Cross Country 2019

Congratulations to 2019 All State Selections!

All State Selection Criteria

Each All State Team (1st, 2nd, 3rd) has 7 members. Competitors with the Top 21 OVERALL combined times in Division I & Division II, at the state championships, are automatically placed on one of the All State teams. The top 5 are automatic first team, 6 - 10 are second team or better.

November 9

DIAA State Championships, Killens Pond

Ursuline squeaks past St. Mark's for DII State Title/Padua Repeats as DI State Champion!

Highlights:

Tatnall freshman, Lydia Colasante, took the DII individual honors clocking the girls’ fastest time of the day (18:48), #18 on the All Time List at Killens.

Lydia Colasanate leads Tiffany Herrera, Natalie Donaldson, and Maisie Donahue

Ursuline narrowly claimed victory over runner-up, St. Mark’s, by 2 points, 50-52. This is the 3^rd time since 1984 that the team title was settled by 2 points or less. Ursuline managed to get their 5 scoring runners in the top 15, Anna Pryor/5^th, Alaina McGonigle/8^th, Clare Kornacki/10^th, Emily Rzucidlo/12^th, and Ava Lindia/15^th. St. Mark’s aggressive front running gave the Raiders a scare. Sophomore, Tiffany Herrera and freshman Natalie Donaldson, pushed the pace late in the race to finish 2^nd and 3^rd respectively. Brandywine's Maisie Donahue, the New Castle County champion, finished 4^th. The top 4 girls broke into the Killens Pond All time List. Rounding out the top ten were 6^th place Malorie Hollway ( Conrad), 7th placeJordan Ormsby (St. Mark’s), and 9thplace Stephanie Herrera (St. Mark’s).

Ursuline - team champions

Padua won their 7th consecutive DI title, 50-102 over Charter School of Wilmington. Padua junior, Judy McLaughlin, led the Pandas to victory, taking individual honors in 19:04. Padua placed 5 in the top 21, Mary Katherine Dorsey/10^th, Geneva Laur/11^th, Elena Bochetti/12^th, and Mackenzie Speed/21^st. Charter was led by Maya Bordrick’s 2^nd place finish in 19:10 and Maria Lombardi taking 7^th in 19:30. Keely Arndt of Caesar Rodney closed strong to finish 3^rd in 19:12. Alyssa Brinsky, after leading for more than 2.5miles finished 4^th in 19:20. Smyrna also placed 2 in the top 10, Sarah LaRose/5^th in 19:27 and Raegan Sebastianelli6^th in 19:29. Faith Mitchell, from Milford placed 8^th in 19:40.

McLaughlin leads Keely Arndt and Alyssa Brinsky Padua - team champions

DII Girls

DI Girls

Charter School of Wilmington edges past Salesianum for DI State Title/Wilmington Friends takes down Tatnall to become the DII Champion!

Highlights:

Salesianum Senior, Aidan Higley, in an upset win, handed Andrew Avila his first lost among DE runners this season. Higley ran 15:48, the fastest boys’ time of the day and good for 10^th on the All time list at Killens. Avila was 2^nd in 15:53, 12^th on the All Time List.

Higley(l), Avila(r) lead the DI pack early in race

The team title was decided by just 3 points, with the Force coming out on top over Salesianum, 39-42. Avila was followed by teammates Prasanna Krishnamoorth/6^th, Jesse Herdman/7^th, Charles Davis/10^th, Luke Mathe/14^th. This is the 6^th time since 1954 that the D1 team tile was settled by 3 points or less. Also in the top 10 were Ryan Banko/3^rd from Salesianum, Blaise Moyer/4^th from Caesar Rodney, Ethan Edery/5^th from Cape Henlopen, Jack Welch/8^th from Concord, and Conor Ryan/9^th from Salesianum.

Charter - team champions

Wilmingtom Friends bested Tatnall by 10 points, 66-76 to take the DII team title - the first time Tatnall has been beaten in the state meet since 2008. Tatnall junior Declan McDonnell won the race in 16:03, good for 20^th on the All time list.

Declan McDonnell leading late in the race

Friends was led by Chris Rosado/4th, Luke Munch/8^th, Max Leffler/12th, and Marcel Stewart/13th. Rounding out the top 10 were Quinn O’Dell/2^nd from DMA, Blake Hundley/3^rd from St. Andrews, Jack Vito/5^th from St. Mark’s, Ezekial Dawkins/6^th from Newark, Owen Phillips/7^th from Archmere, Andrew Overman/9^th from Wm. Christian, and Jake Mundoch/10^th from Sussex Academy.

Wilmington Friends - team champions.

DII Boys (updated)

DI Boys

November 2

New Castle County Championships, Winterthur

Varsity Boys (updated)

JV Boys

Varsity Girls (updated)

JV Girls (updated)

Jr High Boys

Jr High Girls

Old Timers

Henlopen Conference Championships, Killens Pond

Results

October 30

Sussex County Championships, Sussex Academy

Results

October 29

Kent County Championships, Brecknock Park

October 25

Catholic Conference Championships, Bellevue State Park

Varsity Boys

Varsity Girls

JV Girls

October 24

DISC Conference Championships, St. Andrew's School

Varsity Boys

JV Boys

MS Boys

Varsity-JV Girls Combined

MS GIrls

Diamond State Conference Championships, Bellevue State Park

October 23

Blue Hen Conference Championships, Bellevue State Park

October 18

Joe O'Neill Invitational, Bellevue State Park

(Results updated 10/20)

October 12

Manhattan HS XC Invitational, Van Cordtlandt Park, Bronx, NY

Wilmington Charter's Andrew Avila Runs 12:34, #5 All Time at Van Cortlandt, winning the Varsity E race!

Salesianum's Aidan Higley runs 12:54, #13 All Time, to place 2nd in Varsity A race. Sallies and WIlmington Charter teams finish 3rd in their respective races.

Varsity Boys A (Salesianum)

Varsity Boys D (Newark, Tatnall, Wilm Christian)

Varsity Boys E (Wilm Charter)

Tatnall frosh Lydia Colosante leads all Delaware runners in 15:31!

Varsity GIrls A (Tatnall)

Varsity GIrls B (Newark)

Varsity Girls C (Padua)

Varsity Girls D (Wilm Christian)

Varsity Girls F (Wilm Charter)

All race results

October 11

Killens Pond Invitational, Killens Pond