| Sarah Andrews 17:07, Lutz in TX at Nike South | Brasovan course record 16:46 at flrunners.com | PA Girls #1 Emmaus, Furcht 15:18 @ Paul Short | Doug Smith unchallenged 16:29 debut at Shore Coaches (NJ) | Quick times at Holmdel | Freshmen girls rock Maine FOC | Hasay 17:54 season debut at Atascadero Invite | A pair of all-time bests at Salesianum, DE | Dunbar, Kodiak, Francis three-peat in Alaska |
Holmdel, NJ
The Emmaus girls may have been fighting the fall flu season, but that didn’t keep the defending PIAA Class 3A and current top-ranked Pennsylvania team from erasing No. 2-ranked Cumberland Valley off its list of PA squads to look out for by winning the 35th Annual Paul Short Invitational on Friday. Lead by senior Lindsey Graybill’s third place finish, the Green Hornets scored 77 points to Cumberland Valley’s 133 points. Ben Furcht (Sr., Lower Merion) won in 15:18... (Meet Story on PennTrackXC)
Charlotte, NC RESULTS POSTED
On the FL South course, Kimberly Spano (Sr., North Mecklenburg) ran a solo 17:48.
Oakton boys and girls traveled to Charlotte for this weekend's Wendy's Invitational at McAlpine Park, home of the Foot Locker South Regional. The Oakton boys came away as race champions over top teams in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Kentucky, while the Oakton girls took 3rd place in the invitational division.
Oakton boys, ranked #2 in Virginia, ran very impressive up front through four runners with all in the top 20 and ranging in times from 16:03 to 16:15. While running without two of their probably top five runners in Brian Hendricks and Dante Morales, their fifth runner came in a minute later after their fourth to make it a closer team race with Kentucky's Trinity High School trailing 12 points behind Oakton for first. However, the additions of Hendricks and Morales later this season would make Oakton even more formidable after the Wendy's times posted by teammates Neal Hendricks (8th, 16:03), Patrick Fulghum (10th, 16:05), Andrew McCullen (12th, 16:06), and Chris Weil (18th, 16:15).
Lanie Smith led the Oakton girls (3rd, 191 pts) dipping just under 19 minutes for the first time in a 5K race with a 18:59 clocking and 11th place finish in the girls' invitational race.
Coatesville H.S., Coatesville, PA RESULTS POSTED
Brad Miles (North Penn) (right, photo courtesy of Budkeeganimages.com) and Carlisle's Kyle Hurston battled it out for top overall finisher in the Varsity A Boys race. Miles took the win in 16:20, which is the 3rd best all time on the famed course since it's redesign in 1996. Three of his teammates slipped into the top 10 and helped PA#2 North Penn to a team title. PA#4 Carlisle was 2nd in the team race with big help from Hurston's impressive 2nd place finish in 16:25, also putting three in the top 10. Hurston now stands at #5 all time on the course.(Courtesy of Joe O'Neill, N5CTA.com)
Oakville, AL RESULTS POSTED
Madeline Morgan (Sr., Mountain Brook), 17:56, led four teammates in the top nine in as MileSplit #4 Mountain Brook, AL win elite girls race.
Alex Moser (Jr. York) was the surprise winner of the boys seeded race at the Maine Festival of Champions held at the Troy Howard Middle School in Belfast. Moser crossed the tape in 16:28.6 while Will Geoghegan (Jr. Brunswick) was just three ticks back in 16:31.3. Scarborough defeated Greeley, 92-97. On the girls side, super freshman Abbey Leonardi (Kennebunk) led from the gun to win by 47 seconds, running 18:43. Another freshman Fiona Hendry (Cheverus) was 2nd, clocking a 19:30. Scarborough also won the girls race
Sarah Andrews (Jr., The Woodlands) ran away from everyone, including defending Texas state champ Lauren Smith with a winning time of 17:07. Andrews' effort ranks second to Brasovan's 16:46 nationally. Craig Lutz (Left, photo by AlexAdaco, TXRunners.com) (So., Marcus) wrangles Texas' top talent in 15:13.
Meet Results: Varsity A Boys - Varsity A Girls - Varsity B Boys - Varsity B Girls
Alexander, Whitesburg, GA RESULTS POSTED
Alaska State Cross Country Championships
Portage West Middle H.S., Portage, MI
Becca Addison (Sr., Grand Haven), 17:51, over Jordan Tomecek (Jr., Milan) by thee seconds
| Sarah Andrews 17:07, Lutz in TX at Nike South | Brasovan course record 16:46 at flrunners.com | PA Girls #1 Emmaus, Furcht 15:18 @ Paul Short | Doug Smith unchallenged 16:29 debut at Shore Coaches (NJ) | Quick times at Holmdel | Freshmen girls rock Maine FOC | Hasay 17:54 season debut at Atascadero Invite | A pair of all-time bests at Salesianum, DE | Dunbar, Kodiak, Francis three-peat in Alaska |