The 2010 XC Season
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| 2010 State Meet 2nd Place!! |
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Donna Gerst photos from Rose's Run
Cassie ran 21:14 for 6K as Syracuase took the title with 78 points at Hammonasset Beach State Park
Alison Zukowski finished 122nd for Cincinatti on Saturday at the Great Lakes Regional Championships. She ran 6K in 23:02!!
| County Championships |
| The Girls varsity finished 3rd and the JV 2nd at the 2010 New Castle County Championships at WInterthur on Saturday. Full write-up to come, along with videos, pics and more!!
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CATHOLIC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS
GIRLS RUN THE FASTEST RACE IN SCHOOL HISTORY
The girls won the 2010 Catholic Conference Championships at Bellevue on Friday with 28 total points. 
The varsity averaged 19:26 over 5K and set a NEW SCHOOL RECORD!!! Emily Frydrych 1st (18:47), Katrina Steenkamer 3rd (19:06), Danielle Wegrzyn 7th(19:35), Izzy King 8th (19:49), and Beth Sowden 9th (19:55) became the first varsity team ever to place 5 girls under 20:00!!!! The broke the old record of 19:30 set in 2006 at the Catholic Conference Championships. CONGRATULATIONS!!! Kaki Armiger 13th(20:29), and Jill Allen 15th(21:01) ran 6th and 7th for the championship team. Katrina also ran the 3rd fastest 5K in school history in 19:06!!!
The Junior Varsity also had a record setting day, placing 5 runners under 21:30 and breaking another school record. The girls averaged just 21:08. Erica Trofa 2nd (20:49), Danielle Trofa 5th(21:01), Katie McGovern 6th (21:11), Rachel Gagnon 7th(21:13), and Roseena Hardcastle 9th (21:27) combined for the new record.
Overall it was a great day in St. Mark's history, and you should all be proud!!
(created by Donna Gerst)
Click HERE to view and print the 2010 roster for boys and girls.
Click on photo for more pics
| 21 Lifetime Bests at Joe O'Neill! |
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Girls Finish 8th in B Race in NY!!!! |
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Joe O'Neill 5K
Katrina Steenkamer took first overall in 21:20 at the 2nd Annual Joe O'Neill 5K on Sunday morning at St. Mark's. Alumni Mike O'Brian finished 1st overall male in 16:08.
Thanks to everyone that volunteered, donated, raced, and walked. It was a great tribute to the man who established St. Mark's running.
National Honors Society Inductees
Congratulations to Hannah Jobst, Jill Allen, Grace Baker, Jess Ferguson, Izzy King, Emily Frydrych, Rachel Spurrier, and Danielle Wegrzyn for being inducted into the St. Mark's National Honors Society on Tuesday, Oct 5.
St. Mark's finished 3rd overall in the varsity race, 2nd in the JV-A race, and 3rd in the JV-B race Saturday at the Salesianum Invitational.
St. Mark's Wins 2010 Six Flags Invitational!!!!
Six Flags Video from Mr. Wegrzyn
The girls made it back-to-back wins this weekend by finishing 1st overall in a 20-team field in the A race at the Six Flags Invitational on Saturday. The girls averaged 20:05 for 5K, with Emily leading all runners finishing 1st with a NEW SCHOOL RECORD time of 18:33!!! That shatters the old record of 18:57 set by Cassie White in 2006. Danielle Wegrzyn cracked 20 minutes, finishing in 13th overall with a time of 19:54. Izzy King , Beth Sowden, and Katrina Steenkamer all finished in a close pack at 20:33-20:47 to round out the top 5. Jill Allen and Erica Trofa competed well for the championship team!! Roseena Hardcastle had a monster 1:20 PR, finishing in 2nd overall in the JV race in 22:09. Danielle Trofa ran a 30 second PR and finished 16th overall in 23:22. The JV girls finished 3rd overall, and the freshman team finished 4th!!! Overall it was a great day for St. Mark's, and congratulations to everyone!! the team had 11 personal best times today!!
GREAT SIX FLAGS PHOTOS FROM DONNA GERST
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St. Mark's Wins Briarwood Invitational Division I Championships!!!
| Congratulations to the girls for winning the 2010 Briarwood Invitational Division I Championship. It was very exciting to go into Philly against 16 regional teams and come away with a win. Congratulations to Emily for finishing 1st place overall in 19:28. That time gained her national elite status. The team finished with 60 points by placing five girls in the top 20. Danielle Wegrzyn was 8th, Beth Sowden finished 14th, Izzy ran 17th and Erica Trofa finished 20th. The biggest improvement of the day came from Katrina Steenkamer, who finished 1:20 faster than last week at Killen's Pond with a 21:48 at Briarwood. She finished #5 in the JV Race. In the freshman race, Jen Carr led all Spartans with a very solid 12:47 for 3K. The freshmen also placed 4 girls in the top 25. . |
Donna Gerst Photos from Briarwood
Light and Fluff Friday
Click Here for more pics and videos from Light and Fluff Friday
| Varsity 3rd and JV 2nd at Lake Forest Invitational!!! |
DONNA GERST PHOTOGRAPHS FROM KILLEN'S POND
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Izzy King wins Mushroom Festival 5K
*** Please note that Izzy is wearing her new shirt backwards
Click here for award videos from Mushroom Festival 5K
SMXC 2010 Classes
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Click on pic for 2010 XC Roster (still being updated)
Alumni News!!!!!
Lindsay Prettymanand Sarah Frydrych competed at the Spikes Shoe classic at Penn State over the weekend. LIndsay made her XC debut for University of Delaware and finished in 23:18. Sarah, who is running for St. Francis (PA), finished in 25:13 over 6000M.
Alison Zukowski made her Cincinnati debut with a monster PR in the 5K, running 18:31 and finishing 3rd for their team.
Congratulations to all the girls who competed at the 2010 Timed Trial today at White Clay Creek. For 14 girls that was the first ever high school xc competition. Well done!!!
Pool Party Photos 2010
Donna Gerst photos | Jen and Debbie playing lawn games.
