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| Caesar Rodney team members, from left, Dafnee Stubolo, Ashlee Miller, Julie Mychaskwi, Elizabeth Paul, Ashley Johnson and Melinda Schleck, get set to go Saturday. Delaware State News/Doug Curran |
FELTON - Despite threatening skies, high humidity and
intermittent showers, the 47th annual Lake Forest Invitational cross country
meet was held Saturday at Killens Pond State Park.
The premier early season meet, which attracted teams from throughout
Delaware and surrounding states, saw upstate teams dominate the scenic
3.1-mile Killens Pond course.
Newark captured the girls Division I race while Thomas Jefferson from
Alexandria, Va., won the boys' Division I race. Archmere won both the girls'
and boys' Division II races.
Anna Brousell of Brandywine set a course record of 18:48 to win the girls
Division I race. She shattered the old mark of 18:52 set in 2001 by
Tatnall's Meredith Lambert.
"It was a great race for me today," Brousell said. "I'm real happy with my
performance."
Rebekah Ricksecker of Sussex Tech was the top Downstate
finisher in the girls' Division I race finishing in fifth place with a time
of 20:10.
"It was a real tough race and everyone was working really hard," Ricksecker
said. "There are a lot of strong teams here today. The Henlopen Conference
is going to be solid this season."
Caesar Rodney's Elizabeth Paul followed Ricksecker across the finish line in
sixth place. The two were the only two runners to finish in the top 15 among
Downstate participants.
"There is a lot of competition upstate and the Downstate runners also look
very good," Paul said. "It's going to be a good season. We are hoping to be
a strong team and we are working very hard in practice to get better every
day. We want to win the Henlopen Conference."
Caesar Rodney was the top Downstate team, finishing in fifth place overall
while Dover placed 11th.
"If we can get some meets under our belt, I might be able to
comment on how we are as a team," said CR coach Charlie Bell. "We have
already had one meet rained out. I was hoping to get that in before today
but we didn't.
"I'm pleased overall today. Elizabeth (Paul) needs to work on a few things
(and) our team needs to work on some things, but we need to run meets most
of all."
Caesar Rodney finished 10th overall in the boys' Division I standings. The
finish was tops among Downstate schools. Dover and Sussex Tech finished 12th
and 13th, respectively. No Downstate runners finished in the top 15.
Thomas Jefferson won the team title with three runners finishing 1-2-3 and
six runners placing in the top 15.
In the girls' Division II race, Jen Betts of Cape Henlopen finished in 12th
place to lead her team to a sixth-place team finish. Milford finished
seventh while Lake Forest finished ninth and Smyrna 10th with Seaford 11th.
Andrew Rogan led the Vikings in the boys' Division II race, finishing 11th
and leading the Cape Henlopen team to a third-place finish overall. Seaford
finished in ninth place while Smyrna finished 14th.
"We were hoping both teams would finish in the top five," said Cape coach
George Pepper. "The Lake Forest Invitational is always a nice meet. It gives
everyone a look at how you compare to the rest of the state.
"There were not a lot of individual finishers in the top 15 from Downstate
and I think this year is going to be one of those years that shows you how
important the 3-4-5 runner is. The teams that can improve those runners
during the season and form a good solid pack are going to be the teams to
watch out for.
"The Henlopen Conference has some pretty good depth. You may not see the
big-name star standouts that we have seen in the past but it is going to be
an interesting season."
Lake Forest Invitational
FELTON - The results from the 47th annual Lake Forest
Invitational run on Saturday at Killens Pond State Park:
Team standings
1-Newark 103; 2-Thomas Jefferson 111; 3-Padua 127; 4-St. Mark's 129; 5-Caesar Rodney 135; 6-A.I. Dupont 152; 7-Brandywine 186; 8-Middletown 197; 9-Sussex Tech 217; 10-Winston Churchill 218; 11-Dover 256; 12-Wilmington Charter 270; 13-Glasgow 282; 14-Linganore 294; 15-William Penn 442; 16-McKean 492.
Individuals
1-Anna Brousell, Brandywine 18.48 (New Course Record); 2-Jessica Leitsch, Brandywine 19.22; 3-Allison King Winston Churchill 19.40; 4-Jenna McCarlton Newark 19.49; 5-Rebekah Ricksecker Sussex Tech 20.10; 6-Elizabeth Paul Caesar Rodney 20.12; 7-Cassie White St. Marks 20.17; 8-Maureen Stringham, St. Marks 20.25; 9-Mary Kate McCaffrey Padua 20.38; 10-Jen Walunga Padua 20.39; 11-Latoya Murray Glasgow 20.43; 12-Colleen McCarthy Wilmington Charter 20.51; 13-Claire Kubizne Newark 20.54; 14-Stephany Neives Thomas Jefferson 20.58; 15-Natalie Pieissler Middletown 21.00.
Team standings
1-Archmere 79; 2-Maryvale 88; 3-Sidwell Friends 174; 4-Tatnall 178; 5-Cape Henlopen 184; 6-Milford 199; 7-St. Andrews 231; 8-Lake Forest 234; 9-Smyrna 249; 10-Seaford 292; 11-Tower Hill 301; 12-Delaware Military Academy 334; 13-Concord 336; 14-Ursuline 338; 15-Mt. Pleasant 380; 16-Dickinson 383; 17-Wilmington Friends 388; 18-St. Thomas More 392; 19-Polytech 437; 20-Hodgson 502; 21-Sanford 515; 22-Red Lion Academy 561; 23-Wilmington Christian 630.
Individuals
1-Lisa Klein, Tatnall 19.38; 2-Kelly Sullivan, Maryvale 19.43; 3-Glenna Sullivan, Maryvale 19.50; 4-Sara Casscells, Tower Hill 20.24; 5-Anna Pike, Tower Hill 20.28; 6-Anie Castagno, Tatnall 20.50; 7-Joanie Castagno, Tatnall 21.12; 8-Sarah Vernon, Concord 21.23; 9-Erica Jackey, Archmere 21.26; 10-Marti Dumas, St. Andrews 21.34; 11-Britta Bimbi, Dickinson 21.47; 12-Jen Betts, Cape Henlopen 21.47; 13-Katie Rath, Archmere 21.51; 14-Jesse Sirpelle, St. Andrews 21.51; 15-Jenn Esch, Sidwell Friends 21.52.
Team standings
1-Thomas Jefferson 22; 2-Salesianum 67; 3-Wilmington Charter 108; 4-Winston Churchill 155; 5-Linganore 167; 6-Newark 177; 7-St. Mark's 186; 8-Middletown 240; 9-Eastern 248; 10-Caesar Rodney 250; 11-A. I. Dupont 317; 12-Dover 336; 13-Sussex Tech 337; 14-Glasgow 364; 15-Brandywine 400; 16-William Penn 414; 17-McKean 421.
Individuals
1-Chris Katillie, Thomas Jefferson 16.44; 2-Kyle Smith, Thomas Jefferson 16.52; 3-Hersh Singh, Thomas Jefferson 16.55; 4-Dominic PellaPelle, Salesianum 17.05; 5-Kyle Ryan, Linganore 17.08; 6-Kyle Grimsley, Thomas Jefferson 17.20; 7-Kevin Wulff, Salisianum 17.26; 8-Joe Debus, Wilmington Charter 17.30; 9-Andy Risenburger, A.I. Dupont 17.30; 10-Aiden McHugh, Thomas Jefferson 17.32; 11-Joe Donnelly, Salesianum 17.35; 12-Matt Collins, McKean 17.41; 13-Brian Landry, Thomas Jefferson 17.42; 14-Evan Kalbecher, Newark 17.46; 15-Torick Aousab, Wilmington Christian 17.48.
Team standings
1-Archmere 45; 2-Tatnall 109; 3-Cape Henlopen 143; 4-Concord 150; 5-Hodgson 159; 6-Mt. Pleasant 179; 7-Sidwell Friends 205; 8-Red Lion Academy 227; 9-Seaford 251; 10-Sanford 271; 11-St. Thomas More 281; 12-Dickinson 319; 13-Tie St. Andrews & Smyrna 377; 14-Wilmington Friends 380; 15-Lake Forest 383; 16-Delaware Military Academy 447; 17-Polytech 448; 18-Tower Hill 474; 19-Wilmington Christian 536; 20-Milford 571; 21-Sussex Central 588; 22-St.Elizabeth 664.
Individuals
1-John Travers, Sidwell Friends 16.35; 2-Brian Skidowski, Tatnall 16.41; 3-Bounce, Archmere 16.52; 4-Mark Giblin, Tatnall 17.04; 5-Phil Weigel, Mt. Pleasant 17.22; 6-Pierce Conlon, Concord 17.24; 7-Corsini, Archmere 17.31; 8-Tibbetts, Archmere 17.53; 9-Chris Slate, Concord 17.34; 10-Procopio, Archmere 17.44; 11-Andrew Rogan, Cape Henlopen 17.57; 12-Jeff Boehmer, Sanford 18.25; 13-Teddy Bobola, Lake Forest 18.08; 14-Joseph Feeley, Red Lion Academy 18.12; 15-Russ Yetter, Hodgson 18.13.