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CROSS COUNTRY
Scott Wheat named Tangipahoa Area All-Parish Cross Country MVP.
Eight Saint Thomas runners earn post-season recognition.
HAMMOND—The Saint Thomas Falcons dominated the 2011 Tangipahoa Area All-Parish Cross Country Boys Team
selections as senior Scott Wheat was named Most Valuable Player and three other Falcons earned First
Team Honors along with three on the second team and one Honorable Mention.
Senior Corbett who posted a season best 15:39 was named to the first team and was
joined by sophomores Tommy Brocato and Andrew Jordan who posted best times of 15:50 and 16:07 respectively.
Sophomore Craig Rock, junior Ben Schnandelback and senior Phillip Dibenedetto were named to the second team and senior Seth Bleakley received honorable mention honors.
Wheat and Ourso earn All-Metro honors.
The State Runner-up Cross Country Falcon collect post season individual honors.
HAMMOND—The Saint Thomas Cross Country team fresh off finishing runner-up at the State Meet collected a pair
of individual honors as seniors Scott Wheat and Corbett Ourso were named to the 2011 New Orleans All Metro Cross Country Team.
Wheat and Corbett were top ten finishers in the State Meet. Wheat was the top finisher for the Falcons completing
the three-mile course in a time of 16:13.30, while Ourso finished seventh with a mark of 16:40.71.
Wheat and Ourso earn top ten finishes to pace team runner-up honors.
Ben Schnadelbach and Andrew Jordan finish twelfth and fifteenth.
Natchitoches, LA—The Saint Thomas Cross Country Team put four runners among the top fifteen finishers as the
Falcons earned LHSAA State Runner-up honors totalling 57 points behind State Champion Episcopal with 37. The Lady Falcons
earned seveth place in the team competition with Menard claiming the top spot.
Senior Scott Wheat was the top finisher for the Falcons completing the three-mile course in a time of 16:13.30.
Corbett Ourso finished seventh with a mark of 16:40.71 followed by Ben Schnadelbach with a time of 17:31.31 and Andrew Jordan clocking
in at 17:36.19.
Bobbi Amar turned in the top performance by the Saint Thomas Ladies clocking in with a time
of 22:13.19 to finish thirty-second, while Taylor Kast finished thirty-sixth with a time of 22:37.49.
Craig Rock was twenty-third (18:04.24), Tommy Brocato thirty-first (18:29.37), and
Phillip Dibenedetto thirty-fourth (18:36.33).
Wheat and Ourso earn top five honors in field of 169!
Saint Thomas runners compete in Northshore Metro Championships.
HAMMOND—Scott Wheat and Corbett Ourso earned top five honors in Tuesday’s Northshore Metro
Championships hosted on the campus of Saint Thomas. Wheat took third in the three mile jaunt with a
time of 15:31.65 and Ourso claimed the fifth spot clocking in at 15:39.03. The varsity boys race
featured 169 runners as Saint Paul’s claimed top team honors with a score of 24 and Saint
Thomas placed second with a team tally of 62. Tommy Brocato, Craig Rock,
and Ben Schnadelbach finished thirteenth, nineteenth, and twenty-first respectively for
the Falcons.
Grace Bernard was the top finisher for the Lady Falcons
earning the twenty-first (21:10.59) position in a field of 104 lady competitors.
Bobbi Amar finished in the thirty-first spot with a time of 21:52.73, while Sara Gambel was fortieth with a mark of 22:18.17.
STA Boys and Girls Teams are the 2011 District 8-2A Champs!!
Scott Wheat wins Boys Individual League Championship.
HAMMOND—The Saint Thomas Boys and Girls Cross Country teams turned in dominating performances Wednesday as the
two squads swept the District 8-2A Championships hosted on the campus of Saint Thomas Aquinas. The Falcons and Lady
Falcons each posted a perfect 15 team score.
Senior Scott Wheat led a field of nine top ten Falcon finishers. Wheat won the District Individual Title with
a time of 15:38.61 followed by Corbett Ourso (15:53.88) in second, Tommy Brocato third (16:12.87), Andrew Jordan fourth (16:45.54), Craig
Rock fifth (17:00.27), Phillip Dibendetto sixth (17:12.47), Seth Bleakley seventh (17:49.54), Christian Loving (18:38.8)
eight, and William Mobley tenth (19:09.74). Corey Hill of Northlake Christian took ninth (18:50.06).
On the Ladies side, Samantha Incaprera of Pope John Paul II won the individual title with a time of 20:39.53
and was followed by four Lady Falcons who captured the second through fifth spots. Grace Bernard (20:45.28) was runner-up, Rachel Greer
(21:52.87) was third, Sara Gambel (22:06.71), and Bobbi Amar (23:09.52) fourth. Victoria Burke (24:22.98) and Laura Crother
(24:45.05) took the ninth and tenth spots for Saint Thomas.
STA Boys capture third annual Saint Thomas Dutchtown Halloween Dash!
Falcons put six runners in the top eleven positions to capture the team title with sophomore Tommy Brocato winning the individual two mile title.
HAMMOND—The Saint Thomas Aquinas boys and the Jewel Sumner girls captured the team titles in Saturday’s
Third Annual STA-Dutchtown Halloween Dash held on the STA campus in Hammond. The Trafton girls and the Runnels boys
captured the Junior High team titles.
The Falcons scored (21) to runner-up Ponchatoula (75), Dutchtown was third (88), Runnels fourth (92), John Curtis Christian fifth
(111) and Jewel Sumner sixth (136). Saint Thomas put six runners in the top eleven positions to capture the team title,
sophomore Tommy Brocato won the individual two mile title in (10:05), while Corbett Ourso was second (10:08), Scott Wheat third
(10:08), Craig Rock eighth (10:38), Andrew Jordan ninth (10:44), Phillip Dibenedetto eleventh (10:52), Seth Bleakley (21st-11:14),
Christian Loving (41st-12:05), William Mobley (43rd-12:12), Sean Adams (44th-12:16), Dylan Crossie (52nd-12:39), Branson Stephens (57th-13:16)
and Trey Duhe (64th-17:51). Leonel Moreno (Jewel Sumner) was fourth (10:25), while Phillip Ernst (Ponchatoula) was twelfth
(10:53).
The Jewel Sumner girls put five runners in the top fifteen positions to take the team title with
(26), Dutchtown was second (41), STA third (55) and John Curtis fourth (105). Sumner’s Scotti Dykes finished second to lead the team with a time of
(12:57), Virginia Cook was fourth (13:21), Breonne Williams seventh (13:30), Avelina Trout ninth (13:40), Haley Menard fifteenth
(14:07) and Nikki Sales (26th-15:46). Ponchatoula’s Dana Reno captured the individual two mile title in (12:38), while
teammate Christie Pevey was sixth (13:28). STA’s Grace Bernard placed fifth (13:23) and Sara Gambel was twelfth (13:49).
The Trafton girls scored a perfect (15) to win the team title, while seventh grader Meghan Becerra
led the lady eagles with the individual title in (12:23), Emma Littell was second (13:42), Annie Walls third (13:44), Victoria Cefalu fourth
(13:50), Maggie Crawford fifth (13:58), Breanna Becerra seventh (14:23), Olivia Rainey eighth (15:02), Presley Walls ninth
(15:05), Jourdan St. Romaine eleventh (15:06) and Caroline Eschete was fifteenth (16:54). Holy Ghost’s Hannah
Lyons posted a 13th place finish in (16:00).
The Runnels boys scored (21) to win the Junior High boys division ahead of John Curtis (40). Trafton Academy’s
Eric Coston won the two mile race in (10:10), while STA’s Adam Dibenedetto was second (11:36) and Holy Ghost’ Clayton Ourso was third
(12:17), while Trafton’s Jesse Littell finished 23rd (15:31). Becerra and Coston each posted personal best times and STA JH course records!
Trafton’s Meghan Becerra and Eric Coston each captured individual titles!
Lady Falcons finish seventh. Seeded Race of the Nike South Cross Country Championships held in the
Woodlands, Texas.
CLINTON, MS—Trafton’s Meghan Becerra and Eric Coston each captured individual titles in Saturday’s Mississippi College
Ford Watson Invitational held in Clinton, Mississippi at the Choctaw Trails Cross Country Course. The Trafton Academy girls
team brought home the team title, while the Jewel Sumner boys and girls and the St. Thomas Aquinas girls teams competed in the Division II races.
The Trafton Girls won the Junior High division with (50), Madison Central was second (54), Saltillo third (64), Pearl fourth
(122), Ponotoc fifth (129), Ocean Springs sixth (165), Harrison Central seventh (197), West Lincoln eighth (207), Clinton ninth (270), J.Z. George tenth
(300) and Pass Christian eleventh (318). The Trafton girls put six runners in the top twenty-five positions to capture the team title.
Becerra covered the hilly two mile trace in a winning time of (13:08), while Destiny Williams was tenth in (14:01), Emma Littell was 18th
(14:36), Annie Walls 19th (14:36), Maggie Crawford 22nd (14:44), Victoria Cefalu 25th (14:47), followed by Madeline Nicaud (42nd-15:22),
Breanna Becerra (48th-15:30), Jordan Strahan (66th-16:07), Jourdan St. Romaine (67th-16:11), Olivia Rainey (77th-16:27), Presley Walls
(119th-17:42), Emma Sale (128th-17:59) and Caroline Eschete (137th-18:39) in the race of 161 runners. St. Joseph’s Lydia Pevey posted a fifth
place finish in (13:35), teammate Sara Lavastida was 14th (14:21), while Haleigh Habisreitinger (44th-15:24) and Paige Bankston
(100th-17:03). Trafton’s Eric Coston continues to run unchallenged as he cruised to a (10:45) two mile time for the
win in the Junior High boys race on the hilly terrain.
The St. Andrew’s girls won the Division II girls team title with (74), Pass Christian was second (112), West Union third
(121), Sumner fifth (140), STA seventh (170), Choudrant eighth (176) and John Curtis was 16th (431). Pass Christian’s Regan Mcgee was the
individual champion in (15:38) for the 4000 meter race, which included 142 runners. Sumner’s team consisted of: Scotti Dykes (20th-18:01), Avelina Trout
(23rd-18:05), Breonne Williams (29th-18:16), Virginia Cook (31st-18:21), Harley Menard (42nd-18:48) and Elizabeth Sales (92nd-21:22).
The STA girls team included: Taylor Kast (22nd-18:04), Grace Bernard (32nd-18:21), Rachel Greer (34th-18:27), Sara Gambel (38th-18:41), Bobbi Amar
(50th-19:09), Victoria Burke (88th-21:15) and Laura Crother (120th-23:49). On the boys side, St. Andrews won the Division II boys
race with (57) to runner-up J.Z. George with (58), West Feliciana was third (120), John Curtis fourth (164), Choudrant seventh
(207) and Jewel Sumner was eleventh (340). Denarius White from J.Z. Geroge was the individual winner in (17”18).
Sumner’s team of: Maderis Trout (35th-19:44), Kalon Bergeron (57th-20:27), Cody Strickland (75th-21:02), Jordan Glass (82nd-21:27)
and Devin King (123rd-23:12) led the local runners. The St. Paul’s boys dominated the Division I boys race with a low
score of (37) over runner-up Tupelo (68) , West Monroe was third (109), Ruston fifth (155) and Rummel ninth (233).
St. Paul’s Scott Brewster was the individual winner in (16:23), while local runner Kraemer Jackson was a close fourth in (16:28) for the Wolves.
The St. Thomas Aquinas boys competed in the Seeded Race of the Nike South Cross Country Championships held in the
Woodlands, Texas on Saturday. Craig Nowak(Houston Cypress) was the individual 5000 meter champion in (15:10). Senior Corbett Ourso
led the STA boys with a 75th place finsh in (17:11), Scott Wheat (91st-17:23), Tommy Brocato (92nd-17:24), Andrew Jordan (125th-17:59), Craig Roc
(143rd-18:34), Ben Schnadelbach (144th-18:36)and Phillip Dibenedetto (153rd-18:56). The Falcons posted a 19th place finish in the Varsity Elite Division.
Team Scores Boys Varisty Elite 5k - Team Scores: 1 Southlake Carroll 32 2 Palos Verdes 75 3 The Woodlands 132 4 Humble Kingwood
181 5 College Park 222 6 Lewisville Marcus 223 7 Boerne Champion 231 8 Houston Cypress Woods 237 9 Houston Strake Jesuit 245
10 Klein Oak 258 11 Killeen Ellison 284 12 Lewisville Flower Mound 310 13 Friendswood 360 14 Corpus Christi Moody 427 15
Willis 430 16 Humble Atascocita 447 17 El Paso El Dorado 449 18 Katy Taylor 452 19 St. Thomas Aquinas 453 20 Mustang 573 21 El Paso
Americas 574 22 El Paso Socorro 574.
Falcons 4th in Gulf Coast Cross Country Stampede!
Scott Wheat posts eleventh place finish in (16:30) for the 5000 meter race of 229 runners.
BATON ROUGE—The St. Thomas Aquinas Cross Country teams competed in the 2011 Gulf Coast Cross Country Stampede at the Escambia
Country Equestrian Center in Pensacola, Florida on Saturday. The Fort Walton Beach boys won with (41), St. Paul’s (Covington) was second
(69), Kennesaw Mountain third (129), STA fourth (144), Fairhope fifth (178), Niceville sixth (216), Lincoln seventh (242), Father Ryan eighth
(254), Choctawhatchee ninth (273) and St. Stanislaus tenth (287) in the field of 28 teams. Scott Wheat posted an eleventh place finish in
(16:30) for the 5000 meter race of 229 runners. Corbett Ourso was 15th (16:35), Tommy Brocato 23rd (16:52), Andrew Jordan 42nd
(17:22), Ben Schnadelbach 55th (17:46), Craig Rock 63rd (17:54), Phillip Dibenedetto 68th (18:08) and Seth Bleakley 83rd (18:21).
On the girls side, Fort Walton Beach was first (76), Niceville second (96), UMS-Wright third (97), Kennasaw Mountain fourth
(125), Oak Grove fifth (170), Choctawhatchee sixth (200), T.R. Miller seventh (245), Enterprise eighth (275), Pensacola Catholic ninth (297), Lincoln tenth
(311), Loveless (Lamp) eleventh (334), STA twelfth (338) and Christian Life (Baton Rouge) 16th (423) in the field of 25 teams and 203 runners.
Freshman Grace Bernard led the STA girls with 52nd place finish in (21:54), Taylor Kast was 56th (22:06), Bobbi Amar 74th (22:37), Rachel Greer 76th (22:39),
Sara Gambel 89th (23:03), Elena Wisecarver 93rd (23:05), Victoria Burke 118th (24:12), Laura Crother 159th (26:08) and Crystal Rock 188th (28:32).
The STA boys JV posted a seventh place team finish with (281), the Fort Walton Beach team won with (19), St. Paul's (Covington) was
second (63), while the Episcopal of Acadiana team was twelfth (300). Freshman Adam Dibenedetto finished 17th (19:07) to lead the STA boys in the
5000 meter race. Christian Loving was 49th(20:18), William Mobley 61st(20:33), Sean Adams 95th (21:54), Branson Stephens 140th (23:47) and Trey Duhe 174th (30:24).
Girls and Boys claim fourth place finish!
Falcons run in Episcopal Round Table Cross Country Invitational
BATON ROUGE—The Saint Thomas girls and boys cross country teams posted fourth place team finishes in the
Episcopal Round Table Cross Country Invitational hosted Saturday at Highland Road Park Cross Country course in Baton Rouge.
The girls competed in afield of nineteen varsity girls teams.
St. Joseph won with (38), Dominican was second (47), Menard third (123), STA fourth (172), St. Michael fifth (186),
Episcopal sixth (188), East Ascension seventh (215), Dutchtown eighth (271), Asumption ninth (294) and E.D. White tenth (301).
Junior Taylor Kast led the STA girls with a 33rd place finish in (21:24), Bobbi Amar was 34th (21:25), Grace Bernard 44th (21:48),
Rachel Greer 45th (21:49), Elena Wisecarver 51st (22:05), Sara Gambel 79th (23:08), Victoria Burke 110th (25:24) and Laura Crother
114th (25:55) in the field of 153 runners.
The Saint Thomas boys posted a fourth place finish in the field of 25 teams in the Varsity boys
division. St. Paul’s won with (50), Episcopal was second (83), Catholic High third (92), STA fourth (92), Brother Martin fifth(),
Jesuit sixth, Walker seventh, Dutchtown eighth (274), E.D. White ninth() and St. Thomas Mooe tenth. Senior Scott Wheat posted
an eighth place finish in (15:54), Corbett Ourso was tenth (16:05), Tommy Brocato eleventh (16:13), Andrew Jordan 30th (17:01),
Ben Schnadelbach 38th (17:12), Craig Rock 46th (17:24), Phillip Dibenedetto 57th (17:35) and Seth Bleakley 77th (17:53) in the
field of 243 runners. In JV action, STA’s Christian Loving ran (13:03), William Mobley (13:42), Sean Adams (14:20) and Branson Stephens (15:34).
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