:24.
Scranton Prep placed seven runners in the top 22. And so did North
Pocono,
led by Larry Davies in 16:49. All five guys in the top 25. Scranton Prep girls
placed
five in the top 21 behind Stephanie Rader's 21:04. But Stacey Muchal,
Valley
View, won the AA individual title in 19:33. Tunkhannock was led by Ella
Daniels
in 20:15, and placed five in the top 21 in AAA. October
25, 2001 - District 11 @ Lehigh University -
It was a windy
Indian summer day at the deceivingly tough Lehigh University
course in Bethlehem.
Paula Giguere ran 18:56.8 to repeat as District 11 AAA
girls champ, leading her
somewhat short-handed defending state champion Parkland
squad back to the state
meet by a mere point. Central Catholic used a 1:24
1-5 spread and took the girls
title with 53 points, with Parkland 2nd with
65. But Easton and Liberty could only
imagine what difference two places with
any of their runners could have meant,
as they both finished with 66 points.
In AA girls, Notre Dame just nipped
Nativity BVM by three, 52-55. Saucon Valley
tallied 57 points to get the final state
berth. Christa Plummer of Palisades,
led from the mile and won going away in
19:33.9.
The AAA boys race rapidly
developed into a two-man battle as Liberty's
Dorian McDonald and Emmaus' Joel
Thomas quickly broke the field, including
pre-race favorite Tim Erickson of
Southern Lehigh. McDonald finished as the only
runner under 16 in 15:57.1,
with Thomas 20 seconds back, and Erickson another 8
seconds behind that. But
Thomas will be joined by his team, as they bettered the
other automatic qualifier,
Stroudsburg, by 30, 56-86. in the AA boys race,
Saucon Valley landed six guys
in the top 22 to take Notre Dame and Northern
Lehigh, the other two team qualifiers,
62-76-120, respectively. 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. Thursday, October 25, 2001 District
4 @ Bloomsburg University AA GIRLS - Charity Learn led
all with the only sub-20 at 19:44. She'll be
joined by fellow Mansfield teammate,
and sister, Tricia, who was third, and
the Northeast Bradford and Troy teams
at States.AAA GIRLS - Williamsport
easily qualified with just 26 points, led
by Sammy Colvin's 21:04, and
three in the top ten. AA BOYS - Chris Spooner
of Lewisburg, continued his
strong season by capturing the district tite in
16:47. Danville and
Northeast Bradford will be the two AA teams at States.
AAA BOYS -
Shikellamy's Jadrien Deibler took top honors in 17:03, leading his
team to
a 16 point win and a state berth over Williamsport. More
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