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Saturday, November 1, 1997

1997 PIAA Cross Country State Championships
@ Penn State University

Rain. Rain. And more rain.

1997 PA XC Champs.
By Don Rich
Date: 11/97

AA - Girls

Place School Name Team Score

1^st Wellsboro 133

2^nd Danville 134

3^rd Lancaster Mennonite 169

4^th Villa Maria 179

5^th Southmoreland 185

6^th Greenville 185

7^th Wyomissing 242

8^th Wilson 246

9^th York Catholic 258

10^th Elwood City 267

AA Girls

Place Name School Name Time

1^st Kate Steklachich Hickory 18:39.99

2^nd Sonja Shedden Troy 18:56.93

3^rd Beth Sharkey Bishop Hafey 19:02.13

4^th Greta Hertzler Lancaster Mennonite 19:03.24

5^th Josianne Lauber Oxford 19:13.05

6^th Theresa Dennis Hanover 19:14.51

7^th Nancee Bernecky North Clarion 19:14.99

8^th Jessica Baker Girard 19:15.96

9^th Krista Gahagan Juniata Valley 19:18.14

10^th Jill Warmbrodt Johnsonburg Area 19:23.43

11^th Catherine Peff Jenkintown 19:27.54

12^th Holly Hartle North Clarion 19:28.74

13^th Jil Christiansen Greenville 19:29.42

14^th Claire Maneliak Youngsville 19:31.87

15^th Sarah Bright York Catholic 19:32.52

16^th Kim Jaick Southern Lehigh 19:33.20

17^th Jennifer Anthony Southmoreland 19:34.14

18^th Abrial Hayes Greenville 19:35.15

19^th Catherine Pierce Villa Maria 19:35.55

20^th Andrea Good Lancaster Mennonite 19:49.14

21^st Kelly McConnell Danville 19:49.60

22^nd Tair Gonsalves Oley Valley 19:50.67

23^rd Amy Staub Cranberry 19:52.70

24^th Alicia Gehris Tulpehocken 19:53.20

25^th Rachel Pfeiffenburger York Catholic 19:54.01

AAA - Girls

Place School Name Team Score

1^st Solanco 85

2^nd Liberty 126

3^rd North Allegheny 137

4^th North Penn 160

5^th State College 217

6^th Council Rock 219

7^th Chambersburg 228

8^th Mount Lebanon 228

9^th Central York 237

10^th Kiski Area 256

AAA Girls

Place Name School Name Time

1^st Liz Churchville Upper Merion 18:25.06

2^nd Stacie Bouchard Hempfield 18:47.09

3^rd Becky Bullard Perkiomen Valley 18:50.65

4^th Stacey Vidt Hampton 18:52.02

5^th Natalie DiFelice Sun Valley 18:56.51

6^th Erica Klingensmith Latrobe 18:57.03

7^th Kylene Kownurko Council Rock 19:00.19

8^th Erin Peiffer Solanco 19:00.49

9^th Erin Okawa Upper Dublin 19:01.07

10^th Chris Crowe State College 19:02.36

11^th Bethany Harry Wyoming Valley-West 19:03.16

12^th Leah Peiffer Solanco 19:03.96

13^th Emily Shertzer Lower Dauphin 19:05.33

14^th Kathy Breisch Quakertown 19:06.77

15^th Melanie Stock Cumberland Valley 19:07.04

16^th Heidi Harrison General McLane 19:09.83

17^th Carrie Hucko North Allegheny 19:10.37

18^th Cindy Dumham Warren 19:13.46

19^th Jessica Johnson Central York 19:14.07

20^th Karen Weber Emmaus 19:14.87

21^st Amy Boyle North Allegheny 19:16.90

22^nd Jessica McGuire Norwin 19:17.43

23^rd Tracy Reid Solanco 19:17.99

24^th Lindsey Mang Honesdale 19:25.79

25^th Kelly Baker Chambersburg 19:29.00

AA - Boys

Place School Name Team Score

1^st Union City 92

2^nd Shady Side Academy 142

3^rd Wyomissing 151

4^th Montrose 164

5^th York Suburban 186

6^th Grove City 243

7^th Annville-Cleona 257

8^th Sullivan County 266

9^th Lakeland 271

10^th Northern Lehigh 277

AA - Boys

Place Name School Name Time

1^st Tom Parlipiano St. Pius 15:44.78

2^nd Eric Reese Sullivan County 15:48.82

3^rd Sean Nagorny York Suburban 16:12.73

4^th Wayne McCartney Fort Leboeuf 16:19.84

5^th Brian Gaines Union City 16:20.54

6^th Brian Blackburn Richland 16:22.72

7^th Josh Laren Fort Leboeuf 16:23.81

8^th Tim Cron Sayre 16:25.04

9^th Sam Shea Brentwood 16:25.47

10^th Peter Dray Mt Carmel 16:26.40

11^th Jeff Dobias Palmerton 16:26.86

12^th Tim Carroll Springfield 16:31.00

13^th Steve Pizzulli Oxford 16:34.02

14^th Aaron Lanzel Eisenhower 16:35.47

15^th Grady Powell Fort Leboeuf 16:36.49

16^th David Eldridge Blairsville 16:39.03

17^th Greg Musser Donegal 16:39.40

18^th Doug Gifford Seneca 16:39.89

19^th Joel Moceri Wyomissing 16:40.33

20^th Brad Jones Linesville 16:44.43

21^st Ryan Fennelly St. Pius 16:45.22

22^nd Joe Gorski Elk Lake 16:47.36

23^rd Chuck Dinofrio Bishop Hafey 16:48.29

24^th John Byrne Scranton Prep 16:48.61

25^th Jeff Spolar Montrose 16:48.90

AAA - Boys

Place School Name Team Score

1^st North Allegheny 105

2^nd Henderson 143

3^rd Altoona 154

4^th Mount Lebanon 159

5^th North Penn 165

6^th Northern 173

7^th Council Rock 182

8^th State College 198

9^th Boyertown 229

10^th Honesdale 257

AAA - Boys

Place Name School Name Time

1^st Ben Showers Henderson 15:45.85

2^nd Dan Coval Council Rock 15:54.36

3^rd Jon Thelen Susquehannock 16:00.94

4^th John McGrorey Henderson 16:01.27

5^th Tim Lentz Derry 16:05.23

6^th Tim McAteer CB West 16:06.64

7^th Travis Etter Altoona 16:08.56

8^th Aaron Rich Haverford 16:13.20

9^th Kyle Norris Upper Moreland 16:15.76

10^th Gary Garman Butler 16:17.96

11^th Ron Bossert Easton 16:18.44

12^th Sam Haines Lansdale Catholic 16:19.38

13^th Jordy Czajka Cheltenham 16:19.66

14^th Mike Sheaffer IndianValley 16:21.07

15^th Paul Hayes Northern 16:22.00

16^th C.J. Hoetzel Wallenpaupack Area 16:23.31

17^th Bill James Perkiomen Valley 16:23.68

18^th Ben Junko Trinity 16:24.04

19^th Luke Hilko North Allegheny 16:24.63

20^th Paul J. Ward Crestwood 16:25.94

21^st Dennis Cox Coatesville 16:28.18

22^nd Greg Castello Mount Lebanon 16:28.80

23^rd Steve Gross State College 16:29.52

24^th Dickie Hildebrand North Allegheny 16:30.02

25^th Erik Churchill Great Valley 16:30.49

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