PIAA District 2 XC Championships

The PIAA District II Cross Country Championships are held annually at The Scranton Municipal Golf Course in Scranton, PA,USA on the last Wednesday in October. This serves as the qualifying meet for the PIAA State Championships held at the Parkview Cross Country Course that are held every year in Hershey on the first Saturday in November. For "AA", the small school classification, the top 2 teams and next 10 individuals not from the top 2 teams advance to the State Championships. For "AAA", the large school classification, only the winning team and top 5 individuals not from the winning team get to advance to the State Championships. This meet is considered a showdown between top teams from the Lackawanna League and the Wyoming Valley Conference.

History

Since 2000 the most notable teams from District II have been the Scranton Prep boys and the Dallas girls. From 2000-2007 the Scranton Prep boys won 8 District titles and 5 PIAA State Championships. The Dallas girls were District II Champions 4 consecutive times from 2002-2005 and took home PIAA State Titles in 2003 and 2005 and were 3rd in 2004. However, both of these schools won these titles while competing on the "AA" level. After the enrollment figures changed before the 2008 season both the Dallas girls and Scranton Prep boys moved up in classification to "AAA". This didn't seem to be a problem for Dallas as they stayed on top with a perfect 16-0 season and won the District Title by scoring 82 points, easily defeating 2nd place Honesdale who scored 117 points. Things didn't come so easily for Scranton Prep. As they went through the whole regular season undefeated and were the heavy favorites going into the Championships, and it looked as if they were going to win their 9th straight District Championship. But they were caught off guard when they were upset by none other than the Dallas boys who placed all 5 of their scoring runners in the top 13 to stun Scranton Prep by a score of 50-68.

Results

2008 District II Team Champions

Boys AAA: Dallas Senior High School

Girls AAA: Dallas Senior High School

Boys AA: Holy Redeemer High School

Girls AA: Scranton Preparatory Acadamy

2008 District 2 Individual Medalists

Boys AAA:

   1     1  Robert Micikas, Sr               4:56    15:52    5:07  Crestwood
   2     2  Victor Costello, Jr              4:57    16:17    5:15  North Pocono
   3     3  Reece Ayers, So                   :00    16:19    5:16  Tunkhannock Area
   4     4  Chris Dailey, Jr                 5:02    16:55    5:27  Dallas
   5     5  Sam Kuchwara, Jr                 5:15    16:56    5:28  Scranton Prep
   6     6  Greg Slack, Sr                   5:12    16:57    5:28  West Scranton
   7     7  Robert Moulton, Jr               5:09    17:05    5:30  Crestwood
   8     8  Peter Frein, Sr                  5:04    17:06    5:31  Scranton Prep
   9     9  David Novak, So                  5:12    17:06    5:31  Tunkhannock Area
  10    10  Aj Thomas, Sr                     :00    17:14    5:33  Dallas
  11    11  Kyle Piazza, Sr                  5:08    17:15    5:34  Dallas
  12    12  Frank Ferlenda, So               5:14    17:21    5:36  Dallas
  13    13  Mitch Cohen, Jr                  5:11    17:22    5:36  Dallas
  14    14  Arjunan Gnanendran, Sr           5:14    17:28    5:38  Scranton Prep
  15    15  Chris Tombasco, So               5:07    17:31    5:39  Hazleton Area
  16    16  Josh Salvisburg, Jr              5:08    17:36    5:40  Hazleton Area
  17    17  Alex Saba, Sr                    5:11    17:39    5:41  Crestwood
  18    18  Chris Duff, So                   5:16    17:40    5:42  West Scranton
  19    19  Chris Hromek, So                 5:12    17:40    5:42  Wyoming Area
  20    20  Leo Walsh, Jr                    5:18    17:41    5:42  Scranton Prep

Girls AAA:

   1     1  Kirstin Schafer, So*             5:56    19:21    6:14  Crestwood
   2     2  Rachel Schmalzle, Sr*            5:56    19:50    6:24  Wallenpaupack
   3     3  Bria Edwards, So*                5:56    20:07    6:29  Hazleton Area
   4     4  Alexandra Petsuck, So*           5:58    20:18    6:33  Hazleton Area
   5     5  Maureen Suchecki, Sr*            5:59    20:20    6:33  Pittston Area
   6     6  Alexis Arnold, So*               6:03    20:25    6:35  Dallas
   7     7  Hannah Coffin, Fr*               6:05    20:31    6:37  Crestwood
   8     8  Ellen Arnaud, Jr*                6:01    20:35    6:38  Dallas
   9     9  Alexandra Bull, Jr*              6:11    20:35    6:38  Berwick Area
  10    10  Erin Craig, So*                  6:10    20:49    6:43  Honesdale
  11    11  Britteny Martin, Jr*             6:04    20:50    6:43  Abington Heights
  12    12  Lexxie Monahan, Sr*              6:04    20:55    6:45  Holy Redeemer
  13    13  Jillian Casey, Sr*               6:14    20:59    6:46  Crestwood
  14    14  Maggie Scanlon, Fr*              6:12    21:02    6:47  Abington Heights
  15    15  Michelle Golden, So*             6:08    21:03    6:47  Wyoming Area
  16    16  Nicole Montecalvo, Jr*           6:16    21:06    6:48  Berwick Area
  17    17  Mary Frank, So*                  6:13    21:07    6:49  Holy Redeemer
  18    18  Shannon Murray, Fr*              6:14    21:13    6:50  Holy Redeemer
  19    19  Katie Kravitz, So*               6:06    21:13    6:51  Dallas
  20    20  Corina Robbins, Jr*              6:22    21:16    6:51  Honesdale

Boys AA:

   1     1  Anthony Rizzo, Sr                5:06    16:55    5:27  Holy Redeemer
   2     2  Dave Levandoski, Jr              5:11    16:57    5:28  Holy Redeemer
   3     3  Ryne Carney, Sr                  5:07    17:04    5:30  Elk Lake
   4     4  Mike Ryan, Sr                    5:06    17:10    5:32  Lake-Lehman
   5     5  Matt Skrobiszewski, Sr           5:09    17:14    5:33  Mid Valley
   6     6  Mike Bedell, So                  5:08    17:16    5:34  Elk Lake
   7     7  Aj Limongelli, So                5:13    17:16    5:34  Holy Redeemer
   8     8  Brent Lane, Sr                   5:13    17:22    5:36  Riverside
   9     9  Jordan Siddons, So               5:15    17:23    5:36  Valley View
  10    10  Tyler Williams, Jr               5:07    17:23    5:36  Elk Lake
  11    11  Brent Salsman, Sr                5:09    17:24    5:37  Elk Lake
  12    12  Aaron Wilkinson, Fr              5:10    17:24    5:37  Valley View
  13    13  Jake Kanavy, So                  5:10    17:28    5:38  Valley View
  14    14  Shane Holcomb, Jr                5:11    17:37    5:41  Holy Cross
  15    15  Paul Majikes, Sr                 5:08    17:38    5:41  Holy Redeemer
  16    16  John Gibbons, Sr                 5:10    17:45    5:44  Hanover Area
  17    17  Brian Connors, Jr                 :00    17:49    5:45  Dunmore
  18    18  Adam Karwaski, Sr                5:11    17:51    5:45  Holy Redeemer
  19    19  Tyler Brown, Sr                  5:14    17:51    5:45  Wyoming Seminary
  20    20  Joe Hickey, Jr                   5:14    17:52    5:46  Holy Redeemer

Girls AA:

   1     1  Allison Hall, So*                6:00    20:29    6:36  Blue Ridge
   2     2  Kathleen Druther, Sr*            6:13    20:37    6:39  Scranton Prep
   3     3  Carrie Frattali, Sr*             6:15    20:40    6:40  Scranton Prep
   4     4  Maria Trowbridge, Fr*            6:00    20:51    6:44  Elk Lake
   5     5  Chandler Karoscik, Fr*           6:12    20:56    6:45  Valley View
   6     6  Maegan Lewis, Sr*                6:23    21:07    6:49  Blue Ridge
   7     7  Katie Levandoski, Sr*            6:05    21:09    6:49  Wyoming Seminary
   8     8  Marina Orrson, Sr*               5:57    21:12    6:50  Lake-Lehman
   9     9  Amy Viti, Fr*                    6:11    21:27    6:55  Hanover Area
  10    10  Samantha Cudo, Sr*               6:25    21:29    6:56  Montrose
  11    11  Alyssa Kuhl, Jr*                 6:20    21:31    6:56  Hanover Area
  12    12  Megan Kliner, Sr*                6:30    21:36    6:58  Blue Ridge
  13    13  Lizzie Doherty, Jr*              6:29    21:37    6:58  Scranton Prep
  14    14  Maria Eboli, Sr*                 6:25    21:39    6:59  Dunmore
  15    15  Abby Kerns, Jr*                  6:12    21:40    6:59  Holy Cross
  16    16  Brianna Kramer, Sr*              6:22    21:43    7:00  M M I Prep
  17    17  Julia Blaskiewicz, Jr*           6:29    21:56    7:04  Scranton Prep
  18        Nikki Jezewski, Sr*              6:37    21:58    7:05  Greater Nanticoke
  19    18  Abigail Carmody, Fr*             6:31    22:00    7:06  Western Wayne
  20    19  Vikki Hartt, Jr*                 6:43    22:02    7:06  Blue Ridge