PTXC 1 coverage complete - 1000s of pix on and video of all six races, plus video interviews
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09/10 |
Wyalusing Valley Invitational
Wyalusing Valley Area
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Wyalusing, PA Results Posted |
| 09/11 | Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational
Penn State University
On a day when several teams decided not to brave the rain, PA#7 State College girls came out strong through the downpour to score 30 points and win in comfortable fashion, placing six runners in the top 12 overall. Chloe Schmidt led the charge, winning the race in 19:10, outdistancing Millville's Katie Sick by 16 seconds.
Bayport-Blue Point came down from NY to crash the PA party and come out with the boys team title 64-70 over AA PA#4 Fairview. Vince Fadale of Selinsgrove Area won the individual boys title, winning in a soggy 16:21, 2 seconds better than Tunkhannock's Reece Ayers.
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University Park, PA Results Posted
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| 09/11 | Unionville Showcase Relays
Unionville
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Kennett Square, PA RESULTS POSTED |
| 09/12 |  14th Cherokee Challenge
Cherokee HS
At the Cherokee Challenge in NJ in 2 mile class races, when combining the scores of all four boys races, Germantown Friends only loses to US#4 (MileSplit US Fab 15) Haddonfield, NJ by two points, 27-29.
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Marlton, NJ Results Posted |
| 09/12 | 19th Big Red Invitational
West Middlesex
West Middlesex (38 White Race) and Fort Lebouf (89 Red Race) won the boys varsity races. Tallada from Saegerstown had the fastest time of the day, as he was the only guy to break 17 minutes (16:50) to win the white race. Spurk from Slippery Rock won the Red race, running 17:13.
Corry (57 with 4 in the top ten in the Red Race) and AA PA#2 West Middlesex (58 with 3 in the top ten in the White Race) won the girls varsity races. Corry won the Red race by four points over Slippery Rock. Richards from Hickory ran 19:21, defeating the field by 1:26 seconds. Morrocco from Reynolds (20:15) won the White race by four seconds over Spence from Cranberry (20:19)
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West Middlesex, PA Results Posted |
| 09/12 | 31st Annual Centaur Invitational
DeSales University
 Perkiomen Valley's Vince Perozze made his debut at the wet and already challenging Desales University course and got off to a winning start, running 16:36.2, to outdistance Council Rock North's Chris Campbell by 12 seconds. Campbell's team had similar luck in the team standings, as Hatboro-Horsham defeated the PA#9 squad 70-92. The Hatters were led for the second straight week by a 5th place finish from Sam Hibbs and had three in the top ten overall.The two time defending AAA girls state champions, and PA#4 Emmaus started their title defense, but not without some stiff competition from Downingtown East. Despite the gutsy effort, Emmaus came away with a 91-101 victory. The Faust triplets led the way for Emmaus, finishing 2-3-8, all behind Northwestern Lehigh's Lindsay Kerr, who won for the second straight week. Kerr covered the course in 19:47.7, defeating the Brianna and Amanda Faust by 4 and 5 seconds respectively. (Above photo by Kelly Miller)
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Center Valley, PA Results Posted |
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PA#1 West Chester Henderson once again displayed their depth relay style by taking the top two places separated by 36 seconds. Henderson's "A" team (Grab, Lott, Jordan, Keller) was the only team to break 45 minutes on the day. The C.B. South girls (Bachman, Meyer, Goldsworthy, Chappell) won their relay event by only ten seconds over Villa Maria Academy.  Photo by Tom Mallon
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Philadelphia, PA Results Posted
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| 09/12 | 42nd Annual Mill Street Run
Holy Ghost Preparatory School
Jenkintown (D1) and Neshaminy (D2) won boys team titles. Jenkintown was led by a 3rd place finish from Stephen Prendergast and Neshaminy was led by the individual winner Tim Haines, who ran 15:14 for the 2.9 mile course. Villa Joseph Marie (D1) and Council Rock South (D2) were the girls team champions. Lindsay Rheiner of Council Rock North was the individual winner, winning in 17:23.
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Bristol, PA Partial Results Posted |
| 09/12 | Abington Invitational
Abington
The Notre Dame girls debuted through the slop and drizzle and made a strong statement, scoring 44 points with three in the top ten and five in the top eighteen. They were 44 points better than PA#5 Cumberland Valley, who had the individual winner in Leigha Anderson. Anderson covered the messy course in 19:19 to win over Notre Dame's Maria Seykora (19:41) and Julianne Garvey (19:54).
The Cumberland Valley boys had better luck, scoring 28 points to outdistance the field by 52, led by a 1-2-3 charge by winner Ken Murphy (16:47), Ryan Hartzel (16:50), and Seth Robbins (16:52). Haverford High finished in 2nd with 81 points, led by a 6th place finish by senior Ed Donnelly.
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Abington, PA Results Posted |
| 09/12 | Central Bucks East Invitational
Central Bucks East
Two time defending state champions and PA#7 North Penn had an easy go of it on the soggy campus of Central Bucks East, scoring 45 points to defeat the host school by 17. The North Penn duo of state contender Brad Miles and Sam Burnitt, along with Father Judge's Tom Kehl were bunched together for 2+miles of the race, but the Miles and Burnitt pulled away in the last 1000 meters for the 1-2 victory, Miles in 16:19 and Burnitt in 16:23. Nick Scarpalo of C.B. West finished 3rd, while Kehl finished 4th.
On the other hand, preseason PA#1 North Penn girls had to grind out a tough victory on the road against the host school. Despite a 1-2 finish from C.B. East, North Penn came away with the win 49-56. However, the close team finish was overshadowed by the strong performance of C.B. East junior Katie Kinkead, who took the lead at 3/4 of a mile and never looked back, winning with a time of 19:21, 36 seconds ahead of teammate Jenny Guidera in 19:57. Christy Cohick of North Penn was 3rd for the team winners.
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Doylestown, PA Results Posted |
| 09/12 | Chestnut Hill Academy Invitational
Chestnut Hill Academy
Chestnut Hill Academy sophomore Dustin Wilson broke his own meet recordby four seconds on the Philadelphia Cricket Club/CHA campus 3.0 mile course, running 15:37 to win by 24 seconds. Masterman defeated CHA for the boys team title 40-45. Springfield (Montco) won the girls team title with 25 points, placing five in the top eight, and were led by a meet record 20:54 from Jenny Uehlino.
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Philadelphia, PA Partial Results Posted |
| 09/12 | Forest Hills Invitational
Forest Hills
Top ranked AA girls team, and PA#10 overall Central Cambria place five in the top ten in their 2009 debut (2-4-5-7-9) to score 27 points and start on the right foot. Kelsey Seymour was the top runner for the team, running 19:26, but Leah Anne Wirfel was dominant for the second straight week, running 18:35.
Alex Woodrow was the only boy to break 17 minutes on the day, running 16:40 to outdistance himself from St Mary's Cody Foster. Foster, however, did lead his team to victory, as St Mary's won the team title over Westmont Hilltop 107-123.
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Sidman, PA Results Posted |
| 09/12 |  Jim Smith Invitational
PORT JEFFERSON
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Kings Park, NY Results Posted |
| 09/12 | Lebanon Valley Invitational
Annville-Cleona
Chris O'Sullivan (16:58) won the individual title at Lebanon Valley and led St Joe's Prep to the team title over Palmyra 45-79. Palmyra's girls team had better luck and took the girls team title over Cocalico 52-62. Oxford's Meghan Harvey won the individual title, running 21:20.
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East Hanover, PA Partial Results Posted |
| 09/12 | Montrose Invitational
Montrose
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Montrose, PA RESULTS POSTED |
| 09/12 |  PTXC 1 - Presented by Puma
Franklin & Marshall College
 Cedar Crest's Alex Galli picked a great day for a win and to break 16 for the first time in winning the varsity race in 15:55.46.
 MileSplit.US US#9 Sara Sargent, Pennsbury, ran uncontested from the gun to a winning time of 18:10 on a slippery and muddy course at the PTXC1 Invitational. Her Pennsbury girls rolled to their second Invitational victory of the year with a 55-87 victory over West Chester Henderson. Alex Gallis, Cedar Crest, took the boys varsity race in 15:56. Conrad Weiser took the boys title with 113 points.
 Sara Sargent leads Pennsbury to a convincing team.
Cedar Crest's Alex Galli picked a great day for a win and to break 16 for the first time in winning the varsity race in 15:55.46.
Central Bucks West's Jess Jones led her team to the JV title with her 20:56.87.
Solanco's Josh Temple cruised the course in 17:59.72 to win the JV race.
Cedar Crest's Hayleigh Echard would have placed 11th in the boys' Middle School race with her winning 9:57.47.
Elk Lake won the boys' Middle School team title behind the 9:00.92 individual win by Luke Jones.
Middle Country HS made the trip to Lancaster for PTXC 1.
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Lancaster, PA Results Posted Video interview with Boys' Varsity champ, Alex Galli, Cedar Crest
Video interview with Girls' Varsity champ Sara Sargent
Video of the Varsity Girls race
Video of the Varsity Boys race
Video of Girls Junior Varsity Race
Video of Boys Junior Varsity Race
Video of Girls Middle School Race
Video of Boys Middle School Race
Photo Gallery of all six races
Megan Clugh Gallery (including Awards)
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| 09/12 | Red, White & Blue Classic
Baldwin
Flash Results from Mark Schwartz
 RWB FLASH RESULTS VB BALD 78 NA 94 QV 153 ML 159 RAD GUNZENHAUSER SR ML 15:24 (Right in photo by Doug Michaels) CODY Pelliccioni JR Morgantown,WV 15:36 Ryan Gill JR NA 15:41 Matt Cecala SR Bald 15:43 VG NORWIN 106 OSBOURN PARK,VA 115 NH 152 NA 169 GOV MIFF 198 COMMING INTO THE OVAL UP THE LAST HILL JENNA GIGLIOTTI N LEADING FOLLOWED BY A PACK OF 5. THEN BECAME A PACK OF 6 RAN TOGETHER THEN TOP 2 PULLED AWAY OUT STRENGHTED THE PACK OF 4 REMAINING. ELAINA BALOURIS HAMP SR 18:19 JENNA Gigliotti N 18:21 Margo MALONE NH SO JR
18:23 Shannon MALONE NH FR 18:24 ARIEL Karabinus SR 18:29 OP,VA
 Elaina Balouris, Hampton, would win by two second over Norwin's Jenna Gigliotti. North Hills' Margo Malone was 3rd. (Photo by Doug Michaels)
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Pittsburgh, PA Results Posted
Photo Gallery by Doug Michaels for PTXC
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| 09/12 | Slippery Rock Invitational
Slippery Rock University
AA PA#5 North East rebounded from last week and took home the AA boys team title over General McLane 45-67. North East countered General McLane's 2-4-5 by placing their top five in the top fifteen, led by AA individual winner Alex Beardsley, who just missed joining the sub-16 minute club, running a 16:01.
For the 2nd straight week, PA#8 Altoona Area won in dominating fashion, placing four in the top ten and gapping the field by 82 points. Wade Endress won his second consecutive race and broke 16:10 for the second straight week, running a 16:08 to outrace Grove City's Jacob Kildoo by seven seconds.
 The North East girls completed the AA team title double over General McLane, winning by 3 points, despite General McLane's Makenzie O'Connor one point in the team standings, running 19:56. Emily Giannotti (Photo by Carl Strub) of Coudersport ran 19:04 to win the individual AA title.Hempfield Area won the AAA girls team title over Butler 50-54, led by a 3-4-6 finish, with freshman Maddie Fiaschetti finishing 3rd. Elesia Wilson of Meadville won the individual AAA girls title in 19:32, the only girl to break 20 minutes in the race.
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Slippery Rock, PA
Results Posted
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| 09/12 |  Twin Valley Raider Invitational
Twin Valley
Downingtown East won both team titles. The boys placed four in the top five to win the team title with 28 points. The team was led by a 1-2 finish from Nick Dastalfo (17:14) and Steve Cline (17:15). The girls were led by a second place finish from Tori Mullane (20:31), but she was nipped at the finish line by individual winner Alexa Gruschow (20:30). Mullane led a 2-4-5-6-9 finish for Downingtown East.
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Elverson, PA Results Posted |
| 09/12 | Waynesburg Invitational
Waynesburg College
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Waynesburg, PA |
| 09/12 |  Windsor Invitational
Windsor Central
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Windsor, NY Results Posted |
