2019 New Castle County Championship

Saturday, November 2nd, was our final race of the 2019 season. The New Castle County Championship race, held at the Winterthur Estate, is both a challenging race and a fun one. Runners and spectators came from all over the county to compete in races or cheer on runners. The clear, cool, sunny weather and no wind made for a great final race.

The varsity girls ran first, with 174 total runners. Alternate Captain Faith Hollister ('22) finished first for DVCS with a season best of 23:17 to end up in 88th place overall. Celia Pope ('24) was only fifteen places behind with a time of 23:55. Captain Katie Rippon ('20) finished in 121st place overall with a time of 25:10, and Fiona Fawcett ('22) crossed the line ten places behind in 25:47. Full race results can be found here.

Captain Katie Rippon ('20) finished in 25:10 in her final high school race. (Photo: Blue Hen Photography)

The varsity boys' race had 203 runners. Alternate Captain Bryce Pope ('23) and Kai Schmiedel ('23) finished in 148th and 149th places with times of 20:46 and 20:47, respectively. Judah Deitrich ('21) finished in 162nd place and 21:10. Josiah Deitrich ('24) finished in 23:05, and Captain Marc Sherman ('20) crossed the line in 23:29. Edward Scott ('24) and Anthony Dorno ('24) rounded out the DVCS boys, running times of 24:15 and 24:29, respectively. Full race results can be found here.

Captain Marc Sherman ('20) finished his final high school race in 23:29. (Photo: Blue Hen Photography)

Despite Winterthur's reputation as a "challenging course," our whole team had a solid race. After the race, most of the team was able to make it over to Seasons Pizza for a time of celebration, including some of our middle school runners. We have had a wonderful first season as the Delaware Valley Classical School Titans!