{"id":13422,"date":"2014-10-14T09:53:38","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T13:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=13422"},"modified":"2014-10-14T09:53:38","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T13:53:38","slug":"unionville-downingtown-west-win-ches-mont-x-country-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=13422","title":{"rendered":"Unionville, Downingtown West win Ches Mont X-Country titles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Denny Dyroff,\u00a0<\/strong>Staff Writer, The Times<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/cm-300x300.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-960537\" alt=\"cm\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/cm-300x300.png\" \/><\/a>EAST MARLBOROUGH \u2014 Unionville High has been the site of the Ches-Mont League Cross Country Championships for the last two years and both times the host Indians have refused to let any team leave with the team trophy for the girls\u2019 meet.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday,\u00a0Unionville, the defending District 1 Class AAA champion, took the team title at the Ches-Mont Championships for the fourth year in a row. The Indians finished in first place with 44 points while Great Valley was second at 67.<\/p>\n<p>Unionville\u2019s top finisher was Olivia Young, who placed third at 18:57. The only other runners to finish sub-19:00 were Downingtown West\u2019s Aislinn Devlin, who was gold medalist at 18:34, and Coatesville\u2019s Brooke Hutton, who was silver medalist at 18:44.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Great Valley\u2019s Elise Claffey took fourth at 19:07 and Unionville\u2019s Kacie Breeding rounded out the top five with a time of 19:24. The Indians\u2019 other scorers were Gretchen Mills (seventh, 19:38), Anna Juul (ninth, 19:47) and Leah Talley (20<sup>th<\/sup>, 20:38).<\/p>\n<p>With Devlin leading the way, West placed third with 72 points. The Whippets\u2019 other scorers were Emma Plank (sixth, 19:31), Haley Barnhill (14<sup>th<\/sup>, 20:00), Sarah Codd (23<sup>rd<\/sup>, 20:46) and Amy Kaiser (28<sup>th<\/sup>, 21:02).<\/p>\n<p>Downingtown East, which was led by Lexi Van Blunk (17<sup>th<\/sup>, 20:26)\u00a0took fourth place with 115 points. Coatesville was sixth at 155. Bishop Shanahan finished 10th at 296 with Emily Bracken logging a Top 10 finish when she placed eighth at 19:44.<\/p>\n<p>There was a bit of a different look this year in the boys\u2019 team standings.<\/p>\n<p>For the last six years, West Chester Henderson has owned top spot at the league championships. This year, the streak screeched to a halt. At Monday\u2019s league meet, the\u00a0on the course at Unionville High<\/p>\n<p>The Whippets accomplished the feat by the slimmest of margins as they scored 44 points to edge Henderson at 48.\u00a0Henderson had four of the top eight finishers but its fifth runner checked in at 26<sup>th<\/sup>. West, meanwhile, placed all five scorers in the top 15 including gold medalist Henry Sappey.<\/p>\n<p>Sappey, a junior, crossed first at 16:20 and barely held off Henderson\u2019s Alex Knapp, who was runner-up at 16:21. The Whippets\u2019 other finishers were Ryan Barton (sixth, 16:44), Charlie Barton (eighth, 16:48), Jake O\u2019Neil (13<sup>th<\/sup>, 17:04) and Shaun Bullock (16<sup>th<\/sup>, 17:09).<\/p>\n<p>West Chester Rustin placed third with 135 points. Coatesville, which was led by Robert Ruprecht (15<sup>th<\/sup>, 17:07), was fourth at 152 while Bishop Shanahan, which was paced by Keelan O\u2019Reilly (10<sup>th<\/sup>, 16:49), placed fifth with 154 points.<\/p>\n<p>Unionville was ninth with 181. The Indians\u2019 top finisher was Michael DelVecchio, who was 14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0at 17:05, while Kennett\u2019s first runner across was Austin Maxwell, who crossed in 11<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0place at 16:54. The Blue Demons were 11<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0in the team standings at 266.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 By Denny Dyroff,\u00a0Staff Writer, The Times EAST MARLBOROUGH \u2014 Unionville High has been the site of the Ches-Mont League Cross Country Championships for the last two years and both times the host Indians have refused to let any team leave with the team trophy for the girls\u2019 meet. 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