Well, the Wyomissing AA dynasty appears to be humming along nicely, as both the boys and girls won District titles. In both cases, Tulpehocken served as runner-up, closer in the boys race, losing by just 22. The Wyo girls were 40 points up on Tulpehocken, behind a 2nd place run by Ashley Iwanowski in 19:46. (Here\'s the bad news for the competition, five of the top six are underclassmen.) Hamburg senior Adriene Beltz smoked the course in 18:51 for the D3 title, which would have been 3rd in AAA. In AAA girls. Janelle Young showed her continuing dominance of D3 competition, going 18:43 to hold off the always-present Kate Papenberg, 2nd in 18:50. Kylee Schuler led her Chambersburg team with a 3rd place 19:02, scoring 116 points. Garden Spot, Cumberland Valley, Governor Mifflin and Carlisle also qualified for States.
Cedar Cliff served notice that their underclassmen-only varsity is
ready to challenge for the state title again just two years after
taking it all in 2001. Their 51 points totally dominating the
Carlisle team which had beaten them in a close dual meet earlier this season.
The Colts placed all five scorers in the top 18, with just a 39-second
spread. Cumberland Valley, Manheim Township (led by the Miller twins), and
Red Lion will all return to Hersheypark this Saturday for States. In the
individual war between Cumberland Valley senior Brian Fuller and Manheim Township
sophomore Craig Miller, Fuller went up 5-2 with another less-than-a-second
win, 16:05.70-16:06.42. Cedar Cliff