West Chester Henderson's Reiny Barchet who was a solid contributor to the squad will miss this cross country season with a stress fracture according to blog sources. Although Barchet is a huge talent (the top freshman at states and districts last year, finishing the highest at districts for a freshman I have seen in a long time), Henderson has forged ahead with other talented sophomores and proper utilization of their huge depth.
No word on if Westwood was injured/is coming back from injury after missing the foundation meet and running slower than expected at Quaker Valley's conference championships.
Richard Lednak, #2 runner for Kiski Area, did not run at the Tri State Championships and his team suffered the consquences finishing much lower than expected. There has been no reason revealed as to why he was missing from the meet. Blog statisticians estimate that missing Lednak cost Kiski Area about 100 points in the meet considering their 5th man scored roughly 140. With the addition of Lednak, most assume Kiski would have taken 3rd in the meet behind two top 5 teams. Without Lednak, Kiski will be in a fight just to make the state championships.
Drew Magaha said he wasn't injured at the start of the season, but has been "taking it easy" in an attempt to show off his XC ability, while still staying fresh for track season, his primary focus. He is starting to ride his peak now in October, which means no postseason national plans are likely. This could give runners like Hibbs the advantage over Drew down the stretch. Both men race right now at Lehigh in seperate conference championship races.
Lastly North Allegheny was without varsity runner Vincent Tonzo at the Tri States meet, and there are rumors that he is injured and may miss the rest of the season. This does effect NA's WPIAL championship quest slightly, but they will need an improvement across the board 2-5 if they are going to beat Mt. Lebo next week, regardless of Tonzo's health.
- dr. train
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