Abdalah (VA), Pawloski (QV) & Savchik (NA) Win WPIAL Girls X-Country Gold
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Thursday, October 27, 2016 | 10:28 PM
It was a magical day for Marianne Abdalah of Vincentian Academy in the rain and mud at Cooper’s Lake Campground. The senior became one of only two runners in WPIAL history to win the individual championship in each of her four years. The Royals also placed three others in the top ten to run away with the 1-A team championship by a wide margin.
Abdalah opened up a ten second lead over Jeanne Lauer of Shady Side Academy in between the first and second mile and maintained her lead the rest of the course to claim a 13 second win. Abdalah had missed most of this season with a shin injury and did not start competing again late September. She said that she had lost some confidence while recovering from the injury but said it was starting to come back with the win today.
In the 2-A race, it was the Quaker Valley show as the Quakers navigated a heavy rain at the start and ran away with their third straight championship. QV placed three runners in the top six, including race winner Anna Pawlowski.
The senior opened up a lead in the opening mile to claim a 16 second win over another senior Mica Hanish of Ambridge. Pawlowski said the rain was not as much of a factor as the wind, which felt like it was pushing back when the runners were headed uphill. Pawlowski added that the Cooper’s Lake course is not one of her favorites, she will get a chance to run on her favorite course in Hershey for the PIAA Championships.
Clara Savchik of North Allegheny dominated the 3-A race, beating last year’s champion Lauren Finikiotis of Oakland Catholic by 68 seconds. The junior posted a 5:48 opening mile and opened her lead to cruise to the win.
It was a great day for the Eagles despite the individual loss as they easily won the team title, ending Seneca Valley’s two year reign. Oakland Catholic had 39 points, Fox Chapel had 121 and North Allegheny 130. The Raiders ended up fifth and did not qualify for the PIAA meet.
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Below are the individual results and the team qualifiers for the state meet in each class.
Class 3-A Team Totals:
(RED INDICATES PIAA QUALIFYING TEAM)
OAKLAND CATHOLIC 39,
FOX CHAPEL 121,
NORTH ALLEGHENY 130,
Latrobe 146,
Seneca Valley 182
Class 3-A Individual Qualifiers:
1 Clara Savchik, Jr 18:00 North Allegheny
2 Lauren Finikiotis, Sr 19:08 Oakland Catholic
3 Maggie Welty, Jr 19:13 Butler
4 Savannah Shaw, Jr 19:15 Upper Saint Clair
5 Hannah Schupansky, So 19:25 Oakland Catholic
6 Megan Nagy, Jr 19:33 Oakland Catholic
7 Maria Cawoski, Jr 19:38 Latrobe
8 Ava Pietrzyk, Sr 19:46 North Hills
9 Annika Urban, So 19:56 Fox Chapel
10 Sarena Seeger, So 19:57 Fox Chapel
11 Kathryn Aldrich, So 20:06 Oakland Catholic
12 Hannah Lindgren, Fr 20:09 North Allegheny
13 Brooke Krally, Fr 20:12 Fox Chapel
14 Tessa Franchi, Sr 20:15 Pine-Richland
15 Teresa Davison, Fr 20:16 Oakland Catholic
16 Macayle Wade, Fr 20:18 McKeesport
17 Megan Aaron, So 20:24 Seneca Valley
18 Caelan Miller, Jr 20:27 Fox Chapel
19 Courtney Kosanovic, So 20:28 Norwin
20 Sterling Simek, Jr 20:31 Franklin Regional
21 Maddie Salek, Jr 20:35 West Allegheny
22 Abby Lizewski, Jr 20:35 Seneca Valley
23 Rachel Harter, Fr 20:39 Latrobe
24 Allison Small, Fr 20:39 Mount Lebanon
25 Sophie Young, Jr 20:40 Oakland Catholic
26 Kierra Shreffler, So 20:40 Kiski Area
27 Angela Valotta, Fr 20:43 Plum
Girls 2-A Team Top 5 Results:
(PIAA QUALIFING TEAMS IN RED)
QUAKER VALLEY 63,
BEAVER 145,
AMBRIDGE 151,
Indiana 164,
Brownsville 195
Clas 2-A Individual Results:
1 Anna Pawloski, Sr 19:34 Quaker Valley
2 Mica Hanish, Sr 19:50 Ambridge
3 Riley Kwiatkowski, Sr 20:01 Greensburg Salem
4 Lucie Kubinski, Jr 20:11 Quaker Valley
5 Gionna Quarzo, Fr 20:28 Brownsville
6 Annie Wicker, Fr 20:32 Quaker Valley
7 Sara Vance, Jr 20:37 Brownsville
8 Kaylee Farino, Jr 20:43 Southmoreland
9 Jessica Vance, Jr 20:48 Brownsville
10 Lauren McCoy, Jr 20:51 Hopewell
11 Harley Kessler, Fr 20:54 Indiana
12 Anna Igims, Fr 20:57 Avonworth
13 Emily Brown, So 21:00 Beaver
14 Isabelle McCabe, So 21:03 Indiana
15 Leuca Hanish, So 21:07 Ambridge
16 Carinna Lapson, Jr 21:08 Hopewell
17 Audrey Durbin, Jr 21:11 Quaker Valley
18 Maria DeCello, Jr 21:15 South Fayette
19 Sarah Lucas, Sr 21:19 Ringgold
20 Madison Bertovich, Jr 21:23 Uniontown
21 Kyla Kelley, Sr 21:25 Highlands
22 Rachel Quillin, So 21:28 Beaver
23 Kelsey Jenkins, Jr 21:28 Beaver
24 Rachael Wittmer, Sr 21:30 Knoch
1-A Team Results:
Top 5 (PIAA QUALIFIERS IN RED)
VINCENTIAN ACADEMY 50,
CWNC 133,
NESHANNOCK 155,
LAUREL 161,
OLSH 170
Class 1-A Individual Results:
1 Marianne Abdalah, Sr 19:23 Vincentian Academy
2 Jeanne Lauer, Jr 19:36 Shady Side Academy
3 Alyssa Campbell, Jr 19:40 New Brighton
4 Abby Hutchison, So 20:02 Neshannock
5 Rylee Kopchak, Jr 20:26 CWNC
6 Katherine Fedko, So 20:45 Vincentian Academy
7 Marissa Canzian, So 20:49 Vincentian Academy
8 Moira O’Shea, Sr 20:53 Greensburg CC
9 McKenna Lampe, So 21:03 West Greene
10 Erin Joyce, Sr 21:04 Riverview
11 Hollie Walters, Fr 21:05 Vincentian Academy
12 Izzy Komaniak, So 21:07 Riverview
13 Haley Hamilton, Fr 21:09 Our Lady Of Sacred Heart
14 Cassandra Patterson, Sr 21:09 Laurel
15 Daniela Schafer, So 21:13 Winchester Thurston
16 Abbey Salomon, Jr 21:15 Neshannock
17 Megan Wisniewski, So 21:24 Northgate
18 Madison Lampe, So 21:30 West Greene
19 Annabelle Nielson, Fr 21:39 CWNC
20 Caitlin Guinee, Sr 21:42 Seton-LaSalle
21 Haley Earl, So 21:42 Shenango
22 Louise Finnstrom, So 21:44 Ellis School
23 Kayley Wisniewski, So 21:51 Northgate
24 Madisdon Carr, Fr 21:51 Serra Catholic
25 Liz Farnan, Sr 21:55 Seton-LaSalle
26 Sabrina McClain, So 21:55 Mohawk
27 Becca Volz, Sr 21:57 Bishop Canevin
28 Hannah Valenty, Fr 21:59 Our Lady Of Sacred Heart
29 Caeley Scherer, Fr 22:02 Eden Christian Academy
Tags: Vincentian Academy
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