Valparaiso Boys Cross Country Sweep the DAC (Duneland Athletic Conference) at Portage’s Own Woodland Park

Two races were set for the Boys Cross Country Team Oct. 2, 2010 at the DAC Conference Championships. Varsity ran first. The top 7 runners from the team were selected to run winning the race for Valpo. Quoting from Asst. Coach Arron Crague: "Vikings Victorious, capture first Duneland Athletic Conference Title in 8 years!!!" Great Job Valpo Boys XC. The Varsity runners were presented with blue ribbons at the awards ceremony.

Varsity Runners:
3rd- Ahmad Aljobeh Junior 16:13
4th- Michael Bobos Senior 16:22
5th- Peyton Reed Sophomore 16:23
8th- Ari Coulopoulos freshman 16:29
16th- Patrick Dalton Sophomore 16:56
24th- Colin Stiscak Senior 17:15
27th- Zachary Schwartz Sophomore 17:21

Valparaiso Boys Junior Varsity XC also won the meet placing 1st-3rd places. Murray Banks, Xavier Reed and Danny Westmorland were the top 3 runners.

Junior Varsity Top 10:
1st- Murray Banks Junior 17:10
2nd- Xavier Reed Sophomore 17:15
3rd- Danny Westmoreland Junior 17:24
5th- Jacob Hamer Sophomore 17:26
7th- Jordan Galligan Sophomore 17:33
8th- Landon Davison Sophomore 17:34
9th- Andrew Jankowski Freshman 17:34

Next meet for Valpo Boys XC will be at SunSet Hill, Valpo Tues. Oct. 12. Boys run at 5:15pm. It is the Sectionals. They will be running the Chesterton Course. It is a PR course so the times should be fast. Come and cheer for Valparaiso High School Cross Country. The Season is coming to a close soon. Don't miss your opportunity to see Valpo Cross in action!!!

Other results can be found at valpocross.sytes.net.

Photo #1 "Start of the Varsity Race"
Photo #2 Colin Stiscak
Photo #3 Featured are Girls Cross Country JV Winner Freshman Michaela Gazdich with a time of 20:30 and Murry Banks Valpo Boys JV Winner mentioned earlier.
Photo #4 Top Runners awarded
Photo #5 Top Teams awarded