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2002 XC Meet Results by Month Page

OCTOBER WEEKS 1+2 2002

October 12 Weekend
October 5 Weekend

October 12 Weekend: All Meets 10/5: (PENNTRACK ONSITE) 47th William Tennent XC Invitational @ William Tennent High School (US#9 Jefferson, VA 32, Breisch 4th (below left), Jamestown VA's Reinhardt 15:01 4800 meters. Koons 18:04. Hatboro-Horsham girls 68) | Delaware County Championships @ Rose Tree Park (O'Hara girls/boys leave no doubt as Gravelle-Hallinan go 1-2, Kelly, Schopf, Debevec go 1-3) | Rocky Grove Invitational @ Two Mile Run County Park, Dempseytown (Taranto 18:45, Moore 16:21. Elk County girls, General McLane boys) | George School Invitational @ George School (Mactavish, Germantown Friends' 16:57. Marlow, New Hope-Solebury, 2nd in 19:36) | PA @ Manhattan College Invitational @ Van Cortlandt Park (Dingman 2nd, North Penn girls 3rd in B Race. St. Hubert's 2nd in D, Papin 6th. Kenny 4th, Hatboro-Horsham 6th in Boys' B Race) Tue October 8: Midwestern Athletic Conference Championships @ Brush Creek Park (Quaker Valley girls/boys sweep)

Saturday, October 12: William Tennent Invitational @ William Tennent HS with PIX PAGES. - Some of Virginia's (and the country's) best came north, and took the top three spots. Jamestown senior Jonna Reinhardt expected (and hoped) to be going for the course record held jointly by former teammate Bryce Ruiz and PA's Danny Coval. But those plans were dashed when, ten minutes before the race, his coach told him "your buddies are here." The buddies he was referring to were Thomas Jeffereson's Christo Landry and Keith Bechtol, who had beaten Reinhardt in mid-September when Jonna was recovering from a virus. "That changed my stragegy. I had to switch from thinking about time, to thinking about the win. I thought I had a better kick, and I did. It was a good surprise. I'm glad they were here." Reinhardt won in 15:01, but US#9 Jefferson tallied just 32 points for the team win. Previously undefeated Adam Breisch, Quakertown, was 4th in 15:39. In the girls' race, Allentown Central Catholic's Frances Koons led wire-to-wire, answering every challenge from Hatboro Horsham's Janine Ricci, to win in 18:05. But Ricci's squad took the team win with just 68 points. Results courtesy of Ted Abel, William Tennent HS.

Saturday, October 12: Delaware County Championships @ Rose Tree Park - There was absolutely no resistance from the Delaware County teams as Cardinal O'Hara's boys and girls harriers simply dominated the field, easily winning both individual and team titles. The mild surprise of the meet was O'Hara's Vince Gravelle winning the championship by 13 seconds over teammate Steve Hallinan, going 16:04. O'Hara tallied just 32 points (1-2-5-6-18). Monsignor Bonner was 2nd with 75 points. In the girls' race, O'Hara swept the top three spots and finished with just 34 points, 66 better than 2nd place Haverford. Frosh prodigy Katie Kelly ran a strong 19:00, to win the individual title. Teammate Danielle Schopf was 2nd, 21 seconds back, while Mary Debevec, finished 3rd in 19:26. Results courtesy of Delaware County Road Runners Club.

Saturday, October 12: Rocky Grove Invitational @ Two Mile Run County Park, Dempseytown - West Allegheny's Christine Taranto toured the 5K course in a strong 18:45 to win by just three seconds over Eisenhower senior Heather Wilmoth. Elk County took the girs' team title behind the 6th place finish of Erica Hoffman in 20:41.8. Twin Valley was just five points back with 100. General McLane took the boys' title with 53 points behind the 2nd place finish of junior Hayden Harrison in 16:24.5. Shawn Moore, Twin Valley, was 1st in 16:20.5. Results.

Saturday, October 12: George School Invitational @ The George School, Newtown - New Hope-Solebury's Joanna Marlow was the top PA finisher, getting 2nd in 19:36, 20 seconds behind Lawrenceville's (NJ) Becky MacKenzie, who led her team to a 21 point win over Germantown Academy. Lawrenceville also took the boys' race behind the 2nd place 17:26 of Andrew Alvarez. Germantown Friends' Ian Mactavish won the race by a comfortable margin in 16:57. Results.

Saturday, October 12: PA @ Manhattan Invitational, Van Cortlandt Park, NYC - Cheryl Dingman, North Penn, continued her good season with a 2nd place 15:40.7 in the Girls' B Race over the muddy 2.5 Van Cortlandt layout. North Penn finished 3rd as a team. St. Hubert's was 2nd in the Girls' D Race behind the 6th place 15:53.2 by Rachel Papin, and 8th place 15:58.4 by Amy Kelly. Archbishop Ryan's Jeanine Walsh was 18th in the Girls' A Race with a 16:46.1. In the Boys' B Race, Mike Kenny led Hatboro-Horsham to a 6th place finish with his 4th place 13:05.5. Ryan's Dennis O'Connor was 19th in the Boys' C Race, going 13:58.9. Ryan was 5th as a team. The North Penn boys were 7th in the Boys' F Race, as Ian Maurer was 26th in 13:46.7. Photo coverage on Dyestat. Results on Armorytrack.com for girls' and boys' races.

Tuesday, October 8: Midwestern Athletic Conference Championships @ Brush Creek Park - The Quaker Valley girls and boys teams took titles, but not without a fight. Zach Thomas led both his team and other individuals with his 1st place 16:58 (betters Zack Dorman's 2001 course record of 17:16). Ellwood City was 2nd, ten points back. West Allegheny's Christine Taranto took the girls' individual title in 19:11 (betters 19:45 course record of Lauren Shaffer in 1999). But Quaker Valley, behind the 3rd place finish of Maxine Markfield in 19:55, captured a five-point win over Montour. Moon Area's Sam Howard was 2nd in 19:47. Results courtesy of RunHigh.com.

Tuesday, October 8: Parkland, with the return last week of Paula Giguere and Katie Stepp from injuries, defeated Allentwown Central Catholic in a meet Tuesday, Oct 8. Results here, or full coverage on the ACC site.

Tuesday, October 8: Greenville stars and siblings Jesi and Jed Christiansen ran some great times Tuesday, Oct 8 vs. Grove City on a course just 20 meters shy of 5K. Jesi went 17:56, while brother Jed was in at 15:27. Meadville's Maris Reutzel had run an 18:14 there last Saturday at the Grove City Invitational. Nice runs guys!

October 5 Weekend: All Meets 10/5: (PENNTRACK ONSITE) Steel City Invitational @ Coatesville High School | Four Steel City Pix Pages - Girls | Boys | The "Rock" Strategy | Team (Henderson holds off Council Rock-North, barely. Gottesfeld-Williams 1-2. O'Hara girls win. Soph Janelle Young (left), Cedar Cliff, 1st. Papenberg strays off course) | 2nd Annual Red Flash High School XC Invitational @ St. Francis University (Leanna Nastase 19:48.6, David Mock 16:51.2) | Pittsburgh Central Catholic Invitational @ Schenley Park (Bair takes 2nd invite in two weeks. Penn Hills forsh Kaitlin Grimm 19:02. Lebo boys, N.Allegheny girls) | 1st Annual Lion Classic Linesville Invitational @ Linesville HS (Hordusky, Ft. LeBoeuf, Gentile, Corry, break course records. McDowell takes two team wins) | Harrier Invitational @ Pottstown (O'Neil, SJP, Lawson & Bowles, U. Dublin go 1-2) | Endless Mountains Invitational @ Wyoming County Fairgrounds, Meshoppen (Robbins, Baird set course records. Danville boys, Dallas girls victorious) | Grove City Cross Country Invitational @ Grove City HS (Maris Reutzel 18:14. Plum girls just 24 pts. Plum boys win. Paul Masterone 16:00) | Cumberland County Championships @ Trinity High School (Blood over Fuller in course record 15:55.9. Troutman over Millhouse by :07 in 19;42.2) | PA @ Salesianum Invitational @ Brandywine Creek State Park, Delaware (Ricci 20:11 leads Hatboro-Horsham to 2nd behind North Penn. Ference, Holzwarth, McKinstry win races) | PA @ William & Mary HS Invitational @ The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA (Nick Brouse, Carlisle, 29th, team 7th. Girls 12th)

Saturday, October 5: (PENNTRACK ONSITE) Steel City Invitational @ Coatesville High School (WITH TWO PIX PAGES) - NE US#9 Council Rock-North placed no one above 13th, but no scorer after 21st to tally just 77 points, normally good enough to win an invite the size of a Steel City. But NE US#6, US#25 West Chester Henderson started their scoring with 1-2, then placed three more in the teens, twenties and low-thirties to score just 69 points. The narrow margin has to set up some great scenarios for both Districts and States. The 1-2 was, as expected, Ian Gottesfeld and Greg Williams, the junior-duo who will terrorize opponents for another year, as well. The 16:11.2-16:12.4 were good times on the warm, humid day. Part-time runner/soccer player Eric ("the soccer season's almost over") Fleming finished a strong third in 16:17.8. In the girls' race, it was sophomore Janelle Young, (coming off a stellar 4th place showing at the Great American Elite race 9/28) of Cedar Cliff who used a strong closing kick to take Lampeter-Strasburg's Emily Kruger by just six seconds, going 18:55.4. But it was Katie Papenberg of Red Lion who, with the race nearly in hand closing on the top of the race's monster hill, took an early turn, missed a marker, and lost eight spots after turning around to correct the mistake. She would finish 5th in 19:25.8. "It won't happen again" according to coach Marv Berkowitz. "She's a real student of the sport, and this was a memorable lesson." Cardinal O'Hara used three medalists and a strong 4-5 to get just 82 points to win by more than 100. They were led again by frosh phenom Katie Kelly, who finished in 7th place @ 19:45.9. Results courtesy of John Fuchs, The Tracker, and Coatesville HS

Saturday, October 5: 2nd Annual Red Flash Invitational @ St. Francis University: Leanna Nastase of Forest Hills, continued her strong season with a 19:48.6, a 1:40-second victory over the tough St. Francis University course. But it was Penns Valley with five in the top 20 behind Erin Deihl's 22:26.9 7th place that earned the team win with 65 points. Westmont Hilltop's David Mock took the boys title with his 16:51.2. But Virginia's Massaponax placed five in the top 31 behind Michael Disilvestro's 4th place 17:56.1 for 74 points and the team win. Hollidaysburg Area was 2nd with 102 points. Results courtesy of St. Francis University

Saturday, October 5: Pittsburgh Central Catholic Invitational @ Schenley Park Oval - Shaler's Sam Bair won his 2nd invitational in two weeks with a 16:04, a two-second win over Ian Fitzgerald of North Hills. And Penn Hills freshman Kaitlin Grimm also took home her 2nd championship medal in two weeks, going 19:02, 33 seconds up on frosh Kelley O'Brien of North Allegheny. Mount Lebanon's boys won the team title with 64 points, 26 better than North Hills. North Allegheny's girls won the A race title. Results not available.

Saturday, October 5: Endless Mountains Invitational @ Wyoming Valley Fairgrounds - Meaghan Robbins, Western Wayne, and Brad Baird, Lake Lehman, both set new course records, going 19:21.1 and 16:13.6, respectively. But it was Dallas' Whitney Adams with a 4th place 20:08.3, and Danville's Jake Stamey, with an 8th place 17:33.2, who led their teams to titles. Results courtesy of Jim Schools.

Saturday, October 5: Grove City Invitational @ Grove City HS - Meadville's Maris Reutzel, a senior, ran one of the fastest times of the season in PA at the Grove City Invitational, going 18:14. But Plum, behind Rachel Twigg's 2nd place 19:47, placed six runners in the top nine with a 1:02 spread on one-five. Their 24 points was 18 better than 2nd place Meadville. Plum's margin was a narrow six points over Grove City in the boys' race, behind Cam Christeson's 16:35 4th place. Grove City's Paul Masterone, and teammate Chris Dumbroski, were one-two, going 16:00-16:23, respectively. Varsity Results courtesy of Runners' High

Saturday, October 5: Cumberland County Championships @ Trinity High School - Obviously feeling no ill effects of allergies or a cold, East Pennsboro's Ryan Blood proceeded to return to form, taking the Cumberland County Championships in a course record 15:55.9 at Trinity High School. Brian Fuller, Cumberland Valley, the winner at the Carlisle Invitational, was second 33 seconds back. Teammate Elizabeth Troutman posted a seven-second victory of 19:42.2 over Boiling Springs' Kyleigh Millhouse. Results courtesy of Rick Blood, East Pennsboro HS

Saturday, October 5: Harrier Invitational in Pottstown - Tim O'Neill led St. Joe's Prep to an 18 point team win over Upper Dublin. O'Neill's 16:35 was 38 seconds better than Upper Dublin's Matt Lawson. Twin Valley took the girls' title by a narrow five points over Conrad Weiser behind the 5th place performance of Mere Beaton. Heather Hoffman, Emmaus took the individual title in 20:14. Results courtesy of Curtis Cockenberg, St. Joe's Prep

Saturday, October 5: 1st Annual Lion Classic Linesville Invitational @ Linesville HS - Ft. Leboeuf's Bruce Hordusky and Corry's Leslie Gentile broke course records at the first annual Lion Classic Linesville Invitational. Hordusky went 15:54, breaking the record held by former PIAA Runner-up Scott Antoun (Union City) by 4 seconds. He was trailed by teammate R.J. Smith in 16:10. Gentile beat the course record by clocking an 18:56, winning by 18 seconds over Aryn Gruneisen of Fairview, 19:14. McDowell took both team titles, getting 46 points in the girls' race, and 30 in the boys'. Results courtesy of Greg Cooper, Mercyhurst College

Saturday October 5: PA @ Salesianum Invitational, Brandywine Creek State Park, Delaware - Hatboro-Horsham's Janine Ricci beat some great competition, including St. Hubert's star Amy Kelly, and posted the fastest time of the hot humid day in the Large Schools race at the difficult Salesianum (DE) Invitational at Brandywine Creek Park. Ricci's 20:11 was :36 better than Kelly. But North Penn, behind Cheryl Dingman's 4th place 21:16 took the team title over Ricci's squad by a narrow two points, 57-59. The Upper Merion girls were 2nd in the Medium Schools race, while Westtown's Katie McKinstry took the Small Schools race in 20:53 in a race won by Episcopal Academy behind Waldron's 4th place 22:26. In boys competition, Holy Ghost Prep took the Small Schools race behind Bill Ference's 17:32 1st place. In the Medium School's race, Upper Moreland's Tom Holzwarth was 1st in 17:29, just four seconds up on Upper Merion's Jon Gries. And in the boys' Large Schools race, LaSalle's Joe Fedorowicz was 2nd in 16:42, while his team was also 2nd, just four points behind NJ's Toms River North. Results courtesy of Joe O'Neill, N5CTA, the Delaware XC Site.

Saturday, October 5: PA @ William & Mary HS Invitational @ The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA - Carlisle took a trip to the south, and met some stiff competition. The boys' finished 7th in the A Race with Nick Brouse getting 29th in 16:32. The girls were 12th with Liz Robinson going 20:22 for 58th, also in the A Race. There were three varsity races. Results courtesy of W&M.

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