News and Results

August 2002 to September 2002

9/29/02 - In the 26th running of the Pittsburgh Great Race, junior Tom Jech wins his age group for the second straight year, covering the 10k in 34:57. Freshman Jordan Haber breaks 40 minutes, running 39:37. Allderdice grad Max Itkin ('97) places 10th in the 5k.

9/28/02 - Uniontown Invitational - The Allderdice girls captured their second straight invitational and the varsity boys had their best showing of the season at Saturday's Everhart Uniontown Invitational on the Fayette campus of Penn State in Uniontown. READ FULL ARTICLE...

9/24/02 - Allderdice boys, girls win City League meet - The girls score 2-3-4-5-6, and the boys score 1-2-3-4-7 for easy team wins.

	Freshman Flo Blume, shown here at Fairview, placed 74th at Saturday's Allegheny Classic. Photo courtesy Dennis Muller.

9/21/02 - Girls win Allegheny Classic - Boys ninth behind speedy freshmen, missing top runners - On the lightning-fast Allgheny College course, nearly every Allderdice runner ran a personal best at today's Allegheny Classic. The Allderdice girls won their race, beating second place finisher Erie McDowell. The boys, running without their top two runners, took ninth place. Senior Molly Ainsman and junior Charley Monroe led their respective teams. Sophomore Lara Nagle and freshmen Clara Finley and Sassi Kerpedjieva all finished in the top 15, and freshmen Jordan Haber and Flo Blume (right) both shaved nearly a minute and a half of their old personal bests.

From PennTrackXC.com: "Brian (Jr) and Eric (Sr) Soder of Harbor Creek have been trading one-two finishes during September. This time it was Eric's turn, by just one second, winning in 15:58.6. Their team placed five in the top 23 to garner just 51 points, taking the team title by 32 over Erie McDowell. Pittsburgh's Taylor Allderdice girls beat McDowell by 38 points, tallying just 53 points behind Molly Ainsman's 3rd place 20:08.2, getting their scoring five in the top 21. Meadville's Maris Reutzel was first in 19:42.6."

Full results...

9/19/02 - Dragons coast to City League win - The Allderdice boys' and girls' teams won their second straight City League meets with easy victories on a sweltering day at the Oval. The boys, led by senior Ron Warnock and sophomore Joey Rosenberg, scored 1-2-5-6-8 for a total of 22 points. The girls took places 4 through 8 to score 30 points, also well ahead of their nearest competition. Freshmen Sassi Kerpedjieva and Clara Finley and junior Torrie Caruso finished together to pace the Dragons.

Freshman Lili Knezevich, shown here running at Fairview, was second in the junior varsity race of the Spartan Invitational. Photo courtesy Dennis Muller.

Thanks to senior Greg Herschlag and his family for hosting last night's pasta party. All runners should be at Allderdice at 8:30a Saturday for the Allegheny Classic.

9/17/02 - here will be a pasta party tomorrow (Wendesday night) at 6:30 at Greg Herschlag's house. Please bring some type of food (pasta, bread, paperware, cookies, or soft drinks, but no sauce, we have plenty!). Remember that the usual rules of team conduct apply at these pasta parties. Also, Coach Flynn recommends this article about high school cross country.

9/14/02 - Girls 6th at Spartan Invite - Ainsman 10th, Kerpedjieva 30th in varsity; Knezevich 2nd in JV - The Allderdice girls captured 6th place, a single point behind AAA powerhouse Mt. Lebanon, in today's Spartan Invitational in Boardman, Ohio. Leading the Dragons were senior Molly Ainsman and freshman Sassi Kerpedjieva, who cruised to a 30th place finish while setting a personal best. Sophomore Lara Nagle, juniors Torrie Caruso and Casey Rubenstein, senior Erica Pasciullo, and freshman Clara Finley also ran strong races for the varsity girls.

In the enormous boys varisty race (300 very fast runners), senior Ron Warnock came in 69th, followed by juniors Charley Monroe and Alex Wein, senior Matthew Meisel, and freshman Mike Gross, who was running in his first varsity race. The boys, still undermanned from injuries, placed a respectable 31st of 44 teams.

In junior varsity competition, freshman Lili Knezevich (above) placed second behind Mt. Lebanon frontrunner (and Fairview champ) Lauren Wood, who missed the varsity race. Freshman Julia Meisel also finished among the top 100 JV runners. Freshman Jordan Haber led the boys junior varsity, with sophomore Will Hackney and senior Dave Reznick in tow.

Due to Yom Kippur, there will be no practice (or school) on Monday. The Dragons race against City League competition on Thurdsday and travel to Allegheny College on Saturday.

In other City League news, Schenley and Carrick compete in the Slippery Rock Invitational today. Results at PennTrackXC.com courtesy of RunHigh.com.

9/12/02 - Girls, Boys capture first City meet - Racing on consecutive days is never easy, nor is racing when the temps are in the high 70s. Still, the Dragons easily captured the first City League meet of the season, with junior Lara Nagle and senior Ron Warnock leading the Dragons for the second straight day. The pack of Nagle, junior Erica Pasciullo, and freshmen Sassi Kerpedkieva and Clara Finley took 2nd through 5th places to easily outdistance their nearest competitor, Schenley. With Warnock and junior Charley Monroe leading, the boys, too, outdistanced Schenley, placing 1-2-5-8-9 in a 25-34 win. Junior Alex Wein moved from 12th to 5th place in the last mile, and junior Matei Sarbu came from deep in the pack to finish 8th in 20:16. The Dragons will travel to Boardman, Ohio, this Saturday for the Spartan Invitational. Thanks to senior David Droz and his family for hosting tonight's pasta party.

Seniors Ron Warnock and Matt Meisel and junior Charley Monroe working together off the start at the Fairview Invitational. Photo courtesy Dennis Muller.

9/11/02 - Allderdice faces Steel Valley today in an unscored scrimmage at Schenley Oval. Sophomore Lara Nagle crossed the finish first for the girls, followed by seniors Molly Ainsman and Erica Pasciullo and junior Torrie Caruso. Senior Ron Warnock again paced the boys' competition with junior Charley Monroe close behind. Freshman Scott Rudkin ran a personal best 19:48 to finish 5th. The Dragons will race at the Oval tomorrow at the first City League meet of the season.

9/04/02 - Saturday's meet at California University of Pa. has been cancelled due to construction on the California campus. Practice this week will continue as scheduled.

9/02/02 - Thanks to Fairview coach Dennis Muller for photos from the Fairview Invitational.

9/01/02 - There is no practice scheduled for today (Sunday) or tomorrow (Monday), but all runners should run 7 miles either day and email Coach Flynn after doing so. Starting Tuesday, practices will meet in the swimming pool immediately after school.

	Senior Molly Ainsman en route to a fourth place finish at the Fairview Invitational. Photo courtesy Dennis Muller.

8/31/02 - Girls 2nd, Boys 7th at Fairview - Senior Molly Ainsman (right) finished 4th in the varsity girls race and led the varsity to a 2nd place finish, with freshmen Clara Finley, Sassi Kerpedjieva, and Lili Knezevich running personal bests and placing 12th, 14th, and 15th, respectively. Sophomore Lara Nagle was close behind, placing 17th. Senior Ron Warnock paced the boys' varsity (above), finishing 17th, with freshman Flo Blume running a personal best in a strong 40th place finish. Freshman Mike Gross cracked the top 20 of the 2.5k JV boys race, and freshman Laura Stocksdale placed 21st among JV girls. Full results at PennTrackXC.com.

8/29/02 - There will be two practices today, one at 3:00p and one at 5:30p: take your pick. The pasta party tentatively scheduled for tonight has been cancelled due to a variety of conflicts. Practice tomorrow will be held at 5:30p as originally scheduled.

8/26/02 - Welcome back to all runners who were on the Deep Creek trip, and thanks to the runners who continued to run in the interim. Some fun facts about our week in Deep Creek...

• We ran over 65 miles.
• We took over 200 showers.
• We did over 15 very full, very dirty loads of laundry.
• We consumed 5 pounds of butter, 10 gallons of cookie dough (mostly raw), 15 gallons of milk, 20 gallons of sports drinks, 144 pop tarts, and 500 pancakes.
• We made over 100 references to cows (thanks, Tom and Joe).
• We made over 200 references to rolling stones (thanks, Flo and Scott).
• No one missed a single practice due to injury!

8/12/02 - Official practice starts today! The 2002 season has begun, and all incoming Allderdice students interested in running for the team are welcome to come to our practices. All practices are held at Schenley Oval (directions).

8/10/02 - Junior Tom Jech wins his age group and places 8th overall in the Brookline Breeze 5K in Pittsburgh. Full results...

8/08/02 - Several Allderdice runners compete in the 6k Pharoah Hounds 2002 Summer Distance Challenge. Full results...