Check out some of the top SOL performers at this weekend’s invitational meets. To view photos of the Central Bucks East Invitational, please visit the Photo Gallery.
Quad X Invitational at Belmont Plateau
North Penn’s Matt Aham, Michael Cooney, Ryan Tun and Ryan Grace teamed up to win the boys’ division while Central Bucks South A captured first place in the girls’ division.
Other top 10 SOL finishers in the boys’ division in the 28-team invitational were Pennsbury A (third), William Tennent A (fourth), North Penn B (eighth), Upper Dublin A (ninth) and Upper Dublin A (10th).
In the 27-team girls’ division, Council Rock South A (third) was the only other SOL team to finish in the top 10.
Penn Track Cross Country 5K Run - Gold (Girls)
Pennsbury captured the girls' team title with 84 points while Central bucks West was second with 158 points. Pennridge (329 points) finished third out of 26 teams in the gold division. Pennridge junior Marissa Sheva was the top SOL finisher, capturing fourth with a time of 18:27.17. Elk County Catholic senior Kennedy Weisner was first with a time of 17:48.98.
SOL runners finishing in the top 50 of the close to 200 runners were:
4. Marissa Sheva, Pennridge (18:27.17)
8. Olivia Sargent, Pennsbury (19:04.81)
11. Maddie Villalba, Central Bucks West (19:18.99)
14. Erica Gray, Pennsbury (19:20.57)
16. Hannah Molloy, Pennsbury (19:26.02)
27. Maddie Sauer, Pennsbury (19:58.35)
28. Meridith Twomey, Pennsbury (19:59.18)
30. Bailey Balmer, Pennsbury (20:06.61)
31. Meghan Iatarola, Central Bucks West (20:06.99)
34. Lindsey Gerlach, Central Bucks West (20:12.11)
47. Olivia Berry, Central Bucks West (20:35.04)
48. Jillian Keyte, Central Bucks West (20:35.19)
49. Erin O'Connell, Pennsbury (20:36.22)
Penn Track Cross Country 5K Run - Blue (Boys)
Hatboro-Horsham junior Casey Comber won the individual title of the blue (smaller school) division with a time of 16:46.80. The Hatters, the lone SOL representative in the blue division, finished second to Coatesville in the team standings. Johning Comber in the top 30 of the 172 runners in the race were teammates Dylan Ashbach (11th, 17:39.80), Brandon Timm (23rd, 17:57.10) and Andrew Doberstein (35th, 18:13.10).
Penn Track Cross Country 5K Run - Blue (Girls)
Hatboro-Horsham was the only SOL girls' team to compete in the blue division. The Hatters finished 13th out of 20 teams with Natalie Hurst (38th, 22:27.80) and Alyssa Quinn (40th, 22.32.00) the top finishers.
Central Bucks East Invitational (Boys)
Pennridge captured the team title in the boys’ division while Central Bucks East was second, Council Rock South finished third, Central Bucks West was fourth and Upper Merion rounded out the all-SOL top five in fifth place. Central Bucks East’s Jake Brophy captured the individual title.
SOL runners who finished in the top 25 were:
1. Jake Brophy, Central Bucks East (16:17.73)
2. Joey Logue, Pennridge (16:39.59)
3. Jeffrey Wiseman, Council Rock South (16:40.68)
4. Austin Cooper, Upper Merion (16:50.93)
5. Connor Sands, Central Bucks East (17:03.68)
7. Phil Gunderson, Pennridge (17:12.53)
8. Alex Haas, Pennridge (17:14.15)
11. Michael Boggs, Council Rock South (17:16.11)
13. Brian Iatarola, Central Bucks West (17:19.22)
14. Jeff Henderson, Pennridge (17:20.45)
15. Matt Bowen, Central Bucks West (17:21.66)
16. Rock Fortna, Central Bucks West (17:22.93)
17. Zakaria Khattabi, Upper Merion (17:24.28)
18. Billy Rollo, Central Bucks East (17:25.95)
19. Matt Schulberger, Pennridge (17:32.28)
20. Timothy Silverton, Council Rock South (17:32.58)
21. Eric Chapman, Neshaminy (17:34.15)
24. Ian Davies, Central Bucks West (17:41.06)
25. Thomas Hanna, Council Rock South (17:42.03)
Central Bucks East Invitational (Girls)
Central Bucks East also captured first place in the girls’ division. North Penn was second and Upper Merion was third in the eight-team race. The George School’s Jerrica Bauer captured the individual title, finishing in a time of 28:29.96.
SOL runners who finished in the top 25 were:
2. Elizabeth Juuki, Central Bucks East (19:06.13)
3. Lizzie Morries, Central Bucks East (19.25.77)
5. Ali Valenti, North Penn (19:28.59)
6. Tate Dawson, Central Bucks East (19:31.85)
7. Phoebe Clowser, North Penn (19:42.44)
8. Brianna Mengini, North Penn (19:43.29)
9. Jenna Reimer, North Penn (20:08.19)
10. Jackie Kinkead, Central Bucks East (20:20.00)
11. Louise Huuki, Central Bucks East (20:26.69)
12. Coleen Butler, Upper Merion (20:32.16)
15. Meghan Wilcoxon, Central Bucks East (20:47.63)
16. Colleen McGovern, North Penn (20:54.62)
17. Zeinab Bakillah, Upper Merion (21:30.64)
19. Julia Heiges, Central Bucks East (21:12.52)
20. Mikaela Vlasic, North Penn (21:16.87)
23. Jada Wilson, Upper Merion (21:30.64)
24. Ashley Anderson, Upper Merion (21:57.20)
Abington Invitational (Boys)
West Chester East captured the team title with 114 points, edging second place Penncrest (117). Council Rock North was the top finisher in the boys’ division, finishing seventh while Wissahickon was ninth in the 21-team field. West Chester East’s Chris Cummings won the individual title, finishing the course in 15:31, 10 seconds ahead of Penncrest’s Chris Kazanjian.
SOL runners finishing in the top 25 were:
10. Tristan Marcelis, Wissahickon (16:18)
11. Lukas Marcelis, Wissahickon (16:18)
13. Brian Arita, Council Rock North (16:22)
23. Sean Griswold, Council Rock North (16:47)
Abington Invitational (Girls)
Downingtown West won the team title in the girls’ division with 63 points while Great Valley was second and Strath Haven finished third. Council Rock North finished fourth (155) and Upper Dublin was sixth (222) in the 23-team field. Methacton’s Kara Steinke captured the individual title, finishing in 18:03. Downingtown West’s Aislinn Devlin finished second (18:20).
SOL runners finishing in the top 25 were:
3. Kaelyn Heinicke, Council Rock North (18:58)
5. Lotte Black, Wissahickon (19:06)
19. Lucille Ionescu, Upper Dublin (19:54)
25. Natalie Guarana, Council Rock North (20:05)
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