The Observation Deck

The boys Varsity finished their race several minutes ago here at the GlenOak Golden Eagle Invitational in Canton, Ohio.

The official boys results are Lkwd as a team finished 4th out of 18 schools.

Makorobondo Salukombo (Dee) came in first place uncontested! Dee's time was 16:29.64 for 5k (3.1 miles)

Other Varsity team times are as follows:
18th Nick Meeson 17:38.70
22nd Tim Kelly 17:45.12
37th Casey Meeson 18:15.06
40th Jay Toole 18:26.03
77th Mike Andreani 19:24.91
86th Jacob Ott 19:44.81

Pictures later...

Great Start for the Varsity Boys, should be a great year. Pat Joyce also finished 2nd in the JV/Open Division, and the varsity girls finished 10th out of 18 teams.

Dee set a course record today!

It was spectacular!

He then jumped in the car and traveled back to Lakewood to play for the LHS Varsity Boys Soccer Team this afternoon.

Bummer both the JV and Varsity Soccer Teams lost to Valley Forge.

Tim Kelley, a Senior, and the 3rd guy on the Cross Country Team today is a first year Cross Country runner. He ran the most amazing debut race!

I had to leave Canton right after the girls varsity race. Turns out I am still not home and haven't been able to do anything with pictures. Hopefully I will be home later today and upload a couple pics.

Complete results:
position-name-grade-time-points

Boys Varsity
1 Makorobondo Salukombo 12 Lakewood 16:29.64 1
18 Nick Meeson 12 Lakewood 17:38.70 18
22 Tim Kelly 12 Lakewood 17:45.12 22
37 Casey Meeson 12 Lakewood 18:15.06 37
40 Jay Toole 11 Lakewood 18:26.03 40
77 Mike Andreani 12 Lakewood 19:24.91 76
86 Jacob Ott 11 Lakewood 19:44.81 84

Girls Varsity
30 Lauren Rudin 11 Lakewood 22:33.79 30
32 Bianca Beltran 10 Lakewood 22:41.55 32
45 Daniella Beltran 12 Lakewood 23:01.31 45
69 Hannah Evans 11 Lakewood 23:58.76 69
87 Rebecca Hartsel 10 Lakewood 24:26.58 87
110 Erin Boyle 11 Lakewood 25:44.11 109
125 Morgan Bulger 11 Lakewood 27:13.99 124

Boys JV
2 Pat Joyce 11 Lakewood 18:31.92 2
22 John Kearney 11 Lakewood 20:13.55 21
32 Max Senger 10 Lakewood 20:34.07 29
33 Ben Gallovic 11 Lakewood 20:34.78 30
44 Ryan Walsh 11 Lakewood 20:49.22 38
48 Sam Debaltzo 11 Lakewood 20:55.28 40
61 Clay Verga 9 Lakewood 21:18.00 45
62 Connor Meehan 10 Lakewood 21:20.00
76 Kyle Kovach 11 Lakewood 21:45.00
90 Brian Ritschel 11 Lakewood 22:26.00
97 Christian Cerda-Smith 11 Lakewood 22:37.00
123 Dan Pizzo 11 Lakewood 23:23.00
124 Liam McDonald 12 Lakewood 23:29.00
131 John Reulbach 11 Lakewood 23:43.00
132 Willie Wirtz 12 Lakewood 23:47.03
140 Andrew Schulte 10 Lakewood 24:11.90
147 Chris Murrett 11 Lakewood 24:39.00
148 Mike Pizzo 9 Lakewood 24:40.00
157 Aaron Kody 12 Lakewood 25:14.00
159 David Reulbach 9 Lakewood 25:17.00
160 Phil Andreani 10 Lakewood 25:19.00
162 Pete Malonis 11 Lakewood 25:25.66
178 Brad Zappala 9 Lakewood 26:20.00
190 Sam Fesko 11 Lakewood 31:19.00
193 Nick Filak 10 Lakewood 31:45.00

Girsl JV
20 Missy Richardson 9 Lakewood 24:43.55 20
36 Emily Patsouras 11 Lakewood 25:59.89 33
66 Miruna Scutea 11 Lakewood 27:17.00 49
85 Erin Wagner 11 Lakewood 28:11.00 57
89 Abby Wimbiscus 9 Lakewood 28:22.00 58
93 Audrey Wimbiscus 12 Lakewood 28:40.00 61
107 Lauren Halladay 12 Lakewood 29:55.00 63
113 Debbie Dewitt 9 Lakewood 30:45.00
124 Samantha Phillips 12 Lakewood 34:12.00
127 Valerie Giuliano 9 Lakewood 38:27.00

Results copied from http://www.baumspage.com/cc/glenoak/2007/index.htm

Big Thanks to Joe for keeping us posted on LHS XC. Please keep it up!

Also, if anyone out there would like to post on other fall sports, please feel free to do so. As always, articles for the print paper are always welcome, too.

Some say Dee (Makorobondo Salukombo) doesn't even try when he is running. I think I agree.

Here he is at the end of the 2nd lap (of 3) with a sizable lead. He's smiling!



For anybody interested, I hope to post more pictures later.

I uploaded some pictures.

http://lakewoodobserver.com/photoblogs/ ... vitational

I have a lot more. If interested feel free to PM me.