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Thursday, October 18, 2001 

Berks County Championships @ Kutztown University

5000 meters 

Sunny, windy

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.
 

Race Descriptions by Dorothy & Paul DeLong, parents of former Wyomissing runners

BOYS RACE DESCRIPTION
BOYS  TEAM RESULTS
BOYS INDIVIDUALS
GIRLS RACE DESCRIPTION
GIRLS TEAM RESULTS
GIRLS INDIVIDUALS
GIRLS JV
BOYS JV
 

 
SPARTAN BOYS, SPARTAN GIRLS AND AMY HUSS ARE BERKS CHAMPS AGAIN 
 
 
Boys Race: The boys team race was a war between 9 closely matched teams( Boyertown, Conrad Weiser, Exeter,
Kutztown, Oley Valley, Reading, Twin Valley, Wilson and Wyomissing). The gap in scores between 1st and 9th
was only 64 points, which has to be some kind of record. In addition, Wyo's 5th runner displaced all of the other
rival team's 6th runner except for Kutztown and Oley Valley and the Lynx were the 9th place team. This parity
between teams is the reason why the winning score (115) was so high. The individual race was extremely exciting
as well - mainly due to a mercurial performance from a dark horse runner from Governor Mifflin, who had been
injured most of the season. 

The race: Within 100 meters after the starting gun, Gov. Mifflin's Greg Linsky rocketed into the lead. At this
point, he merely looked like an early rabbit. By the gap in the trees at the 300 meter mark, Linsky led by 10 meters.
Race favorite Chris Muldoon of Conrad Weiser had gotten swallowed up by the pack in the initial stampede and was
off to a terrible start. At this point he was in about 25th place, but moving up the side. By the 3/4 mile mark on the
first long hill, Linsky now led by about 20 meters. The chasing pack was led by the Twin Valley trio of Shawn
Moore, Ryan Dunlap, and Nick Patterson and then Darnel Kulaga of Reading. Muldoon was still only in 7th place.
Wyo's Paul Stoltzfus and Josh Vanderveen were running together in 9th and 10th place. The next three Wyo
runners (Zach Snyder, Dan McMunigal and Jason Meader) were spread between 30th and 50th. Linsky continued to
fly down the hill by the Kutztown softball fields. He entered the corn rows/pine tree gauntlet with almost a 40 meter
lead!! Was he committing early suicide? At this point Muldoon had mustered himself up to second and was running
side by side with Kulaga. This duo began their assault on Linsky. By the hill at the end of the gauntlet, Linsky's
lead had been pared to 20 meters. The Twin Valley trio had been broken up and two of the three were fading back -
only Moore remained in 4th. Stoltzfus and Vanderveen were still running together, but had moved up to 5th and 6th
place respectively. Cries from the crowd rang out to Linsky - "Here comes Muldoon!" Surely, Linsky would crack
now. However, he kept his pace steady and it took Muldoon another 1/2 mile to pull even with Linsky right in front
of the Kutztown State classrooms. Kulaga trailed by 15 meters in 3rd. Muldoon continued to apply the pressure, but
Linsky would not crack. He clung onto Muldoon's heels, like used chewing gum stuck to the underside of a
classroom desk, for the next 600 meters. Finally, on the last hill at the end of the second time through the gauntlet,
Muldoon gained a gap. Muldoon continued to steadily pull away all the way to the line. He won by 30 meters - a
smaller winning gap than expected - but a fine victory nevertheless. Linsky, who had the best race of his life as well
as the surprise performance of the day, took 2nd, barely holding off Kulaga, who was 3rd. Moore was 4th.
Stoltzfus finished strong in 5th with Vanderveen 6th. Dunlap was 7th and Tai Fennel of Wilson was 8th to complete
the All-County team. Then came the confusion of who was going to win the boys team race. Twin Valley had 3 in
the top 15, but then what? There were a lot of red jerseys whizzing in by the finish line in packs. Was all that red
Wilson or Reading or Boyertown or Nebraska (oops, that's college football)? Exeter seemed to have a lot of well
placed runners. And so did Conrad Weiser. When it all settled out, the performances of Wyo's #3, #4 and #5
runners of Snyder, McMunigal and Meader proved to be the difference. They all hung tough. They all passed
several runners in the stretch. They finished 31st, 34th and 42nd respectively. Wyo's #6 P.J. Morse and #7 Jon
Tuke and helped by displacing other teams #6 and #7 runners. The Spartans had won the war. They were Berks
County Champions again. A gutty performance by the Wyo boys - all seven deep. Wilson was 2nd. Exeter 3rd,
Twin Valley 4th and Reading 5th. 

BOYS VARSITY 
115 WY Wyomissing 
129 WI Wilson 
129 EX Exeter 
132 TV Twin Valley 
145 RD Reading 
159 KU Kutztown 
173 BO Boyertown 
178 CW Conrad Weiser 
179 OV Oley Valley 
220 TU Tuplephocken 
223 GM Governor Mifflin 
301 SV Schuylkill Valley 
317 FL Fleetwood 
338 MU Muhlenberg 
356 DB Daniel Boone 
445 HN Holy Name 
 HB Hamburg 
 
Boys Varsity Individuals
1 16.39 CW Chris Muldoon 
2 16.45 GM Greg Linsky 
3 16.46 RD Darnel Kulaga 
4 16.49 TV Shawn Moore 
5 16.54 WY Paul Stoltzfus 
6 17.03 WY Josh Vanderveen 
7 17.19 TV Ryan Dunlap 
8 17.22 WI Tai Fennel 
9 17.23 WI Andrew Winterhalter 
10 17.24 RD Brian Yerger 
11 17.25 EX Matt Elias 
12 17.29 BO Brandon Foose 
13 17.30 EX Bobby McGrew 
14 17.32 TV Nick Patterson 
15 17.36 MU Bryant Shunk 
16 17.39 OV David Morgan 
17 17.39 EX Matt Lewars 
18 17.41 HB Devin Gundrum 
19 17.45 BO Matt Renninger 
20 17.46 FL Tim Senavaitis 
21 17.47 CW Jared Hoffa 
22 17.47 TU Dave Siegfried 
23 17.48 BO Craig Geiser 
24 17.48 KU Jeff Zimmerman 
25 17.50 KU Nathan Hardenbrook 
26 17.54 CW Jason Schaeffer 
27 17.54 WI Pat Walters 
28 17.55 EX Bryan Schmehl 
29 17.56 OV Devin Kelly 
30 17.57 WI Matt Frasso 
31 17.57 WY Zach Snyder 
32 17.58 RD Kyle Gates 
33 17.59 DB Chris Inzana 
34 18.00 WY Dan McMunigal 
35 18.00 KU Andrew Stutzman 
36 18.01 SV Jeff Bower 
37 18.04 KU Dylan Dallago 
38 18.06 TU Anthony Steigerwald 
39 18.08 OV Josh Schoch 
40 18.09 SV Jared Fenstermacher 
41 18.10 DB Pat Tobin 
42 18.11 WY Jason Meader 
43 18.11 KU Joe Ganser 
44 18.12 GM Chris Bugay 
45 18.13 TU Adam Stockholm 
46 18.13 RD Josh Lokken 
47 18.14 TU Bryan Baxter 
48 18.15 BO Brad Anderson 
49 18.15 OV Matt Kirn 
50 18.16 OV Alex Lambi 
51 18.16 WY PJ Morse 
52 18.16 FL Billy Reidel 
53 18.17 TV Matt Simonetti 
54 18.17 WY Jon Tuke 
55 18.18 GM Trevor Rocco 
56-111 slower than WYO, so not typed in 

 
Girls race: Mifflin's Nicky Stoyer sprinted to the lead in the first 100 meters. By the time the head of the pack had
reached the gap in the trees at the 300 meter mark, the Huss twins had restored order and they led the field thru the
gap and past the water tower. At the 3/4 mile mark as the girls went up the long hill at the far side of the course,
Amy Huss took charge. Sister Debbie trailed by 3 meters and was visibly struggling to match Amy's pace. 10
meters further on was the chase pack consisting of Fleetwood's Nikki Angstadt, Tulpehocken's Desiree Bower,
Hamburg's Adrienne Beltz, Stoyer and Wyo's Ashley Iwanowski among others. When the girls circled into the long
gauntlet between the corn rows and the tall pines for the first time, Amy had established a 30 meter lead and was
running with the familiar Huss stride. Debbie had drifted back to lead a shrinking chase pack of herself, Bower and
Beltz. Usually the Huss twins have mirrored powerful strides, but today Debbie wasn't running the same. At first it
looked like she was slightly injured somehow, but later after the race she said that injury wasn't the problem, rather
that she never felt good and her legs felt heavy. Debbie was just having an off day - the proverbial "bad day in the
Alps". Nevertheless, Debbie led the small group for the next 100 meters, where Bower took over the pace-chasing
duties up the short sharp hill and under the water tower. Here Angstadt had drifted back to fifth and was also
looking more sluggish than her usual self. Iwanowski was running smoothly in sixth by herself and Wyo's Karen
Rogers was in eighth right on Stoyer's heels. The order of this top eight would basically stay the same the rest of the
way. Meanwhile at the front, Amy was steadily pulling away like a powerful locomotive. Bower would put forth
surges to try to close the gap, but she would never gain any ground on Amy - and Beltz and Debbie H. would hang
right with her like tetherballs. Finally, on the second time up the short steep hill at the end of the corn row/pine tree
gauntlet, one of Bower's surges shed Debbie from the chase group. At the front, Amy swept into the finishing
downhill straight in commanding style with a 70 meter lead to snare her second individual Berks County Conference
Championship going away. Bower outsprinted Beltz for 2nd. Beltz - 3rd, Debbie H. - a courageous 4th, Angstadt -
5th. Next in 6th came Iwanowski, who had her best race ever - to date (Districts and States are yet to come). Stoyer
pulled away from Rogers in the final straight for 7th. Rogers took 8th and earned the final Berks All-County spot.
Wyo fans now turned their attention to the Wyo fifth runner. Astrid Chastka had been running in a group of 10
runners all day at around 20th. This large group thundered into the final straight with Chastka at the front. When the
sprint started, two Twin Valley girls surged past her. Then Chastka dug in and by the time they reached the line, she
had won the group sprint for 18th place. As it turned out Chastka as Wyo's 5th and final scorer had beaten Twin
Valley's #1 runner. Twin Valley finished 3rd overall as a team. Governor Mifflin finished 2nd as a team with more
than twice as many points as the Spartans. A truly remarkable dominating performance by Amy Huss and the
Spartan girls team. At least for last year and this, the Wyo girls have become "The New York Yankees of Berks
County Girls Cross Country". Yayee!! 
 
GIRLS VARSITY 
33 WY Wyomissing 
73 GM Governor Mifflin 
113 TV Twin Valley 
144 TU Tulpehocken 
160 BO Boyertown 
161 FL Fleetwood 
171 EX Exeter 
192 CW Conrad Weiser 
254 DB Daniel Boone 
264 KU Kutztown 
267 WI Wilson 
307 MU Muhlenberg 
319 RD Reading 
346 OV Oley Valley 
424 HN Holy Name 
 HB Hamburg 
 
Girls Varsity Individuals
1 19.05 WY Amy Huss 
2 19.18 TU Desiree Bower 
3 19.19 HB Adriene Beltz 
4 19.36 WY Debbie Huss 
5 19.43 FL Nicki Angstadt 
6 19.48 WY Ashley Iwanowski 
7 20.01 GM Nikki Stoyer 
8 20.11 WY Karen Rodgers 
9 20.15 BO Isabella Valenti 
10 20.19 TU Mary Forry 
11 20.24 EX Kim Lamp 
12 20.27 GM Steph Ciabattoni 
13 20.29 GM Alison Cifrese 
14 20.35 CW Kristen Egan 
15 20.38 EX Jennifer Jordan 
16 20.45 GM Katie Grim 
17 20.48 FL Christy Angstadt 
18 20.52 WY Astrid Chastka 
19 20.53 TV Lauren Hix 
20 20.55 TV Hanna Mast 
21 20.55 DB Hilary Rice 
22 20.55 BO Becca Kehs 
23 20.57 TV Carly Kabbeko 
24 20.59 KU Laura Mohler 
25 21.00 TV Mere Beaton 
26 21.02 FL Annika Blomberg 
27 21.12 KU Kirsten Wert 
28 21.13 CW Jen Hoffa 
29 21.14 EX Thuy Nguyen 
30 21.17 GM Megan Greth 
31 21.18 TV Kelly Hoberg 
32 21.19 WI Lindsey Guenter 
33 21.20 WY Lauren Shaub 
34 21.21 GM Shawn Krumholz 
35 21.21 BO Steph Skovronski 
36 21.24 WY Erin Crider 
37 21.29 CW Mandy Stevenson 
38 21.29 TV Nikki Cocco 
39 21.31 WI Emily Pumphrey 
40 21.34 TU Brandi Light 
41-108 slower than WYO so not typed in 
 
 
GIRLS JV 
1 21.04 WY Jessie Schlegel 
2 21.26 TV Erica Kabbeko 
3 21.51 WY Rachel Shapiro 
4 21.58 WY Michaela McElroy 
5 22.01 TV Katie Kegerreis 
6 22.06 WY Elisa Champlin 
7 22.14 GM Steph Bronner 
8 22.18 WY Hillary Rieveley 
9 22.25 TV Tanya Hix 
10 22.31 GM Ashley Richards 
11 22.36 TV Steph Stamm 
12 22.40 WY Kate Sweitzer 
13 22.47 BO Danielle Prestia 
14 22.50 WY Jamie Knudsen 
15 22.53 GM Laura Bugay 
16 22.59 TV Christine Scanszroli 
17 23.02 TV Gillian Carter 
18 23.09 TV Becky Oldham 
19 23.15 EX Sheila Musselman 
20 23.17 WY Elise Johnston 
21 23.18 TV Donna Stallman 
22 23.23 TV Kristin Hoberg 
23 23.35 GM Jen Sternick 
24 23.48 WY Danielle Booth 
25 23.55 KU Anna Koneski 
26 24.09 GM Callie Exas 
27 24.11 GM Rachel Miller 
28 24.18 TV Marybeth Schlitzer 
29 24.24 WI Theresa Tieman 
30 24.26 GM Brittany Bates 
31 24.27 HB Nicole Yeager 
32 24.30 DB Elayne Sloane 
33 24.31 WI Hannah Cansick 
34 24.38 TV Abby McElhenny 
35 24.43 DB Susan Kline 
36 24.46 KU Kate Wood 
37 24.49 EX Brittany Draxler 
38 24.49 EX Chrissy Renniger 
39 24.54 CW Molly Smith 
40 24.55 BO Kristen Reilly 
41 24.59 BO Cheyanne Gehman 
42 25.03 TV Jen Lanser 
43 25.07 DB Melissa Osisek 
44 25.07 BO Elise Pfanders 
45 25.08 DB Katie Rittenbaugh 
46 25.10 FL Alie Wargo 
47 25.11 BO Danielle Gehman 
48 25.14 WY Amy Buck 
49 25.19 GM Becky Blimline 
50 25.22 WI Katiel Marshall 
51 25.22 WI Becky Guthrie 
52 25.45 BO Jamie Prestia 
53 25.58 WY Jackie Shor 
54 26.02 DB Kelly Mintzer 
55 26.09 WI Cristin Walters 
56 26.09 WI Rachel Pollet 
57 26.13 WY Chrissie Mena 
58 26.15 BO Lauren Glod-Wetzel 
rest are slower than WYO, so not typed in. 
 
BOYS JV 
1 18.27 WI Jeremy Drey 
2 18.37 WI David Rebholz 
3 18.41 WY Clif Duquette 
4 18.43 WI Sean Devine 
5 18.49 WY Steve Galvis 
6 18.52 OV Chad Freeland 
7 18.54 EX David Hughes 
8 18.55 WI Kevin Rebholz 
9 18.57 EX Joe Addesso 
10 19.02 WY Wil Lutz 
11 19.04 OV Scott Shirey 
12 19.13 WY Morty Castor 
13 19.19 WY Shawn Goodling 
14 19.18 OV Jeremy Miller 
15 19.23 GM Justin Corbett 
16 19.24 TU Dave Ketterer 
17 19.26 WY Chris Langdon 
18 19.30 GM Matt Allison 
19 19.32 WY Tim Shapiro 
20 19.38 OV Steve Ferrari 
21 19.39 WY Kishan Parikh 
22 19.40 EX Joe Grippe 
23 19.41 GM Wes Kuser 
24 19.42 WY Eric Kirse 
25 19.50 EX Rocky Perry 
26 19.52 TU Benjamin Shultz 
27 19.53 WY Mike Mathis 
28 19.59 BO Ben Galaska 
29 20.03 EX Tony Desantos 
30 20.04 OV Brian Christman 
31 20.08 GM Steve Seaholtz 
32 20.12 BO Scott Undercuffler 
33 20.13 EX Ken Martin 
34 20.14 WY Art Douglass 
35 20.19 RD Brandon Moore 
36 20.20 EX Brian Dodds 
37 20.24 GM Caleb Schauer 
38 20.25 SV Steve Meckley 
39 20.26 TU Joseph Bicher 
40 20.26 GM Matt Dietrich 
41 20.28 EX Matt Adamitis 
42 20.28 TU Daniel Landis 
43 20.29 WI Ed Sweeney 
44 20.29 WY Pat Murray 
45 20.30 TU Kyle Bredbenner 
46 20.31 EX Charles Dellinger 
47 20.35 EX Brian Roberts 
48 20.40 WY Tim Becker 
49 20.41 WY Ken Adams 
50 20.46 WI Ian Gibson 
51 20.52 TU Brandon Ziegler 
52 20.58 GM Grant Duffin 
53 21.00 WI John Farinoso 
54 21.00 BO Brad Freimann 
55 21.12 CW Justin Kulowski 
56 21.13 CW David Clark 
57 21.21 BO Nate Tussey 
58 21.22 HB Hector Cruz 
59 21.28 TU Casey Ilus 
60 21.30 GM Geoff Hasker 
61 21.33 GM Ryan McKechnie 
62 21.37 CW Geoffrey Harmon 
63 21.37 GM Travis Ninzeheltzer 
64 21.39 WI Steve Levkoff 
65 21.46 TU Christopher Stewart 
66 21.46 WY Jason Yanchuleff 
67 21.52 SV Albert Schneider 
68-90 not typed in