Dyestat XC Regional Team Rankings

Week 3 of the HS regional rankings. After last weekend's races, there has been a shakeup in the Northeast . PA now has four boys teams ranked, German Town Friends (3), North Allegheny (5), North Penn (8), Holy Ghost Prep (9).

In the girls rankings, Emmaus moves up one spot to number three after their strong fourth place finish at the Bowdoin Park Classic, while they were missing their #2 girl.

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MileSplit.us National team Rankings

The first MileSplit.us National Team Rankings were released today. The boys teams from Germantown Friends and North Allegheny debuted at 9th and 10th respectively.

AA makes a strong statement at Pre-States

Wow! What a meet in Hershey! The meet was split in two divisions, Gold (large schools) and Blue (small schools).

In the Girls Blue Division, Central Cambria and Lewisburg ran away from everyone. Central Cambria scored a narrow victory 69-82 over Lewisburg. Carly Seymour (Central Cambria) delivered her one point with the fastest time of the day, 18:17, but Lewisburg put 3 girls in the top ten to make it a close team finish. Even more impressive, had this race been combined, Central Cambria and Lewisburg would have finished first and second, respectively, as well, and Lewisburg still would have put 3 girls in the top ten.

Current PennTrackXC.com #1, Emmaus, was in New York for the Bowdoin Park XC Classic, site of the NTN regional. They finished fourth behind Voorhees (NJ), Greenwich (NY), and Shenendehowa (NY).

In the Girls Gold Division, North Allegheny (101) would set up the table for a possible sweep of Boys and Girls Gold titles, by holding off Cardinal O'Hara (103) by two points and Greater Latrobe (110) by nine. Jess Cygan (19:17) from Liberty was the individual champion. State College finished in tenth place, led by Tirzah Stashko's 23rd-place finish.

In Boys Blue Division, Holy Ghost Prep used strong front running (3 in the top ten) to beat North East, 55-76. Robert Micikas (16:44) of Crestwood used the last mile to pull away from Eric Arnold of Holy Ghost Prep for the individual victory.

North Allegheny lived up to its #2 PennTrackXC.com ranking and won convincingly over the field scoring 85 points, in the Boys Gold Division. Hatboro-Horsham finished in second with 130. Mark Denin of Boyertown lead the whole race and recorded the fastest time of the day with a 16:05. State College finished in 15th place, led by Kyle Ragan in 48th.

In the combined race though, it gets a little interesting. North Allegheny would have beat Holy Ghost Prep by one point 137-138, with North East finishing in third with 188.

PennTrackXC.com's Full meet coverage

NTN Regional Rankings-Week 2

Pennsylvania is well represented in the Northeast rankings after some great showings over the first few weeks. North Allegheny and Germantown Friends are second and third respectively, while Cedar Cliff, Coatesville, Cumberland Valley, Henderson, Mt. Lebanon, West Chest East, and West Middlesex are all bubble teams for the boys.

On the girls side, Emmaus is ranked fourth, the bubble teams from PA are Central Cambria, Greater Latrobe, Lancaster Mennonite, North Allegheny, Radnor, and St. Basil Academy.

Hopefully the the PA teams will continue their strong seasons and several of them will qualify to Nike Team Nationals.

Complete Regional Rankings

PennTrackXC Top 10

PennTrackXC has released Week #3. And there is some change at the top. With Germantown Friends School impressive showing in Connecticut, they moved into the number 1 spot over North Allegheny who was idle last week.

Week #3 Poll

Chasing Kimbia Season 3

Matt Taylor is at it again. He is working on Season 3 of Chasing Kimbia. This season will be interesting because, Fasil Bizuneh joined the group and he is preparing for the US Olympic Trials.

Matt Taylor ran for North Allegheny HS before starring at Yale. He was an integral part of the "dyNAsty" at North Allegheny as they dominated the WPIAL during his tenure. And if you asked me, I will say he is real stand-up guy. Bonus point if anyone knows what movie that last line is from. You might remember him from his Chasing Tradition fame, which basically launched his career in this field.