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By JOHN WALK 505-5406 / @yorksportsguy

EMIGSVILLE — Just two weeks before, Dallastown High School junior Patrick Reilly had won a cross country meet at Spring Grove, beating South Western senior Ryan Hertzog by seven seconds.

Still, Reilly considered himself the underdog entering the York-Adams League Boys’ Cross Country Championships at John Rudy Park on Tuesday afternoon.

Reilly had a good argument, though, for his underdog status. Last year, Reilly placed sixth in the league meet while Hertzog nabbed second. The Mustang later went on to get a runner-up finish at the District 3-AAA meet.

“I knew I beat him (at Spring Grove) but he has a great resume so I couldn’t take anything for granted,” Reilly said.

Tuesday’s race ended up being much closer between the pair, with Reilly passing the finish line just 1.05 seconds in front of Hertzog.

Central York senior Kelsey Ibarra won the girls’ race in 19 minutes, 4.84 seconds.

New Oxford sophomore Aaron Gebhart led for the first third of the boys’ race while Hertzog and Reilly hung back with a pack that included Red Lion senior Caleb Gatchell and Littlestown senior Xavier Sauvageau. Hertzog and Reilly eventually took control of the race mid-way through and stayed neck-and-neck the rest of the way.

On the final hill of the race, Hertzog passed Reilly and appeared to have the advantage. But Reilly quickly caught up to Hertzog when the runners sprinted downhill on grass and trekked across a cement trail before hitting the final downhill stretch on grass. Reilly took the lead for good on the cement trail, in part because Hertzog said the pain from a blister on his left foot got to him.

“I couldn’t take it hard there because I got a blister in the middle of the race,” Hertzog said. “I think it was because most of the race was on macadam and I’m not used to running races with a lot of macadam.”

Reilly crossed first with a time of 16:19.19 with Hertzog close behind in a time of 16:20.24.

Gebhart (16:24) was third, followed by Gatchell (16:29) and Sauvageau (16:35).

Girls’ race: Running on her home course, Ibarra created a wide gap from the rest of the pack in the first minute of the race and didn’t look back.

York Suburban freshman Olivia Gettle took second place with a time of 19:42, nearly 38 seconds after Ibarra. She was followed by Kennard-Dale sophomore Kayla White (19:46), Suburban freshman Emma Leik (19:56) and Delone Catholic freshman Kate Mowery (19:57).

Ibarra picked up where she left off two years ago, when she won the league championship before sitting out her junior season because of medical reasons. She said a part of her motivation Tuesday stemmed from last year when she watched the league championship, which New Oxford senior Kaylee Kubisiak won with a time of 19:04.38, more than 30 seconds in front of Suburban senior Lily Corsaro.

“That was gonna be my last year running against them (Kubisiak and Corsaro) so it was kind of sad I didn’t get to race against them again,” Ibarra said. “So, I just figured next year I’d come back and accomplish the goals I wanted to.”

– Reach John Walk at jwalk@yorkdispatch.com.

By RYAN VANDERSLOOT 854-1575 x455 / @YAIAAscores

No one has dominated the local high school cross-country scene over the past 12 years any more than the York Suburban girls’ team.

The Trojans have captured their division title in each of those 12 seasons and have gone undefeated in each of the past five campaigns. Their 188-2 record during the regular season over that span is unprecedented in any sport over a similar time frame.

The funny thing about Suburban’s domination is that it doesn’t appear to be ready to end anytime soon. Despite some very talented runners that have gone through the program, there are many more that are stepping up right now to fill their shoes.

In fact, at a recent home meet a few weeks ago, all five of the Suburban girls broke their school’s course record on the same day. The current holder of that record, Olivia Gettle, actually bested that mark at the following meet and, just for good measure, also broke the course record at New Oxford last week.

That’s three course records over a three-race span for Gettle, who along with Samantha Gehly, Emma Leik, Lauren Shrader and Kimberly Hall form one of the most potent 1-through-5 combos in the entire state.

Their coach Dan VanHouwe, who officially took over the reins on the girls’ side just prior to last season after serving as a volunteer coach the previous eight years, has set a goal for those five to all place in the top 20 at Tuesday’s York-Adams League Meet at John Rudy Park. After that he hopes his girls will continue their roll through the District 3 and PIAA Class AA championships over the ensuing weeks.

We caught up with VanHouwe recently to discuss the program, the Trojans’ training regiment and his expectations in this week’s edition of Sports Q&A.

What has made the girls’ program so successful over the past 12 years?

“Well, first of all, I think you have to give credit to the girls, because they work really hard. Our whole program is based on putting forth the effort. We start back in June for our voluntary workouts and pretty much every year the kids just show up. They want to learn and they want to get better. And a lot of credit goes to the boys’ coach, Ron Herman. Well, we actually co-coach. So all year we come up with different kinds of workouts to do, whether they’re speed, hills or a combination of them and the kids just do them.”

Anything unusual or difficult about these workouts?

“Well the neat thing is that we (coaches) do them. We run with the kids every step of the way. Everything that they do, we do. So we build a nice rapport with the kids that way. It forms a kind of mutual respect. So if I say that I want them to do five hills and I want them to do it hard, I’m going to do it with them right with you. Now Ron Herman is 65 years old and I’m 52 and we tell the kids that we’re old, but we’re going to do it and we’re going to show you that if we can do it, you can do it too at 15, 16, 17-years old.”

Is there any difference between the workouts before the season starts as opposed to during the season?

“There’s not much difference. We put on quite a good base … a summer base. When the season starts we concentrate on racing and on different parts of racing. Two weeks ago we had to run at Spring Grove and at Spring Grove they have a nice climb about halfway through the race. So we start with an area (around the school) that’s going to give us that same kind of scenario and we’ll practice that a couple of times, so when the kids go there, that there’s confidence. They’ve done this in practice and what we did in practice was a whole lot harder than this. So that gives them a lot of confidence to race and race hard.”

So would you say that your practices are probably harder on the kids then the actual races?

“That’s probably a good statement. You know we go everywhere. We’ll practice at the Reservoir (across from York College), at Rudy Park, we’ll practice at Rocky Ridge Park, we have the high school, we have our middle school, so we practice pretty much anywhere and everywhere.”

How impressive was it that all five girls broke the old course record during the same meet a few weeks ago?

“The new course was created just last year. It’s very similar to what we ran back in the early 1990s and 2000s, but we had to make some adjustments due to property and building changes. It’s 3.1 miles and it’s a challenging course. Lily Corsaro had the record last year, but we only ran there once and that was our first meet. So just a week ago, we had our top five plus a girl from York Tech who all broke that course record. And when you think of who had the course record, Lily really made a name for herself for the last four years. She’s running for NYU now as their No. 4 runner. Lily Corsaro was just so good. For those (girls) to break the record that she set was pretty cool.”

So who holds that record now?

“Olivia (Gettle) has it now. So she broke it again on a Tuesday and then on Thursday we had to run again and she broke that course record. That is pretty intense.”

What’s your prediction for Tuesday’s league meet at Rudy Park?

“Well, Kelsey Ibarra is the strongest runner in the county. She’ll win the race hands-down and she might even win the race by more than a minute. She’s from Central and she’s a very, very good runner. Very talented. I think that for Suburban that we set the expectation for all seven girls (five starters and two displacers) should all finish in the top 20. That’s what I would like to see, but where they finish … that’s up to them. I told them that I’m not going to put any pressure on them and that they just have to run to what they feel that they can. If they do that then all seven girls should finish in the top 20.”

Your team wrapped up the division crown fairly early in the season. Has there been any talk around the league to changing the schedule to make the meets inside of the division later in the year?

“Well, they’re supposed to work on changing the way the meets are run like that. We’ve been running Kennard-Dale (which finished second in Division II) first for the last three years and we’re supposed to be flip-flopping the meets … sometimes as the first, sometimes as the second, etc. But I don’t know how that works and that would be up to the YAIAA to do that.”

Finally, do you have any gauge on where you expect the Suburban teams, both boys and girls, to finish in the District 3 meet on Wednesday, Oct. 24?

“The boys will likely have to compete against Annville-Cleona. I think that’s their toughest competition. They’ll also have to be worried about Conrad Weiser. On the girls’ side for districts, I think it will be between Palmyra and us. We’re in Class AA now (Suburban used to be AAA in the past), so for girls, the top three teams will advance to states, while for the boys, I think it’s the top four teams. The expectation is that both boys and girls will be there on Nov. 3 for the PIAA meet.”

– Reach Ryan Vandersloot at sports@yorkdispatch.com.

York Dispatch Staff Report

The York Suburban cross country teams continued their standout seasons on Thursday afternoon with first-place finishes in a quadrangular meet at New Oxford.

Before Thursday’s meet, both the Suburban boys’ and girls’ teams had already clinched the York-Adams Division II regular-season titles this season with perfect 5-0 records. The Trojan girls have won 12-straight York-Adams division crowns.

In Thursday’s boys’ meet at New Oxford, Suburban placed five runners among the first nine finishers to record victories over New Oxford (27-32), Bermudian Springs (15-50) and Biglerville (15-50). New Oxford’s Aaron Gebhart won the race in 16 minutes, 51 seconds. Suburban’s Chris Diaz finished second. Kirk Beaver (fifth), Will Koch (seventh), Bradley Clark (eighth) and Zachary Lofties (ninth) rounded out the Trojans’ scorers. Biglerville’s Brady Wilt placed third, and New Oxford’s Jacob Plank finished fourth.

In the girls’ meet, Suburban’s Olivia Gettle won in 25:02 to lead the Trojans to victories over New Oxford (19-42), Bermudian (16-47) and Biglerville (15-50). Emily Lawrence of New Oxford placed second, followed by three Suburban runners — Samantha Gehly, Emma Leik and Lauren Shrader.

OTHER CROSS COUNTRY

MOYER, YARISH SHINE AT COACHES’ CHAL LENGE: At John Rudy Park, Joshua Moyer of Dallastown put up a time of 17:57 to win the 2012 Coaches’ Challenge. Red Lion’s Alex Miller finished second, and three Dallastown runners (William Jacobson, Justin Tracy and Justin Sweitzer), rounded out the top five.

In the girls’ meet, Wynter Yarish of Red Lion won in 22:09. Two Central runners, Jessica Luffey and Bailey Botterbush, placed second and third, respectively. Red Lion’s Sara Helt was fourth and Suburban’s Alicia Baker came in fifth.

York Dispatch Staff Report

The Red Lion boys and York Suburban girls sewed up outright York-Adams League cross country championships on Tuesday afternoon.

Red Lion is the Division I boys’ champion for the second straight year. The Lions secured another title on Tuesday afternoon with a 23-32 victory over South Western in a matchup of 5-0 teams. Red Lion also defeated Delone Catholic, 18-45, and Dover, 15-50, in the quadrangular meet at South Western.

The Lions’ Caleb Gatchell won the race in a course-record time of 16 minutes, 30 seconds, two seconds ahead of South Western’s Ryan Hertzog. Hertzog also snapped the previous course mark of 16:41, which belonged to him. Four other Lions, Nick McCabe (third), Nate Pardoe (fifth), Josh Pardoe (seventh) and Zach Dutton (10th) finished among the top 10.

South Western placed second in the team competition with victories over Delone (19-40) and Dover (15-49). Delone took third and Dover was fourth.

The Suburban girls, meanwhile, won a York-Adams division title for a 12th straight season. This year, the Trojans finished up a perfect 5-0 record in Division II.

Olivia Gettle led the hosting Trojans to victories over Dallastown, York Tech and Northeastern by breaking the old course record with a time of 20:15.17.

Also for Suburban, Samantha Gehly took second, while Emma Leik came in third, Lauren Shrader took fourth and Kimberly Hall came in fifth. All five Trojan runners in the team scoring broke the old course record. Dallastown came in second at 2-1, while Tech was 1-2 and Northeastern was 0-3. Tech’s Emma Harrelson took sixth and also broke the old course record.

In the girls’ meet at South Western, Red Lion earned three victories to close out a 5-1, second-place finish in Division I. The Lady Lions defeated South Western (17-46), Delone Catholic (27-32) and Dover (15-50).

Delone teammates, Sarah Bischoff and Katie Mowrey, went one-two, with Bischoff putting up a winning time of 19:45. Three Red Lion runners, Amanda Will, Julia Kendrick and Naomi Scharf, took third, fourth and fifth places, respectively.

Delone went 2-1 at the meet to take second, followed by Dover (1-2) and South Western (0-3).

In the boys’ meet at Suburban, Patrick Reilly led Dallastown to victories over Suburban, Northeastern and York Tech by breaking the course record with a time of 16:56.51.

Shane Sebeck took fourth for Dallastown, while Taylor Lentz came in fifth. The Trojans came in second at 2-1. Christopher Diaz led the Trojans with a second-place finish. Diaz also broke the old course record with a time of 17:34.72. Andrew Toman came in third for Suburban. The Bobcats came in third at 1-2, while Tech was 0-3.

OTHER BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY

CENTRAL SHINES: At Rudy Park, the host Panthers, took third through seventh places to go 3-0 on the day, beating West York, Littlestown and Biglerville. Littlestown went 2-1, followed by West York (1-2) and Biglerville (0-3). The Canners did not have enough runners to fill out a full team, but one of their runners, Brady Wilt, took second behind Littlestown’s Xavier Sauvaugeau, who finished first in 16:30. Gavin Mayne took third for Central, followed by Marty Conrad and Bryce Lerew.

GARDNER LEADS ROCKETS TO VICTORIES: At York Catholic, Taylor Gardner led Spring Grove to victories over Kennard-Dale, Bermudian Springs and York Catholic by taking first in 18:01. Also for the Rockets, Hunter Miller came in third, Mason Bentzel took fourth and Dakota Laughman came in fifth. The Rams came in second, going 2-1. York Catholic came in third at 1-2, while Bermudian was 0-3. Sawyer Bisker took second for K-D.

RECORD FALLS AT FAIRFIELD: At Fairfield, Aaron Gebhart finished in 17:15 to set a new course record and lead New Oxford to wins over Fairfield, Eastern York and Susquehannock. He broke the previous record of 17:31 set by Littlestown’s Xavier Sauvaugeau. Jacob Plank and Joel Zepp took second and third for the Colonials, while Fairfield’s John Roan was fourth and Susquehannock’s Patrick Morrison was fifth. Susquehannock went 2-1 to finish second as a team, followed by Fairfield (1-2) and Eastern (0-3).

OTHER GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY

IBARRA LEADS PAN THERS: At Rudy Park, Kelsey Ibarra finished first in 18:58 to lead the Panthers past West York, Littlestown and Biglerville. West York took second at 2-1, followed by Littlestown (1-2) and Biglerville (0-3). Emily Loeffelholz, Brooke Buzinski and Maddie Warntz took second through fourth for Central, which had previously clinched the York-Adams Division I crown. Bethany Weaver was fifth for West York.

WHITE LEADS RAMS TO VICTORIES: At York Catholic, Kayla White finished first to lead Kennard-Dale to victories over Spring Grove, York Catholic and Bermudian Springs. Also for K-D, Haley Cole took second and Caitlin Salomon took third. York Catholic came in second at 2-1, behind Amanda Falvey’s fifth-place finish. Spring Grove came in third at 1-2, while Bermudian was 0-3. Rachel Crane took fourth for Bermudian.

SUSQUEHANNOCK RUNNER SHATTERS MARK: At Fairfield, Susquehannock’s Rachel Banchiere finished in 20:22 to break the course record, which had been held by York Catholic’s Kady Schrann at 20:30. Banchiere helped Susquehannock to a 3-0 day, including wins over New Oxford, Eastern York and Fairfield. The Warriors’ win over New Oxford came by the narrowest of margins (28-29). New Oxford finished 2-1 on the day, followed by Eastern (1-2) and Fairfield (0-3). Fairfield’s Kaitlyn Beckham took second, followed by New Oxford’s Emily Lawrence, Susquehannock’s Emily Fourhman and New Oxford’s Devan Bateman.

By JOHN WALK 505-5406 / @yorksportsguy

SPRING GROVE — Looking back on the last 12 months, Kelsey Ibarra admits it’s probably the toughest stretch she has been through in her athletic career.

That might sound strange considering the Central York senior didn’t compete at all during much of that time frame, thanks to a medical condition that kept her out of action.

“I missed it a lot,” Ibarra said. “It was really hard to come to the meets and watch my team run. I was so upset. But I got my mind right over the summer.”

Ibarra made those comments shortly after taking first place with a time of 19 minutes, 58 seconds during a rainy-and-wet cross country quad meet Tuesday afternoon at Spring Grove Intermediate School. She completed the course nearly 90 seconds ahead of teammate and second-place finisher Emily Loeffelholz.

Panthers’ runners Brooke Buzynski and Madelyn Warntz took third and fourth, respectively, to round out the top four. The efforts helped Central defeat Dallastown (19-38), Spring Grove (16-47) and South Western (16-47). As a result, the Panthers clinched the York-Adams League Division I title with a 6-0 record. It marks the fourth time in the last five years Central won the division after finishing second to Red Lion last season.

Ibarra: Just two years ago, the speedy Ibarra made waves on the cross country scene as a sophomore when she won the District 3 Class AAA championship. She was also the top local finisher in the state competition, taking 44th place. Later in the spring of 2011, Ibarra qualified for the PIAA Class AAA track events in the 1,600 and 3,200 runs.

However, it was during the final months of that spring season when she didn’t feel right.

“It was stuff I was battling for awhile,” said Ibarra, who didn’t disclose her precise medical condition. “The doctors told me I needed to take time off. But I’m good now.”

Indeed, Ibarra is good again. Just last week she established a new girls’ course record at York Township Park with a time of 20:06. It will probably be scarier for her competitors after learning Ibarra believes this is the “healthiest I’ve ever felt.”

Team: Ibarra isn’t alone, though. Central had 10 runners place in the top 20 on Tuesday.

“I think overall those girls are on a mission and all I’m doing is trying to guide a missile,” new Central cross country coach Randy Mumford said. “They know where they want to get to. They have very high goals. All I try to do is make sure I challenge them to become as good as they can.”

Casey Kemp (Dallastown) took fifth, followed by Lynne Mooradian (South Western), Elizabeth DiBiase (Dallastown), Rebecca Miller (Spring Grove), Megan Blum (Dallastown) and Elizabeth Malda (Dallastown) to round out the top 10.

Boys: In boys’ competition at Spring Grove, Dallastown junior Patrick Reilly took first in 16:41. He finished seven seconds ahead of South Western’s Ryan Hertzog. Both runners broke the previous course record.

Reilly and Hertzog were about even for the first half of the race before Reilly started gaining ground halfway through a wooded area behind the school.

“Up in the woods it was kind of narrow and we were fighting for position,” Reilly said. “I almost slipped a few times coming around the turns.”

Hertzog was one of four South Western runners who placed in the top 10, joining teammates Jaden Sanders (fifth), Kirk Mummert (sixth) and Sean Peeling (ninth). The Mustangs defeated Dallastown (21-34), Central (24-34) and Spring Grove (21-35) to move into a first-place tie in Division I with Red Lion with identical 5-0 records.

Spring Grove’s Hunter Miller passed Central runner Conrad Martin in the final 20 yards to take third. Rockets’ runner Taylor Gardner edged Central’s Bryce Lerew at the line to take seventh.

OTHER BOYS’ MEET

WARRIORS RECORD THREE VICTORIES: At Glen Rock, Susquehannock placed five runners among the first 15 finishers to earn victories over Delone Catholic (25-30), York Catholic (26-32) and Northeastern (24-31). Delone’s Nick Poole won the race in 17:50. Susquehannock’s Jake Thomas came in second followed by Ben Linne of Northeastern, Tucker Ebersole of York Catholic and Ryan Sevret of Northeastern. Delone finished 2-1 on the day, while Northeastern was 1-2 and York Catholic was 0-3. Delone finished at 6-0 to win the York-Adams Division III title.

OTHER GIRLS’ MEET

SQUIRETTES’ MOWREY LEADS THE WAY: At Glen Rock, Delone’s Kate Mowrey covered the 3.1-mile course in 21:13 to win the race and help her team defeat Susquehannock (26-29), Northeastern (15-50) and York Catholic (19-36). Susquehannock’s Rachel Bancheire finished second, followed by Delone Catholic’s Sara Bischoff, Susquehannock’s Emily Fourhman and Delone’s Andrea Rescinitti. Susquehannock finished 2-1 on the day, while York Catholic was 1-2 and Northeastern was 0-3. Delone clinched the York-Adams Division III title with a 6-0 record.

– Reach John Walk at jwalk@yorkdispatch.com.

York Dispatch Staff Report

At Manchester, the host Northeastern Bobcats placed five runners among the first 10 finishers to earn victories over Dover (22-36), Littlestown (24-34) and Bermudian Springs (18-42) in boys’ cross country on Tuesday.

Xavier Sauvageau of Littlestown won the race in a time of 17:38. Ben Linne of Northeastern finished second in 17:41.

Dover’s Danty Pagan, Littlestown’s Bill Stolkovich and Northeastern’s Ryan Sevret rounded out the top five.

Bermudian Springs’ Joe Fletcher was sixth followed by Dover’s Beau Ambrose and three Northeastern runners, Nate Hake, Jacob McKenzie and Dalton Buffington. Dover went 2-1 on the day defeating Littlestown (24-33) and Bermudian (23-35).

OTHER BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY

MUSTANGS WIN THREE: At York Catholic, South Western runners took five of the first eight places to score victories over York Catholic (15-46), West York (15-50) and New Oxford (25-33). The Colonials’ Aaron Gebhart won the race in a course-record time of 17:03. South Western runners Ryan Hertzog and Kirk Mummert captured second and third place, respectively. Jacob Plank of New Oxford, Josh King of South Western, Joel Zepp of New Oxford, Sean Peeling of South Western, Jaden Sanders of South Western, Tucker Ebersole of York Catholic and Ben Schott of South Western rounded out the first 10 finishers.

WILDCATS’ REILLY RACES TO WIN: At Sam Lewis State Park, Dallastown’s Patrick Reilly crossed the finish line first in a time of 17:03 as the Wildcats defeated Eastern (15-48), Biglerville (15-50) and Delone Catholic (19-42). Four other Dallastown runners, Sean Sebeck, Sanyor Sourbeer, Taylor Lentz and Adam Saubel, finished among the top seven. Eastern’s Mason Bair came in ninth.

PANTHERS GO 3-0: At York Township Park, five Central runners finished among the top nine in the quad meet. Sawyer Bisker of Kennard-Dale won the race in 18:34. A pair of Susquehannock runners, Patrick Morrison and Jacob Thomas, finished second and third, respectively. Cental’s Bryce Lerew, J.D. Groff, Gavin Mayne placed fourth, fifth and sixth, and Kennard-Dale’s Jake Wescott took seventh. Three more Central runners, Alec Evanitus, Connor Hoff and Kyle Rutter completed the top 10. Kennard-Dale won two of three meets.

GATCHELL HIGHLIGHTS LIONS’ SWEEP: At Spring Grove, Red Lion’s Caleb Gatchell beat the rest of the field to the finish line as his team scored a trio of victories. Gatchell recorded a winning time of 17:07, and the Lions defeated York Suburban (20-38), Fairfield (15-47) and Spring Grove (20-38). Gatchell’s teammate, Nick McCabe finished second. Nate Pardoe (fifth place), Ethan Gatchell (eighth) and Josh Pardoe (ninth) completed the Red Lion scorers. Spring Grove’s Hunter Miller (third), York Suburban’s Chris Diaz (fourth), Spring Grove’s Taylor Gardner (sixth), York Suburban’s Andrew Toman (seventh) and Fairfield’s John Roan (10th) rounded out the top 10. York Suburban was second in the team competition with victories over Spring Grove (26-31) and Fairfield (19-42).

GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY

EAGLES RELY ON PACK POWER: Dover packed five runners among the first six finishers to defeat Littlestown (15-43), Bermudian Springs (20-37) and Northeastern (15-50). Rachel Crane of Bermudian Springs put up the winning time of 21:21. The next five runners to cross the line, Andrea Dawson, Alyssa Lawton, Sarah Kistner, Alicia Sweitzer and Claudine Godfrey, all wore Dover colors. Kayleigh Smeltzer of Northeastern, Hope Cuff and Madison Leer, both of Bermudian Springs, and Hannah McLeod of Northeastern captured places seven through 10.

LAWRENCE PACES COLONIALS: At York Catholic, New Oxford’s Emily Lawrence led her team to three victories by winning the race in 21:45. The Colonials defeated York Catholic (23-33), West York (23-32) and South Western (20-39). West York’s Bethany Weaver finished second followed by South Western’s Lynne Mooradian, New Oxford’s Allie Mack of New Oxford and Amanda Falvey of York Catholic. Emily Clinton of New Oxford, Devan Bateman of New Oxford, Tabitha Jermyn of West York, Rebecca Sitler of York Catholic and Lindsey China of York Catholic completed the top 10. York Catholic placed second in the team competition with victories over West York (25-31) and South Western (20-38).

WILDCATS NOTCH THREE WINS: At Sam Lewis State Park, Dallastown’s pack captured places three through seven to power the Wildcats past Delone Catholic (25-33), Eastern (15-45) and Biglerville (15-50). Delone Catholic’s Kate Mowrey and Sarah Bishchoff were first and second, respectively. They were followed across the line by the Dallastown quintet of Megan Blum, Kasey Kemp, Taylour Mauro, Liz DiBiase and Ellie Malda. Another Dallastown runner, Brooke Snyder, took eighth.

IBARRA SETS MARK FOR PANTHERS: At York Township Park, Central standout Kelsey Ibarra added to her list of victories with a winning time of 20:06. Her performance established a new girls’ course record. Ibarra’s team defeated York Tech (forfeit), Susquehannock (20-41) and Kennard-Dale (21-36). Madelyn Warntz (fourth place), Emily Loeffelholz (sixth), Brooke Buzynski (seventh) and Madison Strine (11th) were the other scorers for the Panthers. Kennard-Dale’s Kayla White finished second to Ibarra, and Rachel Banchiere of Susquehannock took third. Emma Harrelson of York Tech (fifth), Caitlin Solomon of Kennard-Dale (eighth), Emily Fourhman of Susquehannock (ninth) and Haley Cole of Kennard-Dale (10th) were the other top 10 finishers.

TROJANS DISPLAY POWER: At Spring Grove, York Suburban placed eight runners among the first 10 finishers in defeating Red Lion (17-46), Spring Grove (15-50) and Fairfield (forfeit). The Trojans’ Samantha Gehly recorded the best time (20:35) to win the event. Gehly edged out teammate Olivia Gettle for the victory. Gettle crossed in 20:36. Another Trojans’ runner, Emma Leik, took third place. Fairfield’s Kaitlyn Beckham was fourth, and Red Lion’s Amanda Wivell was fifth. The rest of the top 10 was all York Suburban with Lauren Schrader, Danielle Cardone, Kimberly Hall, Rachelle Walker and Sarah Cardone doing the honors.

York Dispatch Staff Report

Littlestown’s Xavier Sauvageau set a new course record on Thursday afternoon during a high school cross country meet at Codorus State Park.

Sauvageau finished in 16 minutes, 52 seconds, breaking the previous record of 16:59 set by Dallastown’s Chuck Lockwood.

New Oxford’s Aaron Gebhart took second, while Delone Catholic’s Nick Poole finished third.

Spring Grove finished first in the boys’ meet, going 4-0, beating New Oxford, Delone Catholic, Littlestown and York Tech. Host Delone Catholic took second at 3-1, followed by New Oxford at 2-2, Littlestown at 1-3 and York Tech at 0-4.

In the girls’ meet, New Oxford’s Emily Lawrence and Delone Catholic’s Katie Mowrey were both clocked in 20:39, but Lawrence was credited with the victory.

That allowed New Oxford to beat Delone, 27-28. The Lady Colonials went 4-0 in the meet, followed by Delone (3-1), Spring Grove (2-2), York Tech (1-3) and Littlestown (0-4).

Both Delone teams are now 4-0 in York-Adams Division III action.

It was a record-setting day in boys’ cross country at Red Lion’s Copper Beech course on Wednesday.

Dallastown’s Patrick Reilly led the way across the finish line with a course-record time of 17 minutes, 11.94 seconds. The second- and third-place finishers, Red Lion’s Caleb Gatchell and Nick McCabe, also eclipsed the course mark with times of 17:20.06 and 18:09.53, respectively.

Matt Croft of Red Lion set the former mark of 18:10 last year.

The Lions went 4-0 on the day by placing four runners, Gatchell, McCabe, Nate Pardoe and Josh Pardoe, in the top five. Dallastown came in second with a 3-1 record followed by Susquehannock (2-2), West York (1-3) and Bermudian Springs (0-4).

Red Lion improved to 4-0 in York-Adams Division I action.

In the girls’ meet, Amanda Wivell edged teammate Naomi Scharf, 22:04.55 to 22:04.87, to win the race and help the Lady Lions earn victories over Susquehannock, Dallastown, West York and Bermudian Springs.

Julia Kendrick came in third to give Red Lion a sweep of the top three places. Two Susquehannock runners, Rachel Banchlere and Emily Fourhman rounded out the top five. The Warriors went 3-1 on the day, followed by Dallastown, 2-2, West York, 1-3, and Bermudian Springs, 0-4.

OTHER BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY

DIAZ LEADS TROJANS TO VICTORY: At Rudy Park, Chris Diaz led York Suburban to wins over Eastern York, York Catholic, Central York and Dover with a first-place finish in 17:18.7. With the win, Suburban clinched York-Adams Division II with a 5-0 mark. Kirk Beaver took second for Suburban, while Zach Lofties took fifth. The Panthers picked up wins over York Catholic, Dover and Eastern. J.D. Groff led the Panthers with a second-place finish, while teammate Marty Conrad took fourth. York Catholic came in third, beating Eastern and Dover. Dover came in fourth with a win over Eastern.

HERTZOG BREAKS COURSE RECORD: At Hanover, South Western’s Ryan Hertzog won the race in 16:41, breaking the old course record of 16:49 held by Dallastown’s Chuck Lockwood from 2006. Hertzog led the Mustangs to victories over Northeastern, Biglerville, Kennard-Dale and Fairfield. Teammate Kirk Mummert took third. K-D took victories over Northeastern, Fairfield and Biglerville. Sawyer Bisker led the Rams with a fourth-place finish. Northeastern picked up victories over Biglerville and Fairfield. Biglerville’s Brady Wilt finished second individually.

OTHER GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY

TROJANS CAPTURE FIVE VICTORIES: At Rudy Park, York Suburban took first as a team, picking up victories over Central York, Eastern York, York Catholic and Dover. Suburban improved to 4-0 in York-Adams Division II, clinching at least a tie for the title. Samantha Gehly led the Trojans, finishing second, while teammate Emma Leik took fourth. Central came in second, picking up victories over York Catholic, Eastern and Dover. Kelsey Ibarra led the Panthers with a first-place finish in 19:12.9. Teammate Emily Loeffelholz came in fifth. Dover came in third with victories over York Catholic and Eastern. York Catholic came in fourth with a victory over Eastern.

WHITE LEADS RAMS: At Hanover, Kennard-Dale’s Kayla White lead the Rams to victories over South Western, Northeastern, Fairfield and Biglerville by taking first in a time of 20:23. Teammate Caitlin Salomon took third. South Western came in second, beating Biglerville, Fairfield and Northeastern. Lynne Mooradian led the Mustangs with a fifth-place finish. Fairfield’s Kaitlyn Beckham took second.