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Broaddus and Smith must have been ready for
XC to end, because their first effort at the oval was stellar. 1st
indoor meet of the season was Friday 11/29 @ Lehigh. Results
courtesy of DVGTCA.
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More sad news for PA T&F11/21 - Bob Burdette, the secondary schools chairman of the Penn Relays for many years, and an icon of PA T&F, died Tuesday evening 11/19. More from Walt Murphy's News & Results Service. |
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11/20 - Olympian,
and National Prep 800 & 1500 meter record-holder Kim
Gallagher, Upper Dublin '82, dead at the age of 38 of
a stroke Monday 11/18. She had been diagnosed with stomach
cancer in 1995. The
full story in the Philadelphia Inquirer. If you'd
wish to remember Kim in some way, E-mail
your thoughts to PennTrack for publication. Funeral
services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Malachy's
Roman Catholic Church, 1429 N. 11th St, Philadelphia. Memorial
contributions can be sent to the Jessica Smith Trust
Fund, 1037 N. 67th St. Philadelphia, PA 19151.
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Foot
Locker Page with 2002 PA
Preview (Gottesfeld/Williams/Fleming
@ States,
will lead a strong PA contingent) PA coverage
from 2000 and 2001, plus all-time PA performances, links to national
coverage and PA
Entrants Listing.
Championship Weeks
4-5 (Nov 5-Nov 17) Saturday,
November 9: Mid-Atlantic
USATF XC Championships @ Belmont
Plateau, Philadelphia - Allentown Central
Catholic junior Frances Koons ran alone to a strong 19:04.0 on
the tough Belmont Plateau course as a tune-up for the Foot Lockers.
Results
courtest of Mid-Atlantic USATF. | Sunday
, November 10: Philadelphia
Catholic League Championships @
Belmont Plateau (St. Hubert's upsets O'Hara,
but Lions' boys win third straight) | Thursday,
November 14: Public
League Championships @ Belmont
Plateau, Philly (Central sweeps boys and girls behind Syrnick's
16:37 and frosh Carodine's
20:50) | Saturday,
November 16: Mid
East Regional Championships @
Kittering, Ohio (Nastase leads PA girls to 2nd, just 2pts behind
Indiana. PA boys 5th behind Pastore in 11th) | Let's
Get Dirty 5K @ Slippery Rock University (Soder and Egan
clean up the sloppiest, slipperyest race west of the Susquehanna)
| 58th Jesuit Championships @ Van Cortlandt Park, NYC (St. Joe's
Prep misses championships by a single point to Gonzaga, going
2-5-8-9-10 for 34 points behind C. Barlow's 14:02.9 3rd place)
Full Results
on Armorytrack.com. | Sunday, November 17:
Region
2 USATF XC Championships @ Slippery Rock University. Full
Results on USATF Site. |
Saturday,
November 16, 2002: Mid
East Regional Championships @ Kittering, Ohio -
The Pennsylvania Girls came up big and nearly beat a very
good Indiana team, losing by just two points, 42-44.
Leading PA to top ten finishes were Leanna Nastase of Forest
Hills (right), 4th in 18:34.86, Emily
Kruger of Lampeter-Strasburg, 5th in 18:35.69, and AAA
State Champ Christine Taranto, West Allegheny, 7th in 18:45.77.
Rounding out the scoring for PA were AA State Champ Heather Wilmoth
of Eisenhower, 13th in 18:54.81, and Liberty's Molly Lare,
15th in 18:58.75. Indiana's Tiffany Redlarczyk,
took the girls' title in 18:05.79. The
girls' effort contributed to a combined score with the boys of
165, placing the PA contingent 4th overall. Indiana won the combined
team championship with 101. The highest finisher for the PA boys
was Scranton Prep's Jon Pastore, 11th in 16:01.42.
Also scoring for the PA guys were Ryan Blood, East Pennsboro,
21st in 16:08.92, Eric Fleming, Bishop Shanahan, 25th in
16:12.70, Chris Robson, Red Land, 31st in 16:16.91, and
Adam Breisch, Quakertown, 33rd in 16:19.49. The boys were
5th as a team with 121 points, Indiana's Nef Araia won
the race in 15:13.97. Gwynedd-Mercy's Meghan Bishop did
not compete. Results
courtesy of Mid East Regional XC.
Saturday,
November 16, 2002 - Let's
Get Dirty 5K @ Slippery Rock University - It's a celebration
of cross country. A tough course. Slippery Rock. Mix in a lot
of mud and a ton of cheering from the more timid spectators, and
you've got the "Let's Get Dirty" 5K. It's mostly high
school kids in this open race, so you'd expect to see Brian Soder
of Harbor Creek mixing it up. But he also knows a bit about winning,
which he did in 19:30. The first girl was Amy Egan of Greensburg,
37th in 24:47. But the biggest surprise of the race was the 'culture
clash' that occurred as runners were retiring to the Field House
to get cleaned up a bit after the race. They were sharing the
space with a group of martial arts athletes who were trying to
suit up in their pristine white uniforms. They apparently didn't
laugh when they saw the approaching hoard of muddy runners. Yeah,
we're different. Results
courtesy of RunHigh.com.
Thursday
November 14, 2002 - Public
League Championships @ Belmont Plateau, Philadelphia (w/pix
pages) (PennTrack Onsite Coverage) -
Freshman Tya Carodine, who had only won a single race all
season, picked the biggest meet of the year to run first for Public
League Champ Central High, going 20:50 to hold off teammate
Evan Vance by five seconds. The budding star has extensive
club experience racing for Cambria TC, and used that experience
to maintain contact with Vance coming out of the woods after two
miles, before using the hill and flats to her advantage. Central
went 1-2-5-7-8 for just 23 points. In the boys' race, Central's
Mike Syrnick had to reel in teammate Jon Cartwright
over the tough second mile before pulling away to win in 16:37.
Cartwright was 25 seconds back. Central went 1-2-3-5-6
for just 17 points. The perfect score was broken up by David Sarrahima
of Northeast, who was 4th in a PR of 17:53. Results
courtesy of Fred Rosenfeld, Central. Includes PIX pages.
Sunday,
November 10, 2002 -
Philadelphia
Catholic League Championships @ Belmont Pleteau (w/pix pages)-
(PennTrack Onsite Coverage)
St. Hubert's girls (left)
won their first-ever PCL Championship with an unexpected
upset of Harrier Northeast US#6, and defending champ, Cardinal
O'Hara behind the 1-2 finish of junior Amy Kelly and
senior Rachel Papin. Kelly and Papin exited the woods alone,
with Kelly taking control over the final half mile to win in 19:37.
Papin was 2nd, four seconds back. Archbishop Prendergast senior
Nicole O'Dea was the only other runner under 20:00, going
19:43. O'Hara had five runners across before St. Hubert's 5th,
but it was that performance by senior Erica Morrin, getting
18th, just one spot later, that sealed the win, as she made up
all those points over the tough final mile. The final was 38-43.
St. Hubert's other two scorers were Katie Mehaffey, 7th
in 20:35, and Megan Neary, 10th in 21:02. O'Hara was led
by senior Danielle Schopf, 4th in 20:01. In the boys'
race, Cardinal O'Hara had seemed vulnerable at Divisions
the previous week, but pulled off their best team race of the
season to dominate a strong field to win their third straight
PCL title (1-3-5-8-12) 29-58 (LaSalle). As with the girls,
it was a powerful 1-3 finish at the front to set the tone, as
junior Steve Hallinan and Vince Gravelle went 16:19
and 16:36, respectively. And again, it was a clutch performance
by the 5th scorer as junior Jack Braconnier finished 12th
in 17:29 to secure the title. LaSalle junior Joe Fedorowicz
was 2nd in 16:26. Results
courtesy of The PCL and Archbishop Wood. Includes race pix.
Saturday, November 9, 2002: Mid-Atlantic USATF XC Championships @ Belmont Plateau, Philadelphia - Allentown Central Catholic junior Frances Koons ran alone to a strong 19:04.0 on the tough Belmont Plateau course as a tune-up for the Foot Lockers. Results courtest of Mid-Atlantic USATF.
Championship Week #3 (Oct 28-Nov 4) Wednesday, October 30: Keystone Conference Championships @ Plumstead Christian (Jacob Childs, Phil-Mont 18:28. Church Farm on 6th man over Phil-Mont Christian) | Penn-Jersey League Championships (Mercy Catholic 46, Solebury School 58, Akiba Hebrew 69) | Thursday, October 31: Girls' Inter-Ac League Championships @ Rose Tree Park (Elisa Payne, Shipley, 20:30. Germantown Academy 44) | Saturday, November 2: PIAA State Championships @ Hersheypark (US#10 Wyomissing four-peats in AA girls. US#11 Henderson boys in AAA over tough Council Rock-North pack. Hatboro-Horsham girls in AAA. Scranton Prep boys three-peat. Heather Wilmoth 18:57 AA. Christine Taranto 18:57 AAA. Chris Spooner, Lewisburg 16:01 AA. Ian Gottesfeld, Henderson, 16:03.4 AAA) | Monday, November 4: Philadelphia Catholic League Division Championships @ Belmont Plateau (O'Hara boys, girls. O'Neill 16:07. Schopf 19:39 in Southern. Ryan boys over LaSalle by a point with Fedorowicz 16:26. St. Hubert's girls behind Amy Kelly's 19:17. |
Monday, November 4, 2002
- Philadelphia
Catholic League Division Championships @ Belmont Pleteau
- Tim
O'Neill, the St. Joseph's Prep junior, picked a great time
to run a PR at Belmont Plateau, coming within just three seconds
of the PCL course record held by Bonner's Brenden Benner. His
16:07 was 12 seconds better than Cardinal O'Hara's Steve Hallinan.
O'Hara placed placed four in the top five to garner 34
points, 12 better than the Prep to get the Southern Division
Championship. O'Hara's girls also took the Southern Division
title with an identical 34 points to hold off Archbishop Carroll
by 13 points. Danielle Schopf, O'Hara, posted the win with
her 19:39 to hold off Prendie's Nicole O'Dea by ten seconds.
In the Northern Division, Archbishop Ryan was a point better
than LaSalle, 27-28. LaSalle's Joe Fedorowicz went
16:26 for the win. St. Hubert's tallied just 24 points
with Amy Kelly going 19:17, as her teammates took six of
the top ten spots. Results.
Saturday, November 2, 2002 - PIAA State Championships (November 2) @ Hersheypark, White Field (PennTrack Onsite Coverage) - AA Girls: "One for the thumb in 03" doesn't rhyme, but it's gotta work for Wyomissing, one of the top teams in the US (#14). The squad simply took their 4th straight AA girls championship behind the Twins Huss, Debbie in 19:21 for 4th and Amy in 19:25 for 5th. Their point total of 37 was 84 better than 2nd place Gwynedd Mercy. Heather Wilmoth, the District 10 Champ from Eisenhower, which produced last year's AA boys' champ Andy Weilacher, won in 18:57, a very fast time on the windy, rolling course. Wilmoth "wanted to beat Jesi (Christiansen, 2000-2001 State Champ) once." She did at the District 10 meet last week, and once that happened, "I got a lot of confidence." Leanna Nastase, Forest Hills, was 2nd in 19:05, while early leader Kristen Groff, Lancaster Mennonite, was 3rd in 19:17. AA Boys: "My coach told me to go for the win, or to control the race. When I came through the mile in front, I said 'let's see what I can do'" And all Lewisburg's Chris Spooner did was win in the day's fastest time, 16:01. East Pennsboro senior Ryan Blood took the lead as they started the final stretch, but was unable to hold off Spooner over the final 400 meters. Blood had sustained a minor hip injury on the States course the week before at Districts. Blood was eight seconds back. Scranton Prep captured their third straight AA championship with 80 points, just 13 better than Harbor Creek, which was led by brothers Brian Soder (4th in 16:16.2) and Eric (8th in 16:26.3), was 2nd. AAA Girls: Janine Ricci of Hatboro-Horsham believed her team had the talent to contend for the state championship. And she was right. Ricci did her part, finishing 12th in 19:34. Their 87 points were 100 better than Governor Mifflin. Christine Taranto, the West Allegheny senior, ran a very strong 18:57 to hold off Red Lion junior Kate Papenberg, who was 15 seconds back. Taranto took a little extra rest last summer, and with two weeks under her feet, was 42 seconds back of Gettysburg Invite winner Emily Kruger, Lampter-Strasburg, who would finish 4th today. Taranto used the season to get into shape, and "went for it, never looking back" approaching two miles. AAA Boys: West Chester Henderson has been close to a state championship a few times in the past several years, but the last one was in 1996. They finished 2nd in 2000 with underclassmen, and dedicated themselves to making it happen in 2002. But Council Rock-North, despite splitting into two schools, made their journey interesting, winning the District One Championship by five over the US#11 team last week. This week, Henderson wouldn't be denied. Literally. Winning 83-95. As State Champ Ian Gottesfeld was crossing the line in 1st in 16:04, his friend and constant #2 runner on the team Greg Williams, was struggling to finish. Williams had shared the lead with Gottesfeld and Bishop Shanahan's Eric Fleming through 2.5 miles. But at that point, he began to feel ill. When it happened, he "thought about the team" because he knew if he went with Gottesfeld and Fleming, he may not be be able to finish. Ten meters from the line, he collapsed. "I knew I couldn't walk. So to give the team a chance, I knew I had to crawl across." First year coach Kevin Kelly echoed his team's sentiments. "He showed a lot of heart getting 4th for us today. It's why we won." Gottesfeld wanted to run wire to wire for the first time this season, and he did, using everything he had to take Fleming over the final 400 meters. As for next year, Kelly says "with the addition of couple of soccer players, we will be even better." It helps to start with Gottesfeld-Williams in front. States Main Page.
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The
Henderson Win That Almost Wasn't - Feature
Henderson
was 3-across @ 1.25 miles. "It was a big boost" according
to AAA champ Ian Gottesfeld of the 2002 State Champs.
Lots of stuff, so here's the posting plan:
Winners' Table
- NOW ON
Complete Results
- NOW ON
(courtesy PIAA/RunHigh.com)
Highlight
Pix - NOW ON (Pix Pages-links below)
Race
Summaries (on results pages) - NOW ON
The Henderson Win That
Almost Wasn't - NOW ON
Athlete |
Coach Quotes - NOW
ON
(All 4 champs + Blood, Fleming and Henderson
coach Kevin Kelly)
2002 PIAA XC Championships @ Hersheypark
WINNERS' TABLE
| 10:00: Girls
AA Team: Wyomissing, 37 (four-peat) Gwynedd Mercy, 121 |
Girls AA Individual: Heather Wilmoth, Eisenhower, 18:57 Leanna Nastase, Forest Hills, 19:05 Kristen Groff, Lancaster Mennonite, 19:17 Debbie Huss, Wyomissing, 19:21 Amy Huss, Wyomissing, 19:25 |
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Girls AAA Individual: |
| 11:15: Boys AA Team:
Scranton Prep, 80 (three-peat) Harbor Creek, 93 West Middlesex, 143 |
Boys AA Individual: |
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Thursday, October 31, 2002 - Girls' Inter-Ac League Championships @ Rose Tree Park - Shipley junior Elisa Payne out-kicked Christy MacGregor of Agnes Irwin by .2, going 20:30 for the individual title. Germantown Academy had the best team depth to tally just 44 points, placing three runners in the top eight, behind the 6th place 21:15 of Jenna Washabauugh. Results.
Wednesday, October 30, 2002 - Keystone Conference Championships - Church Farm School used their 6th man to get the tie-breaker after finishing with a 46-all tie against Phil-Mont Christian. Church Farm placed three in the top ten, with Steve Westerman going 19:05 for 5th. Phil-Mont's Jacob Childes won the race in 18:28. Results.
Wednesday, October 30, 2002 - Penn-Jersey League Championships @ Plumstead Christian - DeLaSalle's Amir Porter went 20:01 for a four-second win over Solebury School's Matt Trongone. Mercy Catholic, behind the 3rd place finish of Mike Davis, won the team title. Results.
Just in time for the holidays, PennTrackXC announces the opening of its PIXstore. Select any photo taken
after April 13, 2002, tell us the page and the shot, and
it can be yours in high resolution on a CD. We're adding
PayPal soon, but until then, send a check made out to
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TV ALERT: According to Walt Murphy's News Service, CBS'
60-Minutes will address Title IX and its impact on men's collegiate
programs tonight at 7pm (after football in the East).
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November 24 - In the 5th Harrier ranking
of high school XC teams, the four-time AA State Champion Wyomissing
girls' squad is now #9 in the US, and #2 in the Northeast. West
Chester Hendeson guys are #1 in the Northeast, while Council Rock-North
is #5 in the Northeast. Henderson drops from US#11 to #13. Check
Dyestat
for the US Rankings. Check the Harrier
site for more info or to subscribe.
2003
Indoor
Schedule Now On: Please send
any additions and/or corrections to dyestatpa@carpedrm.com
Jessica
Cickay to regroup for 2003-2004 seasons, missing Foot Lockers
after going to nationals in 2001. The story.
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Early Signing Ended 11/20 The
Early Signing Period for high school seniors to make
college choices began 11/13 and ended 11/20. So far: Eric Fleming, (right) Bishop Shanahan, to U. of Pittsburgh | Meghan Bishop, Gwynedd Mercy, to William & Mary | Cassie Buckwalter, Wilmington, to Connecticut | Maris Reutzel, Meadville, to Wagner College | Ganne Way, Warwick, to Kentucky | Complete List. |
Each season contains News and Feature stories.
Check News Archives, Feature
Archives,
Season Archives, for past seasons.
* December Meets (Foot Lockers)
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November Weeks 1-4 (States | PCL | Public | Mid East)
Results Page |States Page
* October Week 4 (Districts)
Results Page | Districts Page
* October Week 3 (Conferences) Results
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* October Weeks 1+2 Results
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* September 2002 XC Results
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November 24 - In the 5th Harrier ranking
of high school XC teams, the four-time AA State Champion Wyomissing
girls' squad is now #9 in the US, and #2 in the Northeast. West
Chester Hendeson guys are #1 in the Northeast, while Council Rock-North
is #5 in the Northeast. Henderson drops from US#11 to #13. Check
Dyestat
for the US Rankings. Check the Harrier
site for more info or to subscribe.
November 21
- 2002
Pennsylvania All-State Cross Country Team Announced 11/21. Courtesy
PTFCA.
PA's Dyestat Elite are complete through Northeast Foot Locker
Regionals 11/30. There are 85 performances by the girls, and 70
by the boys: Boys
/ Girls
Did
you know that 3 PA records are also National Prep Records? Check
these lists for Girls
/ Boys
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Campus
Champs.com - CampusChamps.com
is a reference tool for the high school student athlete that contains
information on playing high school sports and preparing for college.
It is a one-stop resource for their college planning and financial
aid needs altogether online in a friendly, sports-based community.
DyeStat's Donna Dye has created an excellent Recruiting Guide with information for everything from rules to getting scholarships. |
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WE NEED RESULTS FOR:
From 10/5: Pittsburgh
Central Catholic Inv | From 9/28:
Northern Inv @ Fox Chapel | A.J. Everhart | Mercersburg | From
9/21: Altoona | Conrad Weiser | From
9/14: Wellsboro | From 8/31:
McDowell Girls'
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November, 2002 - Track & Field
News unveiled their 2002 High School All-American team in their
November issue, and it includes quite a few Pennsylvania athletes.
Coughlin's Justn Ryncavage in Javelin and Merion Mercy's Tiffany
Abney are only US#1's.
Story.
October 17 - The Philadelphia
Inquirer reports that the Philadelphia Public League is
again considering joining the PIAA.
October 11 - The Philadelphia Inquirer has now joined the
coverage of the case of Angie Saterstad (above
on the sidelines at the Carlisle Invitational 9/28) vs.
Hershey High School. It's a fairly complete compilation of the
public facts, and appropriately titled, "Running into an
ugly mess." Read the story.
September 20 - Walt Murphy's News
and Results Service reports that Princeton University,
citing facility and financial constraints, will no longer host
the high school portion of the "Princeton Relays",
a popular event on the Eastern indoor prep circuit.
July 11 - From Walt Murphy's News and Reporting
Service, Foot Locker nationals are returning to San Diego, CA
for 2002. Read the release.
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November 13 - Once again, the PIAA will televise the State
Championships. For a cable system list of PCN affiliates, click
here.
The schedule is: Sat Nov 23: 5:30pm for AA, 6:30pm for AAA; Sun
Nov 24: 3pm for AA, 4pm for AAA; Fri Nov 29: 9am for AA, 10am
for AAA
For videotapes of PIAA T&F/XC Championships,
contact Beth Ann McCoy: PA Cable Network 717-730-6000. There are
six tapes of each T&F championship and onefor each XC championship.
$29.95/ea. incl. tax&shipping. Tell them PennTrackXC sent
you.
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November
21, 2002 - Jessica Cickay
to regroup for 2003-2004 seasons, missing Foot Lockers after going
to nationals in 2001. The story.
November
3, 2002 - Philadelphia
Inquirer XC writer Ira Josephs contributes a great piece on our
sport in the November 3rd Sunday Inquirer - "For
runners, the hills of Belmont are hallowed ground."
November
2, 2002 - The Henderson Win That Almost Wasn't - in Features
October
12, 2002 - VA's Thomas Jefferson
HS (US#9) was glad to be out of DC area for a day.
Thomas Jefferson High School, Alexandria, Virginia, made the trip
to the William Tennent Invitational because they had no place
to race in their home state. Held in the grip of fear generated
by an unknown sniper who had attacked ten times in ten days, area
activities had been cancelled. They searched, and found a welcoming
meet in PA. The story
from three parents who made the a short trip that seemed like
lightyears from home.
October 5, 2002
- Council Rock-North (NE US#9) nearly beat favored
West Chester Henderson (US #25, NE#6) at the Steel City Invitational
by placing five runners 13-21. See the race within the race, and
the finishes in this photo
essay and commentary.
September 11, 2002
- The Millers of Manheim.
A pair of prodigies.
the suspence is over.
Steve's 40 and he's ready to race.
1991 World Championships
Marathon Bronze Medalist & 1992 Olympian Marathoner (and
native Pennsylvanian)
Steve Spence had a birthday May 9th. He's now racing with the
Masters, and Steve plans to be as competitive as he can be.
The story
and a bit of PA running history is this special feature on one
of America's all-time best distance runners.
Who won the boys' PA 800 in 1951? It was a Lowthert. A family you can get to know from PA T&F history, in Features.
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July 28 - New Site for Open &
Masters' Cross Country race schedules in PA, NY, NJ, DE - Chuck's
Cross Country Calendar
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Memorial contributions for Kim
Gallagher can be sent to the Jessica Smith Trust Fund,
1037 N. 67th St. Philadelphia, PA 19151.
The Kevin
Dare Pole Vaulting Scholarship Fund
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Study. Hydrate. Stretch. Sleep. Study.
Run hard. Trust your training. Have fun.
The 2001-2002 Training Series from Pain Relief & Physical Therapy in Media
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FROM
OLDEST TO NEWEST, WE STILL NEED RESULTS FROM:
4/20-Towanda; 4/27-Mt. Carmel;
5/1-Last Chance Meet @ Liberty
HS; 5/3-Schuylkill Ct. Relays; 5/7+8-Metro League
@ McDowell; 5/9-Central League @ Lower Merion; 5/11-Saturday's
Results for Mid-Penn @ Carlisle; 5/11-ChesMont League
@ Coatesville; 5/11-Firing Meet @ Governor Mifflin
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