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Allderdice wins boys, girls City crowns

Wolfson, Ainsman defend titles

by Matthew Meisel

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 20 - Senior Ian Wolfson and junior Molly Ainsman won their second consecutive City League titles today as Allderdice dominated the team standings for the third consecutive year.

The Allderdice boys defeated Schenley, 20-38, and the girls were the only school to finish a team of five runners. Both varsities will compete in the PIAA state championships November 3.

Wolfson, sophomore Tom Jech (17:23), and junior Edwin Uber (17:49) finished 1-2-3 for the Dragons as expected, but Schenley runners Nicholas Aikens (18:06) and Steve Barringer (18:13) snuck into the 4th and 5th positions to qualify for states as individuals. Close behind were seniors Eric Silverman (18:22), Jay Firestone (18:40), sophomore Charley Monroe (18:46), and junior Ron Warnock (18:52).

Chasing Ainsman was Schenley runner Mora Horwitz (20:05), who also qualified for the state championship. The tightly bunched group of sophomore Torrie Caruso (21:10), senior Tina Karan (21:12), and freshman Lara Nagle (21:17) finished 3-4-5. Langley runner Kira Stadler (21:58) rounded out the individual state qualifers. Seniors Julia Nagle an Johanna Lenkner, running in their last City Championship, finished seventh and ninth, and junior Erica Pasciullo was eleventh.

The boys junior varsity was unable to accomplish last year's lofty feat of taking the top twelve places, but they did manage to steal eight of the top ten. Langley freshman Khafre Way went out fast and lead after half a mile, but seniors Sam Ennis and Peter Kerpedjiev soon overtook him. The top eight runners, separated by less than 15 seconds at the mile mark, soon spread out as the race headed into the woods. Ennis, breaking away from the pack, finished in 18:48, half a minute faster than last year's winning time. Junior Marc Stiller moved up to second (19:01) with Kerpedjiev third, Way fourth, and junior Matthew Meisel outkicked sophomore Matei Sarbu for fifth. Junior David Reznick, sophmore Alex Wein, Schenley runner Colin Boyle, and freshman Jake Cox rounded out the top 10.

Senior Adanna Scott, one of the region's elite sprinters, won the girls junior varsity race, and sophomore Casey Rubenstein took second. The race was marred by an unsightly mash of bodies at the start line which left senior Emily Dziubek and sophomore Noor Dughri trampled by spikes and lying on the ground. Dughri and Dziubek, who was running in her fourth JV championship, slowly peeled themselves off the ground and proceeded to run the race anyway, finishing with valiant fourth and third place efforts, respectively. Freshman Lee Michelow, Brashear runner Tiffany Thomas, freshmen Ellie Klionsky, Mila Scorkina, Marni Kostman, and sophomore Sarah McKinney all finished in the top 10.

Wolfson's 16:54 and Ainsman's 19:56 are course records on the City League's new course. Due to sharp turns, changing terrain, and lack of any sustained downhill, the course is slightly slower than was thought it would be, and many of today's times were higher than expected. Still, the course proved to be in very good condition, and it was better marked than it had been at many of the season's other City League meets. Times were also slowed by unseasonably warm temperatures which, although not as hot as those in northern Virginia last week, caused many runners to become slightly dehydrated.

FULL VARSITY RESULTS - BOLD CAPS indicate qualification for PIAA Championships
Top 10 varsity results are official, all others are unofficial until verified.

City League course, 5000m, at Schenley Oval, Pittsburgh, Pa. Rolling hills and long flats on grass, asphalt, and packed gravel. Sunny, temps in the 60s, little wind

Varsity Boys

PLACE TEAM POINTS PLACES OF FINISHERS 1 ALLDERDICE 20 1 2 3 6 8 10 11 2 Schenley 38 4 5 7 9 13 15 3 Carrick 90 16 17 18 19 20 22 4 Perry 26 (2) 12 14 5 Westinghouse 21 (1) 21 6 South Vo-Tech 23 (1) 23 7 Peabody 24 (1) 24 TEAM PLACE SCORE FINISHER TIME TEAM 1 1 IAN WOLFSON 16:54* Allderdice 2 2 TOM JECH 17:23 Allderdice 3 3 EDWIN UBER 17:49 Allderdice 4 4 NICHOLAS AIKENS 18:06 Schenley 5 5 STEVEN BARRINGER 18:13 Schenley 6 6 ERIC SILVERMAN 18:22 Allderdice 7 7 Josh Lowe 18:38 Schenley 8 8 Jay Firestone 18:40 Allderdice 9 9 Jeremey Clickner 18:42 Schenley 10 10 Charley Monroe 18:46 Allderdice 11 11 Ron Warnock 18:52 Allderdice 12 12 Perry #1 19:16 Perry 13 13 Schenley #5 19:31 Schenley 14 14 Perry #2 19:56 Perry 15 15 Schenley #6 21:00 Schenley 16 16 Carrick #1 21:20 Carrick 17 17 Carrick #2 21:24 Carrick 18 18 Carrick #3 21:26 Carrick 19 19 Carrick #4 21:28 Carrick 20 20 Carrick #5 21:30 Carrick 21 21 Westinghouse #1 22:34 Westinghouse 22 22 Carrick #6 24:06 Carrick 23 23 South Vo-Tech #1 26:13 South Vo-Tech 24 24 Peabody #1 29:29 Peabody * Course record (new course).

Varsity Girls

PLACE TEAM POINTS PLACES OF FINISHERS 1 ALLDERDICE 20 1 3 4 5 7 9 11 2 Schenley 45 (4) 2 13 14 16 3 Westinghouse 66 (4) 12 17 18 19 4 Carrick 23 (2) 8 15 5 Langley 6 (1) 6 6 Oliver 10 (1) 10 TEAM PLACE SCORE FINISHER TIME TEAM 1 1 MOLLY AINSMAN 19:56* Allderdice 2 2 MORA HORWITZ 20:05 Schenley 3 3 TORRIE CARUSO 21:10 Allderdice 4 4 MARTINA KARAN 21:12 Allderdice 5 5 LARA NAGLE 21:17 Allderdice 6 6 KIRA STADLER 21:58 Langley 7 7 Julia Nagle 22:17 Allderdice 8 8 Alexis Orchowski 22:47 Carrick 9 9 Johanna Lenkner 23:02 Allderdice 10 10 Lalita Stadler 23:16 Oliver 11 11 Erica Pasciullo 23:46 Allderdice 12 12 Westinghouse #1 23:55 Westinghouse 13 13 Schenley #2 24:10 Schenley 14 14 Schenley #3 24:13 Schenley 15 15 Carrick #2 24:20 Carrick 16 16 Schenley #4 25:48 Schenley 17 17 Westinghouse #2 28:01 Westinghouse 18 18 Westinghouse #3 29:23 Westinghouse 19 19 Westinghouse #4 29:38 Westinghouse * Course record (new course).