2003

DELAWARE COUNTY

CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sponsored by

DELCO ROAD RUNNERS CLUB


The fortieth annual Delaware County Cross Country Championships were held on Saturday October 11, 2003 at Rose Tree Park, Media. Six hundred thirty four runners from twenty two Delaware County high schools registered for the event sponsored by the Delco Road Runners Club. Four hundred and sixty five finished the 3.1 mile course. We had a bright sunny  day for the events.

Cardinal O'Hara High School won the varsity boys' race with 55 points for the fourth consecutive year. Upper Darby High School scored 72 points for second place and Monsignor Bonner High School was third with 77 points.

Radnor High School won the varsity girls' race with 71 points. This was Radnor's first championship. Ridley High School was second with 75 points and Haverford High School was third with 105 points.

The Girls' Junior Varsity Team Award went to Haverford High School with 30 points. The Boys' Junior Varsity Team Award went to Cardinal O'Hara High School with a score of 22 points.


Congratulations to Steve Hallinan a senior from Cardinal O'Hara High School who set a new course record of 15:32 in the Boy's Varsity Race.  Steve bettered the old record by nine seconds set by Wolfram Urbanck, Penncrest in1983.

Individual winners were:

VARSITY BOYS
1st
Steve Hallinan
Senior
O'Hara
15:32
Course Record
2nd Mike Tilger
Senior
Carroll
16:11

3rd
Greg Thomas
Sophomore
O'Hara
16:15

VARSITY GIRLS
1st Julie Karaszkiewicz
Junior Garnet Valley
19:07
2nd
Katie Kelly
Sophomore
O'Hara
19:18
3rd
Lauren Hart
Senior
Ridley
19:32

J V BOYS
1st
Dan Nitz
Junior
Upper Darby
17:19
2nd
Matt Willard
Sophomore
O'Hara
17:45
3rd
Andrew Buemi
Freshman
O'Hara
17:47


J V GIRLS
1st
Kelly Unger
Freshman
O'Hara
22:11
2nd
Amy McFarland
Freshman Haverford
22:41
3rd
Katie Dutch
Sophomore
Haverford
22:50


NOVICE BOYS
1st
Chris Free
Sophomore
Strath Haven
18:15
2nd
Kevin Barnum
Sophomore
Garnet Valley
18:18
3rd
Thomas Falcone
Freshman
Penncrest
18:21


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