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District 1

District 2

Districts 3-4

Districts 5-7

Districts 8-9

Districts 10-11

 

District 1

Friday, Octdober 26, 2001 @ Lehigh University's Goodman Campus Races start @ 10AM

Full Varsity Results on PennTrackXC courtesy of The Tracker

Additional photos can be found here.

District 1 Timng Service website - Click Here
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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.

 

District 2

Wednesday, October 24, 2001 @ Scranton Municipal Golf Course
Qualifier Results

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. Partial results.

 

District 3

Saturday, October 27, 2001 @ Hersheypark (site of the 2001 State Championship)
9-AA girls / 10-AAA girls / 11-AA boys / Noon-AAA boys

Complete results courtesy of DIII plus photos.

Additional photos can be found here.

District 3 website - Click Here

 

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. Complete results courtesy of DIII plus photos.

 

District 4

Thursday, October 25, 2001 @ Bloomsburg University
11-AA girls / 11:45-AAA girls / 12:30-AA boys / 1:15-AAA boys

District 4 results on PennTrackXC-Click Here

District 4 website - Click Here

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.

 

Districts 5 & 6 (DISTRICT 5 ATHLETES COMPETE IN DISTRICT 6)

Saturday, October 27, 2001 @ Indian Valley Middle School, Milroy

Partial results: Click Here

District 6 website - Click here.
 

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.

 

District 7

Thursday, October 25, 2001

Complete results courtesy of runhigh.com.

District 7 (WPIAL) website - Click Here

 

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. Complete results courtesy of runhigh.com.
 

District 8

Saturday, October 20, 2001 @ Schenley Oval, Pittsburgh - Highlights & Results

District 8 Results - Allderice website (best source for results)

District 8 website - Pittsburgh Public Schools

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. Pix & Partial Results.
 

District 9

Thursday, October 25, 2001 @ Clarion County Park

Complete results courtesy of runhigh.com.

District 9 website - Click Here

 

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. Complete results courtesy of runhigh.com.

 

District 10

Saturday, October 27, 2001 @ Buhl Park, Sharon

Complete results on PennTrackXC

District 10 website - Click Here
District 10 2000 Results - Click Here

 

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 Eric (11th grade), and Brian (10th 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.

 

District 11

Top Ten Teams & State Qualifiers plus a few photos

Additional photos can be found here.

Thursday, October 25, 2001 @ Lehigh University's Goodman Campus
Four races, AA & AAA, starting at 2:30 pm

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.