IVENTICHEV NEARLY TAKES THE BULL BY THE HORNS |
| Hailing from the MIAA B Conference, runners from Friends School are usually not expected to compete for the MIAA individual cross country title, much less major state wide championships. However, Grisha Iventichev gave the Quakers something to boast about, yesterday, as he nearly stunned a 64 runner field in the Elite Division of the prestigious Bull Run.
Iventichev was right in the thick of a thrilling finish, as the top three runners all crossed in a three second span, with Iventichev placing second in 17:13, two seconds behind the winner, Summanth Kuppalli of Perry Hall. Iventichev was the lone MIAA runner in the top 10. Loyola’s Joe Orsulak was next in, placing 12th in 17:56. To find the next MIAA runner, you would have to drop all the way to 22nd place where Loyola’s Johnny McAuliffe finished in 18:12. Archbishop Curley followed with two runners in the top 26 — Pat Hairfield (24th-18:17) and Tim Skarda (26th-18:18). Loyola (130 points) placed fifth in the team competition, which was well behind the 52-point pace of champion Mount Hebron. Curley and Friends were 8th and 9th, respectively. In the Large Schools Division, Mount St. Joseph and John Carroll placed 14th and 20th, respectively. Steve Childres (33rd-18:23) was the top finisher for the Gaels, while Brad Viers (38th-18:30) led the Patriots. Finally, in the Small Schools Division, Trevor Keen finished 9th and Zach Sullivan took 12th to lead Archbishop Spalding to a sixth place effort. Gilman was also in the race and although the Greyhounds did not cross a runner until Aaron Jordan finished 21st, followed Ben Deford in 25th, they were able to finish one spot above the Cavaliers in the team standings. Complete 2007 Bull Run Team and Individual Results: |
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