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"THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES" DATES IN HISTORY
OCTOBER 30, 1976 JEAN SUSSMAN BECOMES THE FIRST FEMALE HARRIER FROM PEARL RIVER WHEN SHE FINISHES 7TH AT THE ROCKLAND COUNTY MEET.
SEPTEMBER 20,1977 THE TEAM OF RUTH PESKIN, ANNE STIFFEY, GINNY AMUNDSON, MIRIAM BRENNEN, OLGA APONTE AND SANDY DROPKIN BECOME THE FIRST COMPLETE TEAM FROM PEARL RIVER TO NOT ONLY RUN AT AN INVITATIONAL MEET, BUT ALSO FINISH IN 2ND PLACE TO BECOME THE FIRST INVITATIONAL PLACE WINNING TEAM. THEY SCORE 84 POINTS TO FINISH IN 2ND PLACE BEHIND WINNING TEAM ST. FRANCIS PREP (67 POINTS), AT THE ALBERTUS INVITATIONAL AT BEAR MOUNTAIN.
OCTOBER 20, 1977 THE LADY PIRATES WIN THEIR FIRST EVER DUAL MEET WITH A 21-40 SCORE OVER NORTH ROCKLAND. THE PR PIONEERS ARE RUTH PESKIN, LISA DROPKIN, GINNY AMUNDSON, BEV WALDMAN, MIRIAM BRENNEN, OLGA APONTE AND SANDY DROPKIN.
OCTOBER 17, 1978 THE LADY PIRATE TEAM OF RUTH PESKIN, MARY DILLON, ADRIANE HOGAN, SANDY DROPKIN, MARY BERGEN, DARCY MAY AND LISA DROPKIN DEFEAT SUFFERN 22-36 TO BEGIN THEIR FIRST LONG DUAL MEET WINNING STREAK.
SEPTEMBER 18, 1979 THE LADY PIRATES DEFEAT DEFENDING CHAMPION ALBERTUS 21- 40 TO PROVE TO EVERYONE THAT THEY HAVE ARRIVED AS A NEW CROSS COUNTRY POWER.
SEPTEMBER 29, 1979 THE LADY PIRATE FRESHMAN TEAM OF TERRI EBANIETTI, DIANE IRIARTE, SUE GULLA, AILEEN O'SHEA, KAREN ZOUBEK, TERESA MORONEY, STEPHANIE HANRAHAN AND NANCY BOHAN CAPTURE PEARL RIVER'S FIRST EVER INVITATIONAL TITLE AS THEY WIN THE FROSH DIVISION OF THE PASSAIC COACHES MEET. TERRI BECOMES PR'S FIRST EVER INDIVIDUAL INVITATIONAL CHAMPION.
OCTOBER 6, 1979 THE LADY PIRATE JV TEAM OF SUE GULLA, MARYBETH MAHONEY, DIANE DUPAS, KAREN ZOUBEK, TERESA MORONEY, CAROLINE BRANDT AND MARY MAGUIRE CAPTURE PR'S FIRST EVER JV INVITATIONAL TITLE AS THEY WIN THE ST. ANTHONY'S INVITATIONAL.
OCTOBER 16, 1979 THE LADY PIRATES DEFEAT SUFFERN 15-49 TO FINISH THE DUAL MEET SEASON AT 6-0 AND CLINCH THEIR FIRST EVER DUAL MEET CHAMPIONSHIP.
OCTOBER 20, 1979 THE LADY PIRATE VARSITY CAPTURES THEIR FIRST EVER INVITATIONAL TITLE AS THEY WIN THE MARIST INVITATIONAL. THE SEVEN RUNNERS ARE TERRI EBANIETTI, ADRIANE HOGAN, KIM SMITH, SUE GULLA, DIANE IRIARTE, MARY DILLON AND AILEEN O'SHEA. OCTOBER 23, 1979 SCORING JUST 33 POINTS THE LADY PIRATES RUN TO THEIR FIRST EVER ROCKLAND COUNTY MEET CHAMPIONSHIP. THE RUNNERS ARE TERRI EBANIETTI, ADRIANE HOGAN, KIM SMITH, DIANE IRIARTE, SUE GULLA, AILEEN O'SHEA, RUTH PESKIN, MARY DILLON, MARYBETH MAHONEY, DIANE DUPAS, KAREN ZOUBEK, TERESA MORONEY, CAROLINE BRANDT, STEPHANIE HANRAHAN, NANCY BOHAN AND KAREN WARD.
NOVEMBER 2, 1979 COMING FROM BEHIND IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE RACE, THE LADY PIRATES RALLY TO DEFEAT WASHINGTONVILLE 45-59 TO WIN THEIR FIRST EVER SECTIONAL TITLE. THE SEVEN RUNNERS ARE TERRI EBANIETTI, ADRIANE HOGAN, KIM SMITH, DIANE IRIARTE, AILEEN O'SHEA, SUE GULLA AND MARY DILLON. "A FEW SMALL SACRIFICES DO GO A LONG WAY."
NOVEMBER 10, 1979 THE LADY PIRATES FINISH IN THIRD PLACE IN THE CLASS A STATE MEET TO MAKE THEIR FIRST EVER TRIP TO THE STATE MEET A SUCCESSFUL ONE.
NOVEMBER 17,1979 THE LADY PIRATES FINISH IN 6TH PLACE IN THEIR FIRST EVER FEDERATION MEET.
NOVEMBER 18, 1979 THE LADY PIRATES ACHIEVE THEIR FIRST EVER STATE RANKING AS THEY FINISH #6 IN THE FINAL NY STATE XC POLL.
AUGUST 25, 1980 THE LADY PIRATES BEGIN A NEW TRADITION AS THEY TRAVEL TO THE HAMPTONS FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND CONDUCT THEIR OWN CROSS COUNTRY CAMP. "MAJOR'S PATH" AND "TEN MILES PLEASE," BECOME COMMON WORDS IN THE LADY PIRATE VOCABULARY. THEY ALSO REALIZE THAT THEY WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO HEAR THE PHRASE "SAND HILL" AGAIN WITHOUT CRINGING.
SEPTEMBER 20, 1980 BY WINNING THE INDIVIDUAL TITLE AT THE SHAKER INVITATIONAL, ADRIANE HOGAN BECOMES THE FIRST LADY PIRATE TO EVER WIN A VARSITY INVITATIONAL RACE.
OCTOBER 18, 1980 THE LADY PIRATE SOPHOMORE TEAM OF DIANE IRIARTE, SUE GULLA, NANCY BOHAN, STEPHANIE HANRAHAN, KAREN ZOUBEK AND TERESA MORONEY WIN THE WOMEN'S XC INVITATIONAL AT VCP TO GIVE PR THEIR FIRST EVER SOPHOMORE TITLE.
NOVEMBER 8, 1980 THE LADY PIRATES REACH THE BIG TIME IN ONLY THEIR SECOND TRIP EVER TO THE STATE MEET, AS THEY WIN THE CLASS B STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BY THE SCORE OF 91-93 OVER JFK- SOMERS. THE RUNNERS ARE ADRIANE HOGAN, AILEEN O'SHEA, DIANE DUPAS, TERRI EBANIETTI, MARYBETH MAHONEY, KIM SMITH AND DIANE IRIARTE. MAKING IT A TRULY GREAT DAY IN THE HISTORY OF SPORTS IS THE FACT THAT THE PR BOYS TEAM ALSO WIN THEIR RACE AND PEARL RIVER BECOMES THE FIRST SCHOOL TO EVER WIN BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS STATE TITLES IN THE SAME SPORT ON THE SAME DAY!! THEY PROVED THAT THEY WERE “READY TO MEET THE CHALLENGE”
JULY 13, 1981 AILEEN O'SHEA OFFICIALLY BECOMES THE FIRST "RUNNING LADY PIRATE" TO CARRY THE TITLE AND HONOR OF "CAPTAIN."
SEPTEMBER 26, 1981 AT THE WESTLAKE INVITATIONAL THE LADY PIRATE JV TEAM ACHIEVES PERFECTION AS THEY CAPTURE THE TOP SEVEN PLACES IN THE RACE OF OVER 100 RUNNERS, THE "PERFECT SEVEN" ARE 1) BELISA VRANICH, 2) MARISA DIMOLA, 3) LIS SLAYNE 4) NANCY BOHAN, 5) SUE GULLA, 6) LAURA COSTELLO, 7) JOANN HOUSTON.
OCTOBER 10, 1981 PROVING THAT XC REALLY IS A TEAM SPORT OF 7 RUNNERS, THE LADY PIRATE #6 AND #7 RUNNERS BEAT THE MEPHAM #5 RUNNER AS THE LADY PIRATES EDGE MEPHAM 132-133 TO CAPTURE THE EASTERN STATES CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE MANHATTAN INVITATIONAL. THE GIRLS RECEIVE CHAMPIONSHIP WATCHES FOR THEIR VICTORY. THE GIRLS ARE AILEEN O'SHEA, JOANN TURILLI, MARISA DIMOLA, PAT HOLLAND, DIANE DUPAS, TERRI EBANIETTI AND BELISA VRANICH.
OCTOBER 17, 1981 AILEEN O'SHEA BECOMES THE FIRST "RUNNING LADY PIRATE" TO WIN THE ROCKLAND COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP AS SHE COVERS THE BEAR MOUNTAIN COURSE IN A SCHOOL RECORD TIME OF 18:26.9. HER VICTORY LEADS PR TO THEIR RECORD THIRD STRAIGHT ROCKLAND TITLE.
OCTOBER 30, 1981 RUNNING THEIR BEST RACE EVER IN THEIR HISTORY, "THE LADY PIRATES" DESTROY A VERY STRONG WASHINGTONVILLE TEAM BY THE SCORE OF 30-56. AILEEN O'SHEA BECOMES THE FIRST LADY PIRATE TO EVER WIN THE SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. THE FIRST FIVE GIRLS (AILEEN O'SHEA-18:09; JOANN TURILLI- 18:13; MARISA DIMOLA-18:21; BELISA VRANICH-18:40; DIANE DUPAS-18:46) SET THE FASTEST SINGLE DAY 5 PERSON AVERAGE AT BEAR MOUNTAIN - 18:25.9. A RECORD THAT STILL STANDS 25 YEARS LATER. ROUNDING OUT THE TEAM ARE SUE GULLA AND PAT HOLLAND.
NOVEMBER 7, 1981 RUNNING IN SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW, THE LADY PIRATES CAPTURE THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, DEFEATING RUNNER-UP JFK 58-98. THE GIRLS ARE AILEEN O'SHEA, JOANN TURILLI, MARISA DIMOLA, BELISA VRANICH, SUE GULLA, DIANE DUPAS AND PAT HOLLAND. "THE RIVER ROLLS ON."
SEPTEMBER 25, 1982 RUNNING AT THE GUILDERLAND INVITATIONAL, THE LADY PIRATES FINALLY ACHIEVE A LONG SOUGHT AFTER GOAL AS THEY WIN "THE TRIPLE CROWN," AS THEY CAPTURE THE FRESHMAN, JV AND VARSITY TITLES. VARSITY: AILEEN O'SHEA, MARISA DIMOLA, TERRI EBANIETTI, PAT HOLLAND, SUE GULLA, DIANE IRIARTE AND BELISA VRANICH; JV: LIS SLAYNE, JEAN DUMLAO, MARYBETH BODNAR, MICHELLE MOYER, NANCY BOHAN, NANCY MCCOY, KELLY WAINWRIGHT, KATHY FITZGERALD, JAMIE MAY AND IRENE SULLIVAN; FROSH: JOANN TURILLI, BERNADETTE HOGAN, MAURA O'SHEA, KIM NOONAN, JANICE SCHWARTZ, MAUREEN HAYES AND CATHY FITZMAURICE;
OCTOBER 2, 1982 "THE LADY PIRATES" OBTAIN ANOTHER SOUGHT AFTER GOAL AS THEY FINALLY WIN "THE TOP TEAM OF THE DAY" TROPHY AT THE ST. ANTHONY'S INVITATIONAL. THE SEVEN GIRLS ARE MARISA DIMOLA, JOANN TURILLI, AILEEN O'SHEA, TERRI EBANIETTI, PAT HOLLAND, DIANE IRIARTE AND BELISA VRANICH.
OCTOBER 26, 1982 THE LADY PIRATES ACHIEVE ANOTHER GOAL OF SCORING A DUAL MEET SCORE OF 26 POINTS TO WIN THEIR FOURTH STRAIGHT COUNTY MEET. MARISA DIMOLA, TERRI EBANIETTI, JOANN TURILLI, AILEEN O'SHEA, PAT HOLLAND, DIANE IRIARTE AND MAURA O'SHEA DO THE HONORS.
NOVEMBER 13, 1982 PROVING THAT “A ROLLING RIVER GATHERS NO LOSS” THE LADY PIRATES SCORE A NEW STATE MEET RECORD LOW POINT TOTAL OF 39, AS THEY ONCE AGAIN DEFEAT JFK 39-78. THEY BECOME THE FIRST GIRLS TEAM TO EVER WIN THREE STRAIGHT STATE TITLES. THIS YEARS STATE CHAMPIONS ARE JOANN TURILLI (WHO BECOMES THE FIRST LADY PIRATE TO EVER CRACK THE TOP TEN WITH HER 5TH PLACE FINISH), MARISA DIMOLA (WHO RUNS THE FINAL 2.75 MILES WITH ONLY ONE SHOE), AILEEN O'SHEA (WHO BECOMES THE FIRST GIRL IN NY STATE HISTORY TO BE PART OF THREE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS), TERRI EBANIETTI, PAT HOLLAND, BERNADETTE HOGAN AND MAURA O'SHEA. (THE O'SHEA SISTERS BECOME THE FIRST SISTERS TO BE PART OF A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP XC TEAM IN NY STATE.)
SEPTEMBER 20, 1983 THE LADY PIRATES MAKE THEIR DEBUT AGAINST WESTCHESTER SCHOOLS AT THE PELHAM INVITATIONAL AND IT IS ONE THAT WILL BE LONG REMEMBERED. THEY CAPTURE THE FIRST FIVE PLACES TO RECORD THEIR FIRST EVER PERFECT SCORE OF 15 IN A VARSITY INVITATIONAL. 1ST) JOANN TURILLI, 2ND) MAURA O'SHEA, 3RD) BELISA VRANICH, 4TH) BERNADETTE HOGAN, 5TH) EILEEN CLARKE, ARE THE ARTIST OF PERFECTION.
OCTOBER 15, 1983 NORTH ROCKLAND STOPS PEARL RIVER'S FOUR YEAR WINNING STREAK AT THE COUNTY MEET AS THEY DEFEAT THE LADY PIRATES 34-43.
OCTOBER 29, 1983 THE LADY PIRATES CAPTURE THEIR FIRST EVER "LEAGUE" MEET AND WIN THEIR FIRST EVER "LEAGUE" CHAMPIONSHIP AS THEY TAKE PLACES 2-6 FOR A SCORE OF 20-44 OVER ALBERTUS. THE FIRST EVER CHAMPIONS ARE 2ND) JOANN TURILLI, 3RD) PAT HOLLAND, 4TH) BERNADETTE HOGAN, 5TH) MAURA O'SHEA, 6TH) JEAN DUMLAO. ROUNDING OUT THE TEAM ARE 9TH) BELISA VRANICH AND 11TH) CATHY ROBERTS. THIS MEET ALSO GIVES THE LADY PIRATES A 41-94 VICTORY OVER JFK FOR THE CONFERENCE B CHAMPIONSHIP.
NOVEMBER 12, 1983 "THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT" AS THE LADY PIRATES EASILY CAPTURE THEIR FOURTH STRAIGHT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. (A RECORD FOR MOST STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS EVER BY A GIRLS TEAM AND THE MOST CONSECUTIVE TITLES EVER BY A GIRLS TEAM.) THEIR SCORE OF 50-103 OVER CORTLAND IS THEIR WIDEST VICTORY MARGIN EVER. THE STATE CHAMPION RECORD SETTERS ARE JOANN TURILLI, BERNADETTE HOGAN, PAT HOLLAND, BELISA VRANICH, MAURA O'SHEA, EILEEN CLARKE AND JEAN DUMLAO.
NOVEMBER 19, 1983 JOANN TURILLI BECOMES THE FIRST LADY PIRATE TO EVER FINISH IN THE TOP 10 AT THE FEDERATION MEET AS HER 10TH PLACE FINISH LEADS PR TO A 5TH PLACE TEAM FINISH.
OCTOBER 2, 1984 THE TEAM OF CATHY ROBERTS, JEAN DUMLAO, SUE BREBBIA, LINDA GIARDINA, EILEEN CARMODY, NATHALIE MARQUIS AND ANN BREDIN DEFEATS HARRISON, SLEEPY HOLLOW AND TAPPAN ZEE TO GIVE THE LADY PIRATES 36 STRAIGHT DUAL MEET VICTORIES, ESTABLISHING A NEW COUNTY RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE DUAL MEET VICTORIES. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 33 STRAIGHT HELD BY THE PEARL RIVER BOYS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM.
OCTOBER 23, 1984 THE LADY PIRATES ONCE AGAIN ACHIEVE A FIRST AS THEY WIN THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP MEET WITH A PERFECT SCORE OF 15. THE PERFECTIONIST ARE 1ST) MAURA O'SHEA, 2ND) EILEEN CLARKE, 3RD) CATHY ROBERTS, 4TH) WENDY MAY, 5TH) BERNADETTE HOGAN. ROUNDING OUT THE TEAM ARE 7TH) JEAN DUMLAO AND 8TH) DELLA HALEY.
OCTOBER 27, 1984 THE LADY PIRATES WIN BACK THE ROCKLAND COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP MEET WITH A VENGEANCE AS THEY SCORE A NEW RECORD POINT TOTAL OF 21 POINTS. THEY PLACE 11 IN THE TOP 20: 1ST) MAURA O'SHEA, 2ND) WENDY MAY, 5TH) EILEEN CLARKE, 6TH) CATHY ROBERTS, 7TH) DELLA HALEY, 9TH) JOANN TURILLI, 12TH) JEAN DUMLAO, 15TH) BERNADETTE HOGAN, 16TH) JENI BREBBIA, 17TH) NATHALIE MARQUIS, 20TH) SUE BREBBIA, TO BRING HOME THE RECORD SETTING VICTORY.
NOVEMBER 3, 1984 THE LADY PIRATES CAPTURE THEIR FIRST EVER SECTION ONE TITLE DEFEATING FOX LANE 36-65. THE LADY PIRATES OF THE DAY ARE EILEEN CLARKE, (WHO BECOMES PR'S FIRST EVER SECTION ONE CHAMPION), MAURA O'SHEA, CATHY ROBERTS, JOANN TURILLI, DELLA HALEY, WENDY MAY AND JEAN DUMLAO. THE LADY PIRATE JV OUTDOES THEIR VARSITY COUNTERPARTS AS THEY CAPTURE THE FIRST FIVE SPOTS IN THE SECTIONAL JV RACE TO DEBUT WITH A PERFECT SCORE OF 15. THE STARS OF THIS SHOW ARE 1ST) BERNADETTE HOGAN, 2ND) JENI BREBBIA, 3RD) LINDA GIARDINA, 4TH) SUE BREBBIA, 5TH) NATHALIE MARQUIS. NOVEMBER 10, 1984 CLARENCE HIGH SCHOOL ENDS PEARL RIVER'S STREAK OF STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AT FOUR, BY THE SCORE OF 42-95.
SEPTEMBER 28, 1985 MAURA O'SHEA AND DELLA HALEY COMPETE IN THE PRESTIGIOUS FIFTH AVENUE MILE IN NEW YORK CITY. DELLA FINISHES 6TH (5:09) AND MAURA IS 7TH (5:18).
OCTOBER 12, 1985 ALTHOUGH THEY ONLY FINISH 2ND IN THE EASTERN STATES RACE AT THE MANHATTAN INVITATIONAL, THE LADY PIRATES ARE THE TOP NEW YORK SQUAD AND THEREFORE RISE TO #1 IN THE STATE POLL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR HISTORY. DELLA HALEY SETS A NEW ROCKLAND COUNTY RECORD FOR VAN CORTLANDT WITH A TIME OF 15:11.6. ALONG WITH EILEEN CLARKE (15:44.1), LINDA GIARDINA (15:47.2), WENDY MAY (16:10.0), AND NATHALIE MARQUIS (16:27.0) THEY ESTABLISH A NEW ROCKLAND COUNTY 5 PERSON ONE DAY AVERAGE OF 15:51.98, A RECORD THAT STANDS FOR 20 YEARS. ROUNDING OUT THIS HISTORIC TEAM ARE MAURA O'SHEA AND BERNADETTE HOGAN.
OCTOBER 22, 1985 "GO DOGS GO", AND GO THEY DID AS THE LADY PIRATES USE THEIR NEW RALLYING CALL TO BECOME THE FIRST TEAM TO EVER PUT 6 GIRLS UNDER 19 MINUTES ON THE SAME DAY AT BEAR MOUNTAIN AS THEY SCORE 23 POINTS TO EASILY WIN ANOTHER COUNTY MEET TITLE. DELLA HALEY SETS A NEW SCHOOL RECORD OF 18:04.8, SHE IS FOLLOWED BY LINDA GIARDINA-18:34.7, WENDY MAY-18:35.2, NATHALIE MARQUIS-18:35.9, MAURA O'SHEA-18:48.4, AND JOANN TURILLI-18:55.3.
NOVEMBER 1, 1985 THE LADY PIRATES PUT ALL SEVEN RUNNERS IN THE TOP 12 AS THEY ONCE AGAIN WIN THE SECTION ONE B TITLE. 1ST) DELLA HALEY, 5TH) NATHALIE MARQUIS, 8TH) JOANN TURILLI, 9TH) WENDY MAY, 10TH) LINDA GIARDINA, 11TH) MAURA O'SHEA AND 12TH) CATHY ROBERTS ARE THE STARS OF ONE OF PR'S MOST DOMINATING WINS EVER. NOVEMBER 2, 1985 NEVER ONE TO BE OUTDONE, THE RUNNING LADY PIRATE JV TEAM RETURNS TO BAIRD PARK AND SIMPLY GOES OUT AND CAPTURES THE TOP 9 SPOTS AT THE SECTION ONE JV RACE. THE STARS OF THIS HISTORY PRODUCING EVENT ARE 1ST) EILEEN CLARKE, 2ND) BERNADETTE HOGAN, 3RD) ERIKA DUTHIERS, 4TH) ELAINE MAIEZZA, 5TH) JENI BREBBIA, 6TH) MARY ROBERTS, 7TH) CAROLYN RILEY, 8TH) KATHY HALPIN AND 9TH) CAROLYN DENOYELLES.
NOVEMBER 16, 1985 WITH A RALLY CRY OF "WHO'S COMING", THE LADY PIRATES RUN LIKE A TEAM POSSESSED AS THEY GO OUT AND AVENGE LAST WEEKS UPSET LOSS AT THE STATE MEET, TO WIN THEIR FIRST EVER FEDERATION MEET TITLE. THEY SHOW EVERYONE JUST WHICH PEARL RIVER TEAM SHOWED UP TODAY. WITH THIS VICTORY THE LADY PIRATES SECURE THE FINAL #1 RANKING FOR THE 1985 SEASON. THE STARS OF THIS 52 POINT VICTORY (2ND LARGEST EVER IN FEDERATION MEET HISTORY) ARE DELLA HALEY, WHO ACHIEVES PR'S HIGHEST FED FINISH EVER IN 2ND. SHE ALSO SETS A NEW ROCKLAND COUNTY SUNKEN MEADOW RECORD OF 19:05.9. CATHY ROBERTS OVERCOMES AN EARLY RACE FALL WHERE SHE BADLY INJURES HER FINGER, TO GET UP AND RUNS HER WAY TO 29TH PLACE, THIS EXEMPLIFIES PR'S TONE FOR THE DAY. THE OTHER PIRATE HEROES OF THE DAY ARE 20TH) WENDY MAY, 33RD) NATHALIE MARQUIS, 34TH) LINDA GIARDINA, 42ND) EILEEN CLARKE AND 45TH) JOANN TURILLI. THE LADY PIRATES HAVE ALL SEVEN GIRLS IN BEFORE ANYONE ELSE HAS FOUR. WITH THIS WIN THE LADY PIRATES HAVE NOW WON EVERY MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP POSSIBLE IN HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY. JOANN TURILLI HAS BEEN A PART OF ALL OF THEM!!
OCTOBER 31, 1986 THE LADY PIRATES WIN THEIR 8TH STRAIGHT SECTIONAL TITLE, WENDY MAY UPSTAGES HER TEAMMATES BY WINNING THE RACE IN A ROCKLAND COUNTY BEAR MOUNTAIN RECORD TIME OF 17:53.0. ERIKA DUTHIERS FOLLOWS CLOSE BEHIND IN THE THIRD BEST ROCKLAND TIME EVER, 17:54.5.
NOVEMBER 8, 1986 ERIKA DUTHIERS RUNS TO PEARL RIVER'S HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL FINISH EVER AS SHE COMES HOME FOURTH AT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BUFFALO. HER FINISH LEADS PEARL RIVER TO A DISAPPOINTING THIRD PLACE FINISH.
AUGUST 27, 1987 THE LADY PIRATES REVIVE AN OLD TRADITION AS THEY RESUME THEIR OWN CROSS COUNTRY CAMP. THIS TIME THEY SPEND SEVERAL DAYS AT CAROLYN RILEY'S HOUSE IN VERMONT. TERMS LIKE HASKELL, BALLOU AND STOWE BECOME PART OF THE RUNNING LADY PIRATE VOCABULARY FOR EVER.
OCTOBER 31, 1987 THE LADY PIRATES SET A NEW RECORD FOR MARGIN OF VICTORY AS THEY WIN THE COUNTY MEET BY 72 POINTS. SEVEN GIRLS IN THE TOP 12 EQUALS PR'S PREVIOUS RECORD FROM 1984. THE HEROES OF THE DAY ARE 2ND) NATHALIE MARQUIS, 4TH) ERIKA DUTHIERS, 5TH) MARY ROBERTS, 6TH) LINDA GIARDINA, 9TH) EILEEN CARMODY, 10TH) CATHY ROBERTS AND 12TH) CAROLYN RILEY.
NOVEMBER 6, 1987 AWESOME! AWESOME! AWESOME! THESE ARE THE ONLY WORDS TO DESCRIBE WHAT THE LADY PIRATES ARE AS THEY SCORE 21 POINTS TO WIN THE SECTIONAL MEET ONCE AGAIN. THIS RACE RATES AS ONE OF THE TEAMS BEST IN THEIR GREAT HISTORY. FIVE RUNNERS IN THE TOP 9 IS A NEW PR RECORD. THE STARS OF THIS AWESOME PERFORMANCE ARE 1ST) NATHALIE MARQUIS, 2ND) ERIKA DUTHIERS, 3RD) LINDA GIARDINA, 6TH) MARY ROBERTS, 9TH) CATHY ROBERTS, 11TH) EILEEN CARMODY AND 14TH) EILEEN MCDONAGH.
NOVEMBER 14, 1987 "INTO EVERYONE'S LIFE A LITTLE RAIN MUST FALL." THE LADY PIRATE SHIP IS DEALT A CRUSHING BLOW AS THEY LOSE THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS BY ONE SINGLE POINT TO FRANKLIN ACADEMY, 69-70. NATHALIE MARQUIS FINISHES 4TH TO TIE HER FOR THE HIGHEST FINISH EVER BY A LADY PIRATE AT THE STATE MEET.
NOVEMBER 21, 1987 THIS DAY WILL ALWAYS BE THE GREATEST DAY IN THE HISTORY OF THE GREAT "RUNNING LADY PIRATES." AT FAYETTEVILLE- MANILUS HIGH SCHOOL NEAR SYRACUSE, THE LADY PIRATES FACED THE WORST RUNNING CONDITIONS EVER SEEN FOR AN XC MEET IN THIS AREA. BRAVING TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS, (-15 WITH THE WIND CHILL FACTOR) THREE INCHES OF SNOW ON THE COURSE, A STEADY SNOW FALLING DURING THE RACE AND A BITTER SWIRLING WIND, THE LADY PIRATES BROUGHT HOME THE HONOR OF BEING THE #1 XC TEAM IN NEW YORK STATE BY WINNING THE FEDERATION MEET 113-115 OVER WASHINGTONVILLE. AS IF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE NOT ENOUGH OF AN OBSTACLE, THE LADY PIRATES STACKED THE DECK EVEN MORE AGAINST THEMSELVES. MARY, CAROLYN AND EILEEN FELL FORTY YARDS INTO THE RACE AND BY THE TIME THEY GOT UP THEY WERE NEAR THE BACK OF THE PACK. THEY HAD TO MOVE THEMSELVES BACK UP DURING THE RACE DESPITE THE TERRIBLE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. NATHALIE RAN THE LAST 3/4 OF A MILE WITH ONLY ONE SHOE ON AFTER HER OTHER ONE HAD FELL OFF. ERIKA PASSED 5 PEOPLE IN THE LAST 1/2 MILE, INCLUDING ONE IN THE FINAL YARD. EILEEN PASSED 6 RUNNERS IN THE LAST STRAIGHTAWAY. LINDA HELD OFF A PACK OF 6 RUNNERS IN THE FINAL 1/2 MILE. CATHY PASSED 15 RUNNERS IN THE LAST 3/4 OF A MILE. BUT THE LADY PIRATES WANTED DESPERATELY TO AVENGE LAST WEEKS LOSS AND RAN AS IF THEY WERE OBLIVIOUS TO THE TORRID CONDITIONS. PEARL RIVER WILL WIN MANY MORE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE FUTURE, BUT NONE WILL EVER BE ABLE TO SURPASS THE GREAT ONE OF TODAY. PEOPLE THAT WERE AT THE MEET WILL REMEMBER THE CONDITIONS FOR AS LONG THEY LIVE, WORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE JUST HOW BAD IT REALLY WAS. THEY WILL ALSO REMEMBER THAT THE PEARL RIVER RUNNING LADY PIRATES PUT ON ONE OF THE BRAVEST, TOUGHEST AND MOST DETERMINED DISPLAYS OF COURAGE AND CHARACTER THAT HAS EVER BEEN SEEN IN THE HISTORY OF NEW YORK STATE SPORTS!! THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES - CHAMPIONS IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD!!!!!!! THE VERY SPECIAL SEVEN: 8TH) NATHALIE MARQUIS, 10TH) ERIKA DUTHIERS, 23RD) LINDA GIARDINA, 24TH) MARY ROBERTS, 48TH) EILEEN CARMODY, 78TH) CATHY ROBERTS AND 94TH) CAROLYN RILEY.
NOVEMBER 22, 1987 FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THREE YEARS THE LADY PIRATE CROSS COUNTY TEAM IS NAMED THE #1 TEAM IN NEW YORK STATE CROSS COUNTRY FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON.
NOVEMBER 12, 1988 OVERCOMING LYME DISEASE, ASTHMA AND ILLNESS, "DAN'S GIRLS," RETURN TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORY STAND WITH A CONVINCING VICTORY IN LAKE PLACID. THEY HAVE A : 26 SECOND SPREAD BETWEEN THEIR FIRST FIVE RUNNERS AND LESS THEN A MINUTE BETWEEN ALL SEVEN. THEIR 57 POINT MARGIN OF VICTORY IS THE THIRD LARGEST IN THE HISTORY OF THE MEET. THE FIFTH TITLE IS ALSO A GIRLS RECORD. THE STATE CHAMPIONS OF 1988 ARE ERIKA DUTHIERS, EILEEN MCDONAGH, LINDA GIARDINA, CATHY MULLIGAN, MARY ROBERTS, EILEEN GUERCI AND EILEEN CARMODY.
OCTOBER 17, 1989 THE LADY PIRATE TEAM OF ERIKA DUTHIERS, EILEEN MCDONAGH, CATHY MULLIGAN, MARY ROBERTS, KAREN HUVALA AND ERIN MADDEN DEFEATS TAPPAN ZEE BY THE SCORE OF 15-44 TO STRETCH THEIR 11 YEAR WINNING STREAK TO 86 STRAIGHT WINS.
OCTOBER 24, 1989 THE LADY PIRATES WIN THEIR RECORD SETTING SIXTH STRAIGHT COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP, IT IS THE 10TH WIN IN THE LAST 11 YEARS. IT BREAKS THE RECORD OF FIVE HELD BY THE PR BOYS' DURING THE MID 1980'S. THE RECORD SETTERS FOR TODAY ARE ERIKA DUTHIERS, EILEEN MCDONAGH, ERIN MADDEN, MARY ROBERTS, CARYN NEFF, KAREN HUVALA AND KATHY LIST.
NOVEMBER 3, 1989 THE LADY PIRATES PLACE FOUR IN THE TOP FIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER AS THEY WIN THEIR 11TH STRAIGHT SECTIONAL TITLE. THEIR 22 POINT TOTAL MISSES THEIR RECORD OF 21 BY A SINGLE POINT. THE RECORD SETTERS OF TODAY ARE 1ST) ERIKA DUTHIERS, 2ND) EILEEN MCDONAGH, 4TH) MARY ROBERTS, AND 5TH) CATHY MULLIGAN. ROUNDING OUT THE TEAM ARE 10TH) ERIN MADDEN, 12TH) CARYN NEFF AND 17TH) KAREN HUVALA.
NOVEMBER 11, 1989 THE LADY PIRATES PROVE THAT YOU NEVER GET TIRED OF A GOOD THING AS THEY WIN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW AND FOR THE 6TH TIME IN THE LAST DECADE. THE SECOND MOST TITLES FOR A GIRLS TEAM IS THREE. THEY DEFEAT THEIR OLD NEMESIS, FRANKLIN ACADEMY 95-106 FOR THIS YEARS TITLE. PEARL RIVER'S NEWEST STATE CHAMPIONS ARE ERIKA DUTHIERS. EILEEN MCDONAGH, CATHY MULLIGAN, MARY ROBERTS, ERIN MADDEN, CARYN NEFF AND KAREN HUVALA.
NOVEMBER 26, 1989 THE NYSSWA NAMES THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES AS THE NEW YORK STATE GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM OF THE DECADE FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES DURING THE 80S.
SEPTEMBER 18, 1990 BY THE SCORE OF 23-32, THE RUNNING LADY PIRATE DUAL MEET STREAK OF 86 STRAIGHT WINS OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS COMES TO A SMASHING HALT AT THE HANDS OF NANUET.
OCTOBER 1, 1991 THE LADY PIRATES GET SOME REVENGE ON THEIR NEIGHBORS AS THEY RETURN LAST YEARS LOSS TO NANUET AS THEY DEFEAT THEM IN A DUAL MEET BY THE SCORE OF 22-33. RETURNING THE FAVOR ARE KERRI MURPHY, ERIN MADDEN, JEN BARBER, KIM FARRY, CHRISTY MCELROY, LIZ MARGIOTTA AND KRIS PRITCHETT.
OCTOBER 8, 1991 THE LADY PIRATES DEFEAT TAPPAN ZEE AND PORT CHESTER TO EARN THEIR 100 AND 101ST DUAL MEET VICTORIES IN THEIR GREAT HISTORY. LEADING THIS HISTORIC EVENT ARE JESSICA ARVANITES, ERIN MCNAUGHTON, KAREN LUGRIS, DIANA ALBRECHT, KELLY THOMPSON, AMY RICCA AND TARA DIVINY.
NOVEMBER 1, 1991 TRYING TO WIN THEIR 13TH STRAIGHT XC SECTIONAL TITLE, THEIR 13TH STRAIGHT SECTIONAL TITLE SPANNING XC, WINTER TRACK AND SPRING TRACK, UP AGAINST CATHOLIC SCHOOLS ALBERTUS AND JFK (WHICH IS COACHED BY A NUN), ALL WITH THE MEET TAKING PLACE ON ALL SAINTS DAY, THE LADY PIRATES WIN THEIR MOST EXCITING SECTIONAL TITLE EVER, 44-45 OVER JFK. IT WASN'T UNTIL THE FINAL 1/4 MILE OF THE RACE THAT THE LADY PIRATES FINALLY TOOK THE LEAD IN THIS MEET. THE STARS OF THIS DRAMATIC WIN ARE ERIN MADDEN, JEN BARBER, KIM FARRY, LIZ MARGIOTTA, CARA CARLEY, KRIS PRITCHETT AND CHRISTY MCELROY.
NOVEMBER 14, 1992 ALTHOUGH FALLING SHORT OF THEIR GOAL OF WINNING ANOTHER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, "THE LADY PIRATES" DEFINITELY HAD ONE OF THEIR FINEST STATE MEETS EVER AS THEY FINISHED IN SECOND PLACE TO TRI VALLEY BY THE SCORE OF 49-70.LEADING THE WAY WITH THE 4TH BEST STATE MEET FINISH EVER BY A "RUNNING LADY PIRATE" WAS JEN BARBER IN 7TH PLACE. ERIN MADDEN'S 12TH PLACE WAS PEARL RIVER'S 8TH BEST FINISH EVER. ROUNDING OUT THE "LADY PIRATE" EFFORT WERE 24TH) TRACEY HARRIS, 37TH) KIM MEGDANIS,54TH)DIANA ALBRECHT, 72ND) CHRISTY MCELROY AND 85TH)KERRI MURPHY.
OCTOBER 2, 1993 THE LADY PIRATES' TOOK THEIR ACT TO FAR AWAY LANDS AS THEY TRAVELED TO BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA FOR THE VULCAN CLASSIC CROSS COUNTRY MEET. RUNNING AGAINST TEAMS FROM NEW YORK (SARATOGA-1ST PLACE), CALIFORNIA (AGOURA-2ND), KENTUCKY,MISSISSIPPI,GEORGIA,ALABAMA,FLORID AND TENNESSEE "THE LADY PIRATES" PROVED ONCE AGAIN THAT THEY CAN COMPETE WITH ANYONE, ANYTIME, AND ANYWHERE AS THEY FINISHED A VERY RESPECTED THIRD PLACE.JEN BARBER (11TH), KELLY THOMPSON (20TH), JESSICA ARVANITES (23RD),TINA ZOCCALI (27TH), LIZ KANE (28TH), KIM MEGDANIS (30TH)DIANA ALBRECHT (35TH), TRACEY HARRIS (51ST), KIM FARRY (60TH), COLLEEN THOMPSON (61ST), KERRI MURPHY(68TH) AND KAREN LUGRIS (79TH) DID THE LADY PIRATES TRADITION PROUD. MAKING THIS A TRULY REMARKABLE DAY WAS THE FACT THAT AT THE BREWSTER INVITATIONAL, ALTHOUGH MISSING THEIR TOP 12 GIRLS, THE REMAINING LADY PIRATES WERE FORCED TO RUN IN THE VARSITY RACE. HOW DID THEY HANDLE THIS SITUATION? WELL, THEY WENT OUT AND WON THE TEAM TITLE BY 42 POINTS.THE LOCAL HEROES OF THE DAY WERE ALICE LIN(3RD),CHRISTY MCELROY (4TH), AMY RICCA (10TH), CARA CARLEY (11TH), CAROLYN MALONEY (14TH) AND ERICA GOTTLIEB(15TH). NO MATTER WHERE THEY RUN, NO MATTER WHO RUNS, YOU CAN ALWAYS EXPECT A CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE FROM "THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES."
OCTOBER 23, 1993 "THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES" PULLED OFF ANOTHER FIRST AS THEY SWEPT THE FIRST SEVEN SPOTS AT THE CONFERENCE III LEAGUE C CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR THEIR FIRST EVER SHUTOUT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP. THE SEVEN PERFECTIONIST WERE 1ST) JEN BARBER, 2ND) KIM MEGDANIS, 3RD) KELLY THOMPSON,4TH) LIZ KANE, 5TH) COLLEEN THOMPSON, 6TH)JESSICA ARVANITES AND 7TH) TRACEY HARRIS. ADDING MORE GLAMOUR TO THE EVENT WAS THE FACT THAT 9TH) DIANA ALBRECHT,10TH) TINA ZOCCALI, 11TH) KIM FARRY, 13TH) KAREN LUGRIS AND 14TH) ALICE LIN ALSO EARNED ALL LEAGUE HONORS.ALL TOTAL THE LADY PIRATES GRABBED 12 OUT OF THE 14 ALL LEAGUE SPOTS.
NOVEMBER 6, 1993 PERFECTION WAS THE WORD ONCE AGAIN AS THE "LADY PIRATES" GRABBED THE TOP SEVEN SPOTS IN THE JV SECTION MEET TO SCORE A SHUT OUT OVER THE REST OF THE SECTION!! THE PERFECT SEVEN WERE 1ST) KELLY THOMPSON, 2ND) KAREN LUGRIS, 3RD) ALICE LIN, 4TH) TARA BACH, 5TH) TRACEY HARRIS, 6TH) KIM FARRY AND 7TH) JILL ROMANOFF.
OCTOBER 4, 1994 AFTER TWELVE LONG YEARS A "RUNNING LADY PIRATE" FINALLY CAN LAY CLAIM TO OWNING THE COURSE RECORD AT PEARL RIVER'S OWN HOME COURSE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AS LIZ KANE WENT OUT AND RAN AWAY FROM THE COMPETITION BREAKING THE OLD RECORD BY OVER SIX SECONDS AS SHE RECORDED A TIME OF 19:19.6. A "RUNNING LADY PIRATE" CAN NOW LAY CLAIM TO ROCKLAND RECORDS AT BEAR MOUNTAIN, SUNKEN MEADOW, VAN CORTLANDT AND PR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
NOVEMBER 12, 1994 "THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES" PULLED OFF ONE OF THE GREATEST UPSETS IN NEW YORK STATE HISTORY AS THEY BEAT #6 NATIONALLY RANKED AVERILL PARK 64-68 TO MOVE BACK INTO THE WINNERS CIRCLE AT THE NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AFTER A FIVE YEAR ABSENCE. DESPITE THE FACT THAT AVERILL PARK PUT FOUR RUNNERS IN THE TOP 10,"THE LADY PIRATES" BEST GROUPING EVER OF ALL SEVEN RUNNERS IN THE TOP 42 PULLED OUT THE WIN. THE SEVENTH STATE TITLE FOR PEARL RIVER IS THE MOST EVER BY ANY HIGH SCHOOL. GEORGE FOREMAN WOULD BE PROUD!!! THE SEVEN NEW MEMBERS OF THE GREAT PIRATE STATE CHAMPIONS CLUB ARE LIZ KANE, COLLEEN THOMPSON THE, DIANA ALBRECHT, KELLY THOMPSON, ERIN GEENTY, KIM MEGDANIS AND TARA BACH.
SEPTEMBER 30, 1995 THE LADY PIRATES WENT WEST AND ONCE AGAIN PROVED THEIR MIGHT AS THEY WON THE DIVISION IV RACE (SCHOOLS UNDER 600 STUDENTS GRADES 10-12) AT THE STANFORD INVITATIONAL. LEADING THE WAY FOR THE LADY PIRATES WERE: (2) KIM MEGDANIS, (8) JEN MALONEY, (16) LIZ KANE, (17) PATTI MCCORMICK, (18) ERIN GEENTY, (24) COLLEEN THOMPSON &(29) REGINA PIETANZA. IN THE JV RACE THE LADY PIRATES TOOK SECOND BEHIND PLACER, CALIFORNIA.TOP LADY PIRATES WERE: (5) ALISON HILL,(7)VIRGINIA RIDDER,(10) MEGHAN HILL,(16)SARAH MCDONNELL,(20)SHAYNE BURAKIEWICZ, (32) JACKIE BERG & (43) ALLISON MALONEY. THESE PERFORMANCES ONCE AGAIN PROVE THAT THE LADY PIRATES CAN RUN WITH ANYONE, ANYWHERE AT ANYTIME!!!
SEPTEMBER 28, 1996 THE LADY PIRATES TOOK THEIR ACT TO THE SOUTH AS THEY TRAVELLED TO THE GREENSBORO INVITATIONAL IN GREENSBORO NORTH CAROLINA. THE JV TEAM PUT ON A DISPLAY THAT WILL NOT SOON BE FORGOTTEN IN THOSE PARTS. RUNNING IN THE JV RACE OF 31 TEAMS AND OVER 180 INDIVIDUAL FINISHERS, THE LADY PIRATES WENT OUT AND CAPTURED THE TOP FIVE SPOTS IN THE RACE. THE ARCHITECTS OF THIS 15 POINT PERFECTION ARE 1ST) CASEY CHIANG, 2ND) ALISON HILL 3RD) ERIN GEENTY, 4TH) MEG CONFREY, 5TH) REGINA PIETANZA OTHER LADY PIRATE FINISHERS WERE 7TH) JESSICA HANLEY & 17TH) SARAH MCDONNELL. THE LADY PIRATE VARSITY ALSO CAPTURED THE VARSITY CHAMPIONSHIP RACE WITH 71 PTS. PIRATE STARS WERE 7TH) COURTNEY O'KEEFE, 8TH) JEN MALONEY, 11TH) PATTI MCCORMICK, 22ND) MEGHAN HILL, 23RD)ALLISON MALONEY, 28TH) KRISTEN BADER, 67) VIRGINIA RIDDER
OCTOBER 1, 1996 IN THE LONG AWAITED DUAL MEET SHOWDOWN BETWEEN THE LADY PIRATES AND THE FAVORITE NANUET LADY KNIGHTS, THE LADY PIRATES WENT OUT AND SHOCKED THE WORLD AS THEY SHUT OUT THE FAVORITE NANUET TEAM AND IN SO DOING REWROTE THE PRMS ALLTIME LIST. THE SHUTOUT ARTISTS' OF THE DAY ARE 1) PATTI MCCORMICK, 2) JEN MALONEY,3) COURTNEY O'KEEFE, 4) MEGHAN HILL, 5) ALLISON MALONEY, 6) KRISTEN BADER, 7) CASEY CHIANG. FOR GOOD MEASURE THE LADY PIRATES ALSO PUT 7 OTHER RUNNERS AHEAD OF THE NANUET #3 RUNNER.THESE STARS ARE 10) VIRGINIA RIDDER, 11) ERIN GEENTY, 12) CHRISTINA BADIGIAN, 13) ALISON HILL, 14) MEG CONFREY, 15) REGINA PIETANZA & 16) JESSICA HANLEY.
MARCH 22, 1997 FORMER RUNNING LADY PIRATE GREAT, DELLA HALEY ’86, IS SELECTED INTO THE INAUGURAL CLASS OF THE PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS HALL OF FAME.”
SEPTEMBER 13, 1997 THE LADY PIRATES TRAVEL TO DARLINGTON PARK IN NEW JERSEY TO TAKE ON CLIFFSIDE PARK IN AN EARLY SEASON DUAL MEET. WHAT MAKES THIS DAY SPECIAL IS THAT CLIFFSIDE PARK IS COACHED BY FORMER RUNNING LADY PIRATE GREAT, LINDA GIARDINA. THIS MARKS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES TAKE ON A TEAM THAT IS COACHED BY ONE OF THEIR FORMER STARS. THE CURRENT LADY PIRATES SHOW NO RESPECT FOR THIS BIG OCCASION AS THEY WIN BOTH THE VARSITY RACE (15-48) AND THE FRESHMAN RACE (20-43).
OCTOBER 4, 1997 THE LADY PIRATES CONTINUED THEIR RECENT TRADITION OF TAKING THEIR MAGIC ON THE ROAD AS THEY TRAVELED TO THE MAGICAL WORLD OF DISNEY IN ORLANDO FLORIDA AND AS IS USUALLY THE CASE THEY CAME AWAY WITH VICTORIES IN BOTH THE VARSITY AND JR. VARSITY DIVISIONS. THE VARSITY STARS WERE (1ST) JEN MALONEY, (6TH) COURTNEY O'KEEFE, (8TH) MEGHAN HILL, (13TH) ALISON HILL, (15TH) PATTI MCCORMICK, (16TH) HYLA ALTNEU AND (20TH) KERRY TIGHE. THE JR. VARSITY HEROS WERE (2ND) CASEY CHIANG, (3RD) KRISTEN BADER, (4TH) VIRGINIA RIDDER, (8TH) MEG CONFREY,(9TH) MELISSA BAUER AND (11TH) LINDSAY RUDLOFF.
NOVEMBER 22, 1997 THE LADY PIRATES OVERCAME COLD, RAINY, MUDDY, ICY CONDITIONS AS WELL AS THE EXTRA WEEK LAYOFF AFTER THE MEET HAD BEEN POSTPONED FOR A WEEK TO RUN TO A 7TH PLACE FINISH AT THE FEDERATION MEET. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS FINISH WAS THAT THEY WERE THE TOP CLASS B SCHOOL IN THE RACE FINISHING JUST AHEAD OF QUEENSBURY, WINNER OF LAST WEEKS STATE MEET OVER THE LADY PIRATES. THEY WILL NOW FINISH THE 1997 SEASON AS THE #1 RANKED CLASS B SCHOOL IN NEW YORK STATE. THE LADY PIRATE STARS OF THE DAY WERE (50TH) MEGHAN HILL, (55TH) JEN MALONEY, (74TH) HYLA ALTNEU, (76TH) COURTNEY O'KEEFE, (107TH) VIRGINIA RIDDER, (132ND) ALISON HILL AND (144TH) CASEY CHIANG
OCTOBER 23, 1998 THE LADY PIRATES SET A NEW SCHOOL RECORD FOR DOMINANCE AS THEY WIN THEIR 20TH STRAIGHT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP. THEY TAKE THE TOP NINE SPOTS IN THE RACE AND CAPTURE 13 OUT OF THE POSSIBLE 14 ALL LEAGUE SPOTS. STARS OF THE DAY ARE 1) COURTNEY O'KEEFE, 2) CASEY CHIANG, 3) MEGHAN HILL, 4) LYZA SANCHEZ, 5) VANESSA MCKAY, 6) HYLA ALTNEU, 7) LINDSAY RUDLOFF, 8) MEGAN SHEEHAN, 9) JEN MALONEY, 11) KATE MALONEY, 12) ALEXIS ZIMMERMAN, 13) SARAH DUCH & 14) MARY O.
OCTOBER 29, 1998 IN SCORING THE SEVENTH LOWEST POINT TOTAL IN THE HISTORY OF THE MEET (30 PTS.) THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES CAPTURE THEIR 15TH OVERALL ROCKLAND COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP. IN THE PROCESS THEY SET A NEW SCHOOL RECORD WITH NINE GIRLS IN THE TOP 15. THE DOMINATING LADY PIRATES ARE 2) COURTNEY O'KEEFE, 4) CASEY CHIANG, 7) LYZA SANCHEZ, 8) MEGHAN HILL, 9) HYLA ALTNEU, 10) VANESSA MCKAY, 12) MEGAN SHEEHAN, 14) JEN MALONEY & 15) LINDSAY RUDLOFF.
NOVEMBER 6, 1998 THE LADY PIRATES SET ANOTHER DOMINATING SCHOOL RECORD AS THEY PLACE ALL FIVE SCORERS IN THE TOP EIGHT AND SIX RUNNERS IN THE TOP NINE AS THEY CAPTURE THEIR 20TH STRAIGHT SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP! THE STARS OF THE DAY ARE 1) COURTNEY O'KEEFE, 3) CASEY CHIANG, 6) LYZA SANCHEZ, 7) MEGHAN HILL, 8) VANESSA MCKAY & 9) MEGAN SHEEHAN. HYLA ALTNEU IN 17TH ROUNDS OUT THE CHAMPIONSHIP SQUAD.
NOVEMBER 21, 1998 THE LADY PIRATES REPEAT THEIR CUE OF LAST YEAR AS THEY FINISH WITH THEIR BEST FINISH AT THE FEDERATION MEET IN ELEVEN YEARS AS THEY PLACE FOURTH AND ARE THE TOP CLASS B SCHOOL, MEANING THAT THEY WILL ONCE AGAIN FINISH THE YEAR AS THE TOP CLASS B SCHOOL IN THE FINAL XC RANKINGS. MASTERS OF THIS CUE ARE COURTNEY O'KEEFE, CASEY CHIANG, LYZA SANCHEZ, VANESSA MCKAY, MEGHAN HILL, LINDSAY RUDLOFF AND MEGAN SHEEHAN.
SEPTEMBER 11, 1999 IT DID NOT TAKE LONG FOR THESE FIVE FRESHMAN TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE GREAT RUNNING LADY PIRATE TRADITION AS THEY CAPTURED THE FIRST FIVE PLACES IN THE FRESHMAN RACE AT THE WAGNER INVITATIONAL TO RECORD THE FIRST PERFECT SCORE EVER FOR THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES IN A FROSH INVITATIONAL. THE PERFECTIONIST ARE: 1ST KATHLEEN BARRETT, 2ND NICOLE BORAWSKI, 3RD BERNICE PATTEN, 4TH JACLYN BABIAK, 5TH DEIRDRE BRADY
OCTOBER 2, 1999 ANOTHER TRIP TO THE MAGIC KINGDOM OF DISNEY WORLD AND ANOTHER MAGICAL PERFORMANCE FOR BOTH RUNNING LADY PIRATE SQUADS. IN THE VARSITY THEY SCORE A VERY LOW TOTAL OF 31 POINTS TO EASILY WIN THIS RACE. THE STARS ARE: 3RD COURTNEY O?KEEFE, 5TH VANESSA MCKAY, 6TH CAITLIN HANLEY, 8TH LYZA SANCHEZ, 9TH PIA DESOIZA, 13TH MARY O, & 23RD BERNICE PATTEN. THE JV SQUAD PUT ON QUITE A SHOW AS THEY DOMINATED THE RACE AS NEVER DONE BEFORE. THEY TOOK FIVE OUT OF THE TOP SIX AND PUT ALL SEVEN GIRLS IN THE TOP 11. THE SEVEN STARS OF THIS MAGICAL SHOW ARE: 1ST MEGAN SHEEHAN, 3RD KATHLEEN BARRETT, 4TH NICOLE BORAWSKI, 5TH JACLYN BABIAK, 6TH LINDSAY SOKOL, 10TH DEIRDRE BRADY AND 11TH KATE MALONEY.
OCTOBER 16, 1999 THE LADY PIRATES CAPTURE THEIR SCHOOL RECORD SIXTH INVITATIONAL RACE OF THE YEAR AS THEY WIN THE SECTION ONE COACHES INVITATIONAL AT WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THE STARS OF THIS RECORD SETTING DAY ARE COURTNEY O’KEEFE, CAITLIN HANLEY, VANESSA MCKAY, PIA DESOIZA, BERNICE PATTEN, LYZA SANCHEZ AND MARY O.
OCTOBER 22, 1999 THE AWESOME RUNNING LADY PIRATES DOMINATE THIS RACE LIKE NEVER BEFORE AS THEY CAPTURE THE TOP TEN SPOTS IN THE RACE TO BRING HOME THEIR 17TH STRAIGHT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP MEET TITLE. THE TEN PERFECTIONISTS ARE: 1ST COURTNEY O’KEEFE, 2ND VANESSA MCKAY, 3RD CAITLIN HANLEY, 4TH LYZA SANCHEZ, 5TH MARY O, 6TH BERNICE PATTEN, 7TH MEGAN SHEEHAN, 8TH PIA DESOIZA, 9TH KATHLEEN BARRETT & 10TH NICOLE BORAWSKI. COURTNEY’S VICTORY IS THE 13TH FOR A LADY PIRATE AT THIS MEET.
OCTOBER 28, 1999 THE INCREDIBLY AWESOME RUNNING LADY PIRATES PUT ON A SHOW LIKE NEVER BEFORE AS THEY CAPTURE THE TOP SIX SPOTS ON THEIR WAY TO A PERFECT SCORE OF 15 POINTS, AS THEY WIN THEIR RECORD TYING SIXTH STRAIGHT ROCKLAND COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP MEET!! ALL SEVEN RUNNERS IN THE TOP NINE, AND NINE RUNNERS IN THE TOP 14 ARE ALSO MEET RECORDS. STARS OF THIS RECORD SETTING DAY ARE: 1ST COURTNEY O’KEEFE, 2ND VANESSA MCKAY, 3RD CAITLIN HANLEY, 4TH LYZA SANCHEZ, 5TH BERNICE PATTEN, 6TH PIA DESOIZA, 9TH MEGAN SHEEHAN, 13TH MARY O & 14TH KATHLEEN BARRETT. COURTNEY BECOMES ONLY THE FIFTH RUNNING LADY PIRATE TO CAPTURE THIS INDIVIDUAL TITLE. AND TO THINK THAT ALL OF THIS WAS INSPIRED BY AN OSTRICH AND A SCARECROW!!!
NOVEMBER 5, 1999 THE RECORD SETTING PERFORMANCES CONTINUE AS THE RED RIBBON GIRLS SET A NEW RECORD POINT TOTAL OF 18 AS THEY WIN THEIR 21ST STRAIGHT SECTIONAL TITLE!!! ALL SEVEN GIRLS IN THE TOP EIGHT IS EASILY THE BEST EVER FOR THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES!!! TODAY’S RECORD SETTING SEVEN ARE: 1ST VANESSA MCKAY, 2ND COURTNEY O’KEEFE, 4TH CAITLIN HANLEY, 5TH PIA DESOIZA, 6TH LYZA SANCHEZ, 7TH BERNICE PATTEN & 8TH MEGAN SHEEHAN. VANESSA BECOMES THE 10TH INDIVIDUAL SECTIONAL CHAMPION FROM PRHS!!
NOVEMBER 13, 1999 ANOTHER DAY AND ANOTHER HUGH VICTORY AND MORE RECORDS FOR "THE RED RIBBON GIRLS." THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES SET A NEW SCHOOL RECORD POINT TOTAL OF 37 POINTS IN WINNING THEIR RECORD TYING EIGHTH NEW YORK STATE CROSS COUNTRY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!!! COURTNEY O’KEEFE BECOMES PR’S FIRST EVER CROSS COUNTRY INDIVIDUAL STATE CHAMPION AND CLOSE BEHIND IS VANESSA MCKAY WITH PR’S FIRST EVER RUNNERUP FINISH. FOUR INDIVIDUAL MEDAL WINNERS IS ALSO A RECORD FOR THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES. ALL FIVE SCORERS IN THE TOP 22 AND SIX IN THE TOP 24 ARE ALSO NEW RECORDS FOR PR. THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF PR’S EXCLUSIVE STATE CHAMPIONS CLUB ARE: 1ST COURTNEY O’KEEFE, 2ND VANESSA MCKAY, 12TH CAITLIN HANLEY, 20TH LYZA SANCHEZ, 22ND BERNICE PATTEN, 24TH PIA DESOIZA & 59TH MEGAN SHEEHAN. THIS VARSITY VICTORY IS ALSO THE 20TH OF THE YEAR TYING THE SCHOOL RECORD FOR ONE SEASON. REMEMBER GIRLS..HEROS ARE REMEMBERED, BUT THE LEGEND OF BEING STATE CHAMPIONS NEVER DIES!!!
NOVEMVER 16, 1999 THIS DAY IS OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED AS “PEARL RIVER RUNNING LADY PIRATES DAY” IN ROCKLAND COUNTY, AS THE GIRLS ARE HONORED AT A CEREMONY AT THE ROCKLAND COUNTY LEGISLATUR’S MEETING IN NEW CITY AS A RESULT OF THEIR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING PERFORMANCE LAST SATURDAY!! NOVEMBER 20, 1999 THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES RUN THEMSELVES TO A FOURTH PLACE FINISH AT THE FEDERATION MEET AND INSURE THEMSELVES OF THE #1 RANKING IN CLASS C FOR THE 1999 CROSS COUNTRY SEASON. THIS MARKS THE 13TH TIME IN THE LAST 20 YEARS THAT THE LADY PIRATES HAVE FINISHED THE SEASON AS THE #1 TEAM IN THEIR CLASS IN THE STATE OF NY. THE FOURTH PLACE FINISH TIES FOR #4 IN PRXC HISTORY AND IS ALSO THE 11TH TIME THAT THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES HAVE GONE UP ON STAGE TO RECEIVE ONE OF THE TREASURED PLAQUES FROM THIS MEET!!! STARS OF TODAY’S BIG DAY ARE COURTNEY O’KEEFE, VANESSA MCKAY, CAITLIN HANLEY, PIA DESOIZA, BERNICE PATTEN, LYZA SANCHEZ AND MARY O!!!
NOVEMBER 29, 1999 FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES DURING THE 1990S, THE NEW YORK STATE SPORTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION NAMES THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES OF PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL AS THE NEW YORK STATE CROSS COUNTRY TEAM OF THE DECADE IN THE MEDIUM SIZE SCHOOL DIVISION. ALSO ON THIS DATE, THE NYSSWA ANNOUNCES THEIR ANNUAL ALLSTATE CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS AND THE LADY PIRATES NAB SIX BERTHS. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER THE LADY PIRATES LAND TWO GIRLS ON FIRST TEAM, COURTNEY O’KEEFE AND VANESSA MCKAY. CAITLIN HANLEY LANDS ON SECOND TEAM AND LYZA SANCHEZ, PIA DESOIZA AND BERNICE PATTEN ALL MAKE THIRD TEAM. WITH THE ADDITION OF THESE ALLSTATE SIGNS, THE TEAM OF THE DECADE SIGN, THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SIGN AS WELL AS THE TWO SIGNS FOR COURTNEY AND VANESSA PLACING FIRST AND SECOND AT THE STATE MEET THE GYM RAFTERS WILL NOW BE SPORTING ANOTHER 10 SIGNS HONORING THE GREATEST SPORTS PROGRAM IN ROCKLAND COUNTY HISTORY!!!!!!!
MARCH 31, 2000 THE ROCKLAND JOURNAL NEWS RELEASES THE ROCKLAND COUNTY “ALL CENTURY CROSS COUNTRY TEAM” AND TO NO ONE’S SURPRISE, THE LADY PIRATES DOMINATE THE GIRLS PORTION OF THE TEAM. THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES ARE CHOSEN AS THE PROGRAM OF THE CENTURY AND DAN DOHERTY IS CHOSEN AS THE COACH OF THE CENTURY. ON THE INDIVIDUAL RUNNERS SIDE THE LADY PIRATES NAB NINE OUT OF THE SEVENTEEN SPOTS CHOSEN. THE CENTURY FAMOUS LADY PIRATES ARE FROM THE DECADE OF THE EIGHTIES, JOANN TURILLI, AILEEN O’SHEA, DELLA HALEY, ERIKA DUTHIERS, WENDY MAY AND NATHALIE MARQUIS. FROM THE NINETIES ARE LIZ KANE AND CURRENT LADY PIRATE GREATS COURTNEY O’KEEFE AND VANESSA MCKAY.
AUGUST 24, 2000 COURTNEY O’KEEFE BECOMES THE FIRST LADY PIRATE TO ATTEND THE VERMONT EXPERIENCE FIVE TIMES!!
SEPTEMBER 27, 2000 THE LADY PIRATES DEFEAT SLEEPY HOLLOW, ARDSLEY AND PT. CHESTER IN DUAL MEETS AND EXTEND THEIR DUAL MEET WINNING STREAK TO 88 STRAIGHT. THIS BREAKS THEIR OWN COUNTY RECORD OF 86 STRAIGHT FROM 1978-1990. THE STARS OF TODAY’S RECORD SETTING DAY ARE: CAITLIN HANLEY, EVE MASCOLI, NICOLE BORAWSKI, DEIRDRE BRADY, KRISTIN HARDING, HEIDI MUN AND JEN REILLY.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2000 THE LADY PIRATES ONCE AGAIN GO CROSS COUNTRY TO RUN CROSS COUNTRY AND PROVE ONCE AGAIN THAT THEY ARE A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH NO MATTER WHERE THEY RUN. DESPITE THE FACT THAT VANESSA MCKAY HAD TO FLY BACK HOME DUE TO HER FATHER’S DEATH, AND THE SOMBER MOOD OF THE TEAM, THE LADY PIRATES DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO HIS HONOR AND COME AWAY WITH VICTORIES AT BOTH THE JV AND VARSITY LEVEL. STARS OF THIS DEDICATED VICTORY ARE JV RUNNERS COURTNEY O’KEEFE, EVE MASCOLI, DEIRDRE BRADY, NICOLE BORAWSKI, HEIDI MUN, KRISTIN HARDING & JEN REILLY. ON THE VARSITY LEVEL THE STARS ARE PIA DESOIZA, MARY O, CAITLIN HANLEY, BERNICE PATTEN, JACLYN GAINES, KATHLEEN BARRETT AND LYZA SANCHEZ.
OCTOBER 17, 2000 THE LADY PIRATES WIN THEIR 18TH STRAIGHT LEAGUE MEET CHAMPIONSHIP IN RECORD TYING FASHION AS THEY CAPTURE THE TOP TEN SPOTS IN THE RACE AS THEY HAD IN 1999. PIA DESOIZA LEADS THE WAY AS SHE BECOMES THE 13TH RUNNING LADY PIRATE TO BE INDIVIDUAL LEAGUE CHAMPION. CLOSE BEHIND ARE 2ND BERNICE PATTEN, 3RD KATHLEEN BARRETT, 4TH JACLYN GAINES, 5TH COURTNEY O’KEEFE, 6TH LYZA SANCHEZ, 7TH MARY O, 8TH CAITLIN HANLEY, 9TH EVE MASCOLI AND 10TH NICOLE BORAWSKI.
OCTOBER 26, 2000 “WHO LET THE DOGS OUT” IS THE QUESTION AS THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES RUN LIKE GRAYHOUNDS AND SCORE THE SECOND LOWEST POINT TOTAL EVER AT THE COUNTY MEET WITH 18 POINTS. THIS IS A RECORD SETTING SEVENTH STRAIGHT VICTORY FOR THE LADY PIRATES. VANESSA MCKAY BECOMES THE SIXTH RUNNING LADY PIRATE INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION AT THIS MEET. OTHER LADY PIRATE SCORERS ARE 2ND JACLYN GAINES, 4TH BERNICE PATTEN, 5TH COURTNEY O’KEEFE AND 6TH PIA DESOIZA. KATHLEEN BARRETT IN 8TH AND MARY O IN 12TH ROUND OUT THE PIRATE TOP 7.
NOVEMBER 3, 2000 VANESSA MCKAY BECOMES THE FIRST RUNNING LADY PIRATE TO WIN THE INDIVIDUAL SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TWICE AS SHE LEADS THE LADY PIRATES TO THEIR 22ND STRAIGHT TITLE.
NOVEMBER 18, 2000 LED BY THE ROCKLAND COUNTY RECORD SETTING PERFORMANCE OF VANESSA MCKAY AT BOWDOIN PARK, THE LADY PIRATES FINISH IN FOURTH PLACE AT THE FEDERATION MEET TO SECURE AN OVERALL STATE RANKING OF #4 AND CLASS C RANKING OF #2 FOR THE 2000 CROSS COUNTRY SEASON. PIA DESOIZA ALSO BREAKS THE OLD COUNTY RECORD. THE TRIP UP ON STAGE FOR THE LADY PIRATES AT THIS MEET IS THEIR 12TH TIME. OTHER LEADERS OF THIS STAGE CREW ARE JACLYN GAINES, COURTNEY O’KEEFE, MARY O, BERNICE PATTEN AND KATHLEEN BARRETT. MARCH 24, 2001 ALTHOUGH IT TOOK FIVE YEARS, THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES FINALLY LAND A TEAM INTO THE PEARL RIVER SPORTS HALL OF FAME AS THE FEDERATION CHAMPIONSHIP 1985 TEAM IS SELECTED.
NOVEMBER 2, 2001 THE LADY PIRATES REACH “PERFECTION” AS THEY TAKE THE TOP FIVE SPOTS AT THE SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND RING UP A PERFECT SCORE OF 15 POINTS. THE PERFECTIONIST OF THE DAY ARE: 1ST JACLYN GAINES, 2ND VANESSA MCKAY, 3RD PIA DESOIZA, 4TH BERNICE PATTEN & 5TH EVE MASCOLI. THIS VICTORY ALSO MARKS THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES 23RD STRAIGHT SECTIONAL XC CHAMPIONSHIP.
NOVEMBER 17, 2001 THE LADY PIRATES RALLY FROM THE BRINK OF NOT FINISHING IN THE TOP 15 AT THE FEDERATION MEET AND RISE ALL THE WAY TO SIXTH PLACE, THEIR 17TH TIME IN THE TOP SIX AT THIS MEET. MORE SIGNIFICANTLY IS THE FACT THAT THEY BEAT SKANEATELES AND GAIN A SHARE OF THE #1 CLASS C NY STATE XC RANKING FOR THE 2001 SEASON, THE 14TH TIME THEY HAVE FINISHED ATOP THE CLASS RANKINGS!!!
AUGUST 22, 2002 AFTER 15 FANTASTIC YEARS AT THE RILEY HOUSE IN VERMONT, THE LADY PIRATES MOVE THEIR XC CAMP UP ROUTE 100 A COUPLE OF MILES AND MOVE INTO A LIFE OF LUXURY. TWELVE BEDROOMS, FOURTEEN BATHROOMS, AN INDOOR POOL, TENNIS COURT, VOLLEYBALL COURT, POOL TABLES, PINGPONG AND OF COURSE VIRTUAL GOLF! FORTUNATELY, THE HOUSE IS STILL IN THE SAME AREA SO SUCH FAMILIAR TERMS AS “STOWE”, “HASKELL” AND BALLOU REMAIN IN THE FOREFRONT! LOOPS FROM HELL NOW BECOMES A FAMILIAR TERM!!
SEPTEMBER 10, 2002 “THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES” WIN THEIR 100TH & 101ST CONSECTUTIVE DUAL MEETS AS THEY EASILY RUN PAST TAPPAN ZEE AND PELHAM. THE STARS OF THIS HISTORIC DAY ARE JACLYN GAINES, LAURA REILLY, BERNICE PATTEN, VANESSA MCKAY, NICOLE BORAWSKI, LISA DAMIANI & NATASHA JAVED.
OCTOBER 1, 2002 “THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES” WIN THEIR 200TH DUAL MEET IN THEIR ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY AS THEY DEFEAT NANUET BY THE SCORE OF 18-40. THE STARS OF THIS GREAT DAY ARE JACLYN GAINES, BERNICE PATTEN, NATASHA JAVED, NICOLE BORAWSKI, LISA DAMIANI, JEN DARBY & JACLYN BABIAK.
NOVEMBER 1, 2002 JACLYN GAINES BECOMES ONLY THE SECOND “RUNNING LADY PIRATE” EVER TO CAPTURE THE INDIVIDUAL SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR TWO CONSECTUTIVE YEARS AS SHE LEADS HER TEAMMATES TO THEIR AMAZING 24TH STRAIGHT SECTIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP!!
NOVEMBER 9, 2002 JACLYN GAINES CLAIMS THIRD PLACE AT THE NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, MAKING HER THE THIRD HIGHEST PLACING “RUNNING LADY PIRATE” EVER AT THIS MEET. HER PERFORMANCE HELPS TO LEAD HER INJURY DEPLETED TEAMMATES TO A THIRD PLACE FINISH. THIS MARKS THE 23RD TIME IN THE LAST 24 YEARS THAT THE “RUNNING LADY PIRATES” HAVE FINISHED IN THIRD PLACE OF HIGHER AT THE STATE MEET!!!
OCTOBER 7, 2003 THE LADY PIRATES DEFEAT RYE, BRIARCLIFF & HASTINGS TO CLOSE OUT THEIR 2003 DUAL MEET SEASON WITH A PERFECT 15- 0 RECORD. THE 15 WINS IN ONE YEAR IS A NEW SCHOOL RECORD AND RUNS THEIR LONG WINNING STREAK TO 127 STRAIGHT. THE STARS OF THE DAY ARE MEGAN QUAIL, EVE MASCOLI, SAMANTHA STADT, LISA DAMIANI, JEN DARBY, SHANAGH WOODS & KACEY BROSNAN.
OCTOBER 14, 2003 “PERFECTION” IS THE WORD OF THE DAY AS THE LADY PIRATES ACHIEVE NOTHING BUT AT THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD AT WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE ON THIS DAY. THE VARSITY SCORES A PERFECT 15 POINTS BY TAKING THE TOP FIVE PLACES IN THE RACE AND THEN ADDS 6TH AND 7TH PLACE FOR GOOD MEASURE. THE VARSITY STARS ARE 1)LAURA REILLY 2)CARALYN HICKEY 3)MICHELLE FARRELL, 4)MEGAN QUAIL, 5)EVE MASCOLI, 6)SAMANTHA STADT, 7)SUZANNE PARTRIDGE. NOT TO BE OUTDONE, THE JV LADY PIRATES GO OUT AND TAKE THE TOP 12 PLACES IN THE JV RACE!!! THESE STARS ARE 1)SARA MEADE, 2)CAITLIN REILLY, 3)MELISSA TARANTINO, 4)JULIANNE CAHILL, 5)NICOLE CUEVA, 6)KRISTINE MUN, 7)LEAH ST.CLAIR, 8)KACEY BROSNAN, 9)KIM HUBER, 10)KATIE HORTON, 11)DEIRDRE DULAK & 12)KATIE LINNANE.
OCTOBER 31, 2003 THE OBITUARIES HAD BEEN WRITTEN, THE GRAVES HAD BEEN DUG, THE ERA WAS OVER ... ONE SMALL PROBLEM, NO ONE TOLD THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES AND WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT THEY WENT OUT AND DESTROYED THE FIELD ON THEIR WAY TO THEIR 25TH STRAIGHT SECTIONAL TITLE!!!! THE HEROES OF TODAY ARE 3)CARALYN HICKEY, 4)LAURA REILLY, 7)MICHELLE FARRELL, 9)MEGAN QUAIL, 10)EVE MASCOLI, 25)SUZANNE PARTRIDGE & 30)CAITLIN REILLY.
MARCH 27, 2004 THE 1981 EASTERN STATES AND NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM, AS WELL AS ONE OF PR’S GREATEST EVER, ERIKA DUTHIERS EARN THEIR INDUCTION INTO THE PEARL RIVER SPORTS HALL OF FAME.
OCTOBER 1, 2004 THE LADY PIRATE JV RUNS TO PERFECTION AT THE MAROON INVITATIONAL WITH A PERFECT SCORE OF 15 POINTS. THE PERFECTIONIST ARE: 1ST CAITLIN REILLY, 2ND SARA MEADE, 3RD JEN DARBY, 4TH NICOLE CUEVA, 5TH SHANAGH WOODS. FOR GOOD MEASURE KATHLEEN DELANEY COMES IN CLOSE BEHIND IN 6TH PLACE!
NOVEMBER 13, 2004 SAMANTHA STADT RUNS TO PR’S 9TH BEST FINISH EVER AT THE STATE MEET WITH HER 7TH PLACE FINISH. HER EFFORT HELPS TO LEAD HER TEAMMATES TO A THIRD PLACE FINISH, THE 24TH TIME IN THE LAST 26 YEARS THAT THEY HAVE FINISHED IN THE TOP THREE AT THE STATE MEET.
NOVEMBER 20, 2004 SAMANTHA STADT ONCE AGAIN LEADS THE WAY AT THE FEDERATION MEET, AS SHE BECOMES ONLY PR’S 20TH INDIVIDUAL MEDAL WINNER AT THIS MEET WITH HER 34TH PLACE FINISH. THE TEAM’S 10TH PLACE MARKS THE 21ST TIME THAT THEY HAVE FINISHED IN THE TOP TEN AT THIS SEASON ENDING CHAMPIONSHIP MEET!!
SEPTEMBER 6, 2005 TARA CLINTON COMPETES IN THE NEWCOMERS RACE AT THE ANNUAL SCRIMMAGE, AND THUS BECOMES THE FIRST “SECOND GENERATION” “RUNNING LADY PIRATE.” HER MOM MARYBETH MAHONEY COMPETED FOR THE “RUNNING LADY PIRATES” ON THE 1979, 1980 AND 1981 TEAMS!!
SEPTEMBER 10, 2005 THE START OF A NEW SEASON, BUT THE SAME OLD RESULTS, ANOTHER VARSITY INVITATIONAL LADY PIRATE VICTORY. WHAT MAKES THIS ONE SPECIAL IS THE FACT THAT IT IS THE 100TH INVITATIONAL VICTORY IN THE HISTORY OF THE “RUNNING LADY PIRATE” XC PROGRAM. THE STARS OF THIS HISTORIC PERFORMANCE ARE 1ST) SAMANTHA STADT, 3RD) JULIE HUDAK, 11TH) MEGAN QUAIL, 12TH) SARA MEADE, 13TH) CARALYN HICKEY, 14TH) KRISTINE MUN AND 38TH) BRITTANY CREAGH. ON ANOTHER HISTORIC NOTE, THE JV VICTORY, 1ST) CAITLIN REILLY, 2ND) NICOLE MARTIN, 3RD) NICOLE CUEVA, 4TH) DEIRDRE DULAK, 17TH) CRYSTAL MORAN, 24TH) KAHLIE COEN & 34TH) FELICIA COLLAZO AND THE FROSH VICTORY, 1ST) DANIELLE LORE, 2ND) JESSICA BROSNAN, 4TH) DANIELLE KUSHNER, 6TH) TARA CLINTON, 9TH) KRISTINA MCGOWAN, 13TH) ANGELICA GILSENAN, 14TH) TAYLOR WILSON, 21ST) KATHLEEN KEARNEY & 29TH) KATHLEEN ZORY RUNS THE LADY PIRATE VICTORY TOTAL ON THE JV, SOPH & FROSH LEVEL TO 200!!
SEPTEMBER 27, 2005 LED BY SAMANTHA STADT’S PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL COURSE RECORD BREAKING PERFORMANCE (18:51.7), THE LADY PIRATES BREAK THE ALLTIME ONE DAY FIVE PERSON AVERAGE AT THEIR HOME COURSE WITH A AVERAGE TIME OF 19:59.86. THE OLD INDIVIDUAL COURSE RECORD HELD BY LIZ KANE (19:19.6) WAS SET IN 1994 AND THE OLD TEAM AVERAGE MARK HAD STOOD SINCE 1996. TODAY’S RECORD BREAKERS WERE SAMANTHA STADT, JULIE HUDAK, KRISTINE MUN, MICHELLE FARRELL & SARA MEADE. BY THE WAY, THE LADY PIRATES DEFEATED TZ, HEN HUDSON AND BREWSTER TO WIN THE MEET.
OCTOBER 18, 2005 WITH SAMANTHA STADT LEADING THE WAY WITH A ROCKLAND COUNTY RECORD FOR THE WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE COURSE, THE LADY PIRATES WIN THEIR 23RD STRAIGHT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP MEET. HER WINNING TIME OF 19:22.8 LEADS THE WAY FOR 4TH) JULIE HUDAK, 5TH) MICHELLE FARRELL, 6TH) KRISTINE MUN, 9TH) JESSICA BROSNAN, 10TH) SARA MEADE AND 11TH0 CARALYN HICKEY. NOT TO BE OUTDONE, THE RUNNING LADY PIRATE JV SQUAD DOMINATES BY TAKING THE TOP TEN SPOTS IN THE JV RACE FOR ANOTHER AWESOME VICTORY!! STARS OF THE DAY ARE 1ST) DANIELLE KUSHNER, 2ND) TARA CLINTON, 3RD) MEGAN QUAIL, 4TH) SHANAGH WOODS, 5TH) NICOLE CUEVA, 6TH) SUZANNE PARTRIDGE, 7TH) DEIRDRE DULAK, 8TH) ANGELICA GILSENAN, 9TH) JEANETTE CAHILL & 10TH) KRISTINA MCGOWAN.
NOVEMBER 1, 2005 THE FROSH LADY PIRATES CAPTURE “THE RAY ROSWELL FROSH CHAMPIONSHIPS” AND RECORD THEIR SEVENTH FROSH INVITATIONAL VICTORY OF THE SEASON. THE RECORD SETTERS ARE JESSICA BROSNAN, DANIELLE KUSHNER, TARA CLINTON, JEANETTE CAHILL, KRISTINA MCGOWAN, ANGELICA GILSENAN, TAYLOR WILSON, DANIELLE LORE & KATHLEEN KEARNEY. IT IS ALSO THE 33RD OVERALL VICTORY OF THE YEAR FOR THE “RUNNING LADY PIRATES” ANOTHER SCHOOL RECORD!!
NOVEMBER 3, 2005 THE LADY PIRATES CAPTURE THEIR 27TH STRAIGHT SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND ADD THEIR 17TH JV SECTIONAL TITLE AS WELL, TO RUN THEIR SCHOOL RECORD VICTORY TOTAL TO 35 FOR THE SEASON.
NOVEMBER 12, 2005 DESPITE A VERY DISAPPOINTING FOURTH PLACE TEAM FINISH AT THE STATE MEET, (ONLY THE THIRD TIME IN THE LAST 27 YEARS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN OUT OF THE TOP THREE) SAMANTHA STADT FINISHES AN OUTSTANDING SECOND PLACE TO TIE HER FOR THE SECOND HIGHEST “RUNNING LADY PIRATE” INDIVIDUAL FINISH AT THE STATE MEET IN THEIR LONG GREAT HISTORY!
AUGUST 27, 2006 FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE RUNNING LADY PIRATE CROSS COUNTRY CAMP FEATURES “OUTSIDERS.” BETSY EDINGER (DAUGHTER OF DARCY MAY – PRHS ’81) AND HER FRIEND CADY KUZMICH, BOTH OF GREENWICH HIGH SCHOOL, COME AND SPEND THE WEEK WITH THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES IN VERMONT!
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 THE LADY PIRATES WIN THEIR CLOSEST VARSITY INVITATIONAL RACE EVER, BEATING URSULINE ON THE SIXTH RUNNER TIEBREAKER. STARS OF THE DAY ARE JULIE HUDAK, KRISTINE MUN, MICHELLE FARRELL, BLA LOUGHRAN, JEANETTE CAHILL AND TARA CLINTON.
OCTOBER 26, 2006 THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES RETURN THE ROCKLAND COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP TO ITS’ RIGHTFUL PLACE AS THEY CAPTURE THE TITLE FOR THE 20TH TIME. IT IS THEIR FIRST ROCKLAND TITLE SINCE 2002. BRINGING THE TITLE BACK WHERE IT BELONGS ARE JULIE HUDAK, KRISTINE MUN, MICHELLE FARRELL, BLA LOUGHRAN, JEANETTE CAHILL, TARA CLINTON & SARAH PUTNICK.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2007 A NEW ERA IN PEARL RIVER CROSS COUNTRY GETS UNDERWAY, AS THE “YOUNG GUNS” OPEN THEIR PRXC CAREERS IN FLYING FASHION AS THEY DOMINATE THE RANDOLPH INVITATIONAL.LEADING THE WAY WITH A MEET RECORD PERFORMANCE WAS INDIVIDUAL WINNER, CHELSEA KUSHNER. BACKING HER UP WAS (5TH) ERICA GUERIN, (6TH) KATIE O’FLYNN, (8TH) KELLI VANHOUTEN, (9TH) KERRY GUERIN, (10TH) NICOLE SOZZO AND (12TH) NED LOUGHRAN. THIS PERFORMANCE HELPS TO DEMONSTATE THAT “THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES” ARE ALIVE AND WELL AND THE FUTURE LOOKS TO BE AS IMPRESSIVE AS THEIR PAST!!
NOVEMBER 2, 2007 THE “YOUNG GUNS” CONTINUED THEIR IMPRESSIVE SEASON, SCORING THEIR THIRD LOWEST SECTIONAL MEET SCORE EVER WITH 19 PTS. THIS PEFORMANCE ENABLES THEM TO CAPTURE THEIR 29TH STRAIGHT SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!! LEADING THE WAY WERE (1ST) CHELSEA KUSHNER, (2ND) KELLI VANHOUTEN, (3RD) KERRY GUERIN, (5TH) ERICA GUERIN, (8TH) KEELEY BATEMAN, (9TH) TARA CLINTON AND (16TH) DANIELLE LORE.
NOVEMBER 7, 2007 COACH DAN DOHERTY RECEIVES THE PRESTIGIOUS “FRANK MCGUIRE AWARD” AT THE NEW YORK ATHLETIC CLUB IN DOWNTOWN NEW YORK CITY. THE AWARD HONORS COACHES WHO EXEMPLIFY INTEGRITY, ACHIEVEMENT AND A QUEST FOR EXCELLENCE FROM THEMSELVES AND THEIR ATHLETES.
NOVEMBER 10, 2007 THE LADY PIRATES CONCLUDE THEIR SURPRISING SEASON WITH A THIRD PLACE FINISH AT THE NEW YORK STATE MEET. A TEAM OF NOBODYS A MERE THREE MONTHS AGO, THESE GIRLS HELP TO BRING PEARL RIVER TO THEIR 26TH TOP THREE FINISH AT THIS MEET IN THE LAST 29 YEARS. STARS OF THE DAY ARE CHELSEA KUSHNER, KERRY GUERIN, ERICA GUERIN, KELLI VANHOUTEN, KEELEY BATEMAN, TARA CLINTON AND KRISTINA MCGOWAN.
NOVEMBER 14, 2007 COACH DAN DOHERTY IS NAMED “EASTBAY NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY COACH OF THE WEEK.” THE WEEKLY AWARD IS CHOSEN BY THE EDITORS OF DYESTAT, THE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY AND TRACK AND FIELD WEBSITE.
AUGUST 30, 2008 A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME THIS SEASON APPEARS AS THE LADY PIRATES RUN WILD IN THEIR ANNUAL “HASKELL HILL” TIME TRIAL IN VERMONT. CHELSEA KUSHNER SETS A NEW OVERALL RECORD WITH HER TIME OF 8:05. MOLLY SHINE FOLLOWS IN 8:26 FOR A NEW FRESHMAN RECORD. KELLI VANHOUTEN (8:36), KERRY GUERIN (8:44) AND ERICA GUERIN (8:46) HELP TO MAKE THIS THE DEEPEST TOP FIVE EVER ON THIS ANNUAL TRIAL!!
OCTOBER 3, 2008 “WHERE AND WHO IS PEARL RIVER?” THAT WAS THE MOST OVERHEARD QUESTION AS THE “RUNNING LADY PIRATES” PUT ON ONE OF THEIR ALLTIME BEST “SHOWS” AS THEY DOMINATED AT THE FLRUNNERS.COM INVITATIONAL IN TITSVILLE, FLORIDA. THE JR. VARSITY, LED BY TARA CLINTON (1ST) KATELYN GARVERY (2ND) CEILI MCMORROW (3RD) CAITLIN KENNY (4TH) LIZ DEGENNARO (6TH) ERIN BYRNES (7TH) AND KRISTINA MCGOWAN (8TH) AS THE LADY PIRATES TOOK 7 OF THE TOP 8 SPOTS IN THIS RACE OF CLOSE TO 200 RUNNERS. ALTHOUGH NOT AS DOMINATE AS THEIR JV COUNTERPARTS, THE VARSITY PUT FIVE IN THE TOP 11 AND EASILY WON WITH A SCORE OF 27 POINTS. LEADING THE WAY WERE KERRY GUERIN (1ST) CHELSEA KUSHNER (3RD) ERICA GUERIN (7TH) MOLLY SHINE (8TH) AND KELLI VANHOUTEN (11TH)
OCTOBER 11, 2008 “PERFECTION” WAS ONCE AGAIN THE WORD OF THE DAY AS THE LADY PIRATE JV WENT OUT AND SWEPT THE TOP FIVE PLACES AT THE SUFFOLK OFFICIALS INVITATIONAL FOR A PERFECT SCORE OF 15 POINTS. THE PERFECTION ARTISTS WERE KATELYN GARVEY (1ST)CEILI MCMORROW (2ND) MARIA KOHLBRENNER (3RD) MALLORY AVERY (4TH) AND ERIN BYRNES (5TH)
OCTOBER 18, 2008 THE LADY PIRATES WIN THEIR RECORD TYING 6TH INVITATIONAL RACE OF THE YEAR BY DOMINATING THE SECTION ONE COACHES INVITATIONAL AT BOWDOIN PARK. LEADING THE WAY ARE KERRY GUERIN (2ND) MOLLY SHINE (3RD) ERICA GUERIN 4TH) KELLI VANHOUTEN (5TH) CHELSEA KUSHNER (9TH) TARA CLINTON (20TH) AND KEELEY BATEMAN (33)
OCTOBER 23, 2008 OVERCOMING LOSING INDIVIDUAL LEAGUE CHAMPION, MOLLY SHINE DURING THE RACE, THE LADY PIRATES RUN TO THEIR 21ST ROCKLAND COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP THEIR 5 PERSON TIME AVERAGE OF 18:35.93 IS THEIR FOURTH BEST EVER. LEADING THE WAY ARE KERRY GUERIN (4TH) KELLI VANHOUTEN (5TH) CHELSEA KUSHNER (6TH) ERICA GUERIN (8TH) MARIA KOHLBRENNER (16TH) AND TARA CLINTON (20TH)
OCTOBER 31, 2008 “THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES” CONTINUE PERHAPS THE GREATEST WINNING STREAK IN NEW YORK STATE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS HISTORY, AS THEY EASILY WIN THEIR 30TH STRAIGHT SECTIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP!! LEADING THE WAY FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW IS INDIVIDUAL WINNER CHELSEA KUSHNER AND RUNNER UP KELLI VANHOUTEN. ROUNDING OUT THE CHAMPIONSHIP SQUAD ARE KERRY GUERIN (4TH) ERICA GUERIN (5TH) MARIA KOHLBRENNER (7TH) TARA CLINTON (8TH) AND ERIN BYRNES (12TH)
NOVEMBER 8, 2008 CHELSEA KUSHNER BECOMES ONLY THE TENTH “RUNNING LADY PIRATE” TO FINISH IN THE TOP TEN AT THE STATE MEET, WITH HER NINTH PLACE FINISH. SHE HELPS TO LEAD “THE RUNNING LADY PIRATES” TO A RUNNERUP FINISH, THEIR HIGHEST FINISH AT THIS MEET SINCE 2001. DECEMBER 31, 2008 “HARRIER” MAGAZINE RELEASES THEIR FINAL UNITED STATES HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY POLL, AND FOR THE 11TH TIME IN THEIR GREAT HISTORY AND FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE YEAR 2000, THE PEARL RIVER RUNNING LADY PIRATES ARE SELECTED AS ONE OF THE TOP FIFTY GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS IN THE UNITED STATES.
OCTOBER 13, 2009 DESPITE NOT PLACING ANYONE IN THE TOP THREE, THE LADY PIRATES PROCEED TO TAKE THE NEXT SEVEN SPOTS IN THE RACE AS THEY TURN BACK UPSET MINDED TAPPAN ZEE BY THE SCORE OF 30-42. THE STARS OF TODAY’S 31ST STRAIGHT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP MEET PERFORMANCE ARE 4TH) MARIA KOHLBRENNER, 5TH) ERICA GUERIN, 6TH) CHELSEA KUSHNER, 7TH) KERRY GUERIN, 8TH) KEELEY BATEMAN, 9TH) KATELYN GARVEY AND 10TH) CAITLIN LARDARO.
NOVEMBER 6, 2009 DESPITE SUFFERING THROUGH A DISAPPOINTING SEASON, WITH MUCH DRAMA AND MANY UPS AND DOWNS, THE LADY PIRATES PROVE THAT ALONG WITH DEATH AND TAXES, ONE CAN STILL COUNT ON ANOTHER SURE THING AS THEY GO OUT AND EASILY WIN THEIR 31ST STRAIGHT SECTIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP! STARS OF THIS HISTORIC OCCASION ARE 3RD) MARIA KOHLBRENNER, 5TH) ERICA GUERIN, 6TH) KERRY GUERIN, 8TH) KEELEY BATEMAN, 9TH) KATELYN GARVEY, 10TH) MOLLY SHINE AND 13TH) CAITLIN LARDARO.
OCTOBER 1, 2010 DESPITE THE CHAOTIC CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE MANY OF THEIR VARSITY AND JV TEAMMATES WERE DQ’ED FOR GOING OFF COURSE AFTER EASILY DOMINATING BOTH OF THOSE RACES, THE LADY PIRATE FROSH PUT ON A SHOW FOR THE AGES! THEY WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE THE FIRST SIX SPOTS IN THE IN THIS FORTY PLUS RUNNER RACE. THEY CAPTURED 9 OF THE TOP 10, 14 OF THE TOP 20 AND WERE ABLE TO PUT ALL 16 OF THEIR RUNNERS IN THE TOP 22 SPOTS IN THE RACE. STARS OF THE DAY WERE EMMA HALEY(1), KAITLIN O’RIORDAN(2), LAURA COOPER(3), BRIANNE GARVEY(4), AMANDA MORONEY(5), JILLIAN EGAN(6), CAITY BRAVO(8), JASMINE WECHSLER(9), MEGHAN KEETLEY(10), SARAH VINCI(14), JULIA DELANEY(15), ERICA COLLURA(17), MARTINA MURPHY(18), KYLA COFFEY(20), CARLY HENEGHAN(21) AND JOHANNA SVENSSON(22).
OCTOBER 5, 2010 THE LADY PIRATES DEFEAT TZ AND CLARKSTOWN NORTH TO RUN THEIR 20 YEAR WINNING STREAK TO 181 STRAIGHT. THEIR 5 PERSON AVERAGE AT PRMS IS A NEW SCHOOL RECORD OF 19:26.4. LEADING THE WAY FOR PR IS CEILI MCMORROW(1), CHELSEA KUSHNER(2), ERICA GUERIN(3), MARIA KOHLBRENNER(5) AND KERRY GUERIN(6).
NOVEMBER 5, 2010 THE LADY PIRATES CAPTURE THEIR 32ND STRAIGHT SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AS WELL AS CAPTURING THE JV TITLE. THESE TWO VICTORIES GIVE THE PIRATES A TOTAL OF 35 FOR THE YEAR, WHICH TIES THE 2005 TEAM FOR THE MOST VICTORIES IN A SEASON. THE JV VICTORY IS #12 ON THE SEASON, A NEW SCHOOL RECORD. SCORERS IN BOTH MEETS WERE; VARSITY – MARIA KOHLBRENNER (1), CEILI MCMORROW (2), KERRY GUERIN (5), ERIKC GUERIN (12) & MOLLY SHINE (13). JR. VARSITY – EMMA HALEY (1), KAITLIN O’RIORDAN (4), LAURA COOPER (5), ERIN BYRNES (6) AND BRIANNE GARVEY (8)
JANUARY 22, 2010 THE JOURNAL NEWS RELEASES THEIR GIRLS ALL DECADE CROSS COUNTRY TEAM (2000-2009) AND THE LADY PIRATES ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE! THE LADY PIRATES WERE NAMED THE PROGRAM OF THE DECADE AND THEY PICKED UP THREE OF THE SEVEN INDIVIDUAL SPOTS ON THE TEAM. EARNING THE HONORS WERE JACLYN GAINES, VANESSA MCKAY AND SAMANTHA STADT.
AUGUST 28, 2011 HURRICANE IRENE HITS THE NEW YORK AREA AND PUTS AN END TO THE 25 STRAIGHT YEAR HISTORY OF THE LADY PIRATES CROSS COUNTRY CAMP IN VERMONT!
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011 THE LADY PIRATES OPEN THE DUAL MEET SEASON AT PRMS WITH TWO CONVINCING WINS AS MOLLY SHINE BREAKS THE HOME COURSE SCHOOL RECORD WITH HER TIME OF 18:46.5.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 MOLLY SHINE WINS THE ESPN RISE ABOVE AWARD FOR HER ATHLETIC, ACADEMIC AND OVERCOMING ADVERSITY DURING HER HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. SHE IS HONORED AT METLIFE STADIUM BEFORE THE NY GIANTS – ST. LOUIS RAMS FOOTBALL GAME!
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011 THE LADY PIRATES JV PUTS ON THE SHOW OF SHOWS AT SIX FLAGS GREAT ADVENTURE AS THEY CAPTURE THE TOP 5 SPOTS IN THE RACE AND 7 OF THE TOP 8. STARS OF THE DAY ARE BRIANNE GARVEY(1), ERIN BYRNES(2), KELLI VANHOUTEN(3), KAITLIN O’RIORDAN(4), MEGHAN KEETLEY(5), JASMINE WECHSLER(7) AND CAITY BRAVO(8). FOR GOOD MEASURE, THE LADY PIRATES ALSO WIN THEIR VARSITY AND JV RACES!
OCTOBER 4, 2011 THE LADY PIRATES DEFEAT NANUET AND CLARKSTOWN SOUTH TO FINISH the 2011 DUAL MEET SEASON WITH A PERFECT 9-0 RECORD. THE TWO WINS EXTEND THE LADY PIRATES 21 YEAR WINNING STREAK TO 190 STRAIGHT. THEY WERE LED BY RACE WINNER KELLY HAYES!
OCTOBER 18, 2011 SCORING A LOW DUAL MEET TOTAL OF 27 POINTS, THE LADY PIRATES ARE ABLE TO CAPTURE THEIR 33RD STRAIGHT LEAGUE MEET CHAMPIONSHIP. LEADING THE WAY ARE MOLLY SHINE(2), KELLY HAYES(3), CEILI MCMORROW(5), MARIA KOHLBRENNER(6) AND LAURA COOPER(11).
OCTOBER 28, 2011 THE LADY PIRATES RETURN TO THE VICTORY PODIUM AT THE ROCKLAND COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS AS THEY WIN THEIR 22ND TITLE IN THE 35 YEAR HISTORY OF THE MEET! THE STARS OF THE DAY ARE KELLY HAYES(2), MOLLY SHINE(4), CEILI MCMORROW(7), MARIA KOHLBRENNER(8), EMMA HALEY(18), LAURA COOPER(23) & BRIANNE GARVEY(26).
NOVEMBER 4, 2011 THE LADY PIRATES EASILY WIN THEIR 33RD STRAIGHT SECTIONAL CROOS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP AS THEY RUN TO A FIVE PERSON AVERAGE OF 19:49.05, A NEW SCHOOL RECORD! DESPITE NOT BEING SURE THAT SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO RUN DUE TO AN ACHILLES PROBLEM, MOLLY SHINE GOES OUT AND BECOMES PEARL RIVER’S 17TH INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION AT THE SECTIONALS. FOLLOWING CLOSE BEHIND TO SECURE THE VICTORY ARE CEILI MCMORROW(3), KELLY HAYES(4), MARIA KOHLBRENNER(6) AND LAURA COOPER(15). ROUNDING OUT THE PIRATE SQUAD ARE BRIANNE GARVEY(16) AND EMMA HALEY(24).
NOVEMBER 12, 2011 KELLY HAYES RUNS TO PEARL RIVER’S 12TH BEST FINISH EVER AT THE STATE MEET AS SHE PLACES 8TH. DESPITE HER EFFORTS, THE TEAM RUNS TO A VERY DISAPPOINTING 5TH PLACE FINISH, THEIR SECOND WORST FINISH EVER AT THE MEET!
NOVEMBER 19, 2011 THE LADY PIRATES RUN TO A FOURTH PLACE FINISH AT THE NY STATE FEDERATION CHAMPIONSHIPS, THEIR FIRST TIME IN THE TOP FIVE IN ELEVEN YEARS. THIS MARKS THE 13TH TIME THAT THEY HAVE EARNED A TOP FIVE PLAQUE AT THIS MEET, AND THE 24TH TIME THAT THEY HAVE FINISHED IN THE TOP 10 AT THE MEET. THESE NUMBERS CONFIRM THE FACT THAT THE PEARL RIVER RUNNING LADY PIRATES ARE ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SPORTS PROGRAMS IN NEW YORK STATE HISTORY. STARS OF THE DAY FOR PEARL RIVER ARE KELLY HAYES(41), CEILI MCMORROW(53), MARIA KOHLBRENNER(67), MOLLY SHINE(79), LAURA COOPER(134), EMMA HALEY(142) AND BRIANNE GARVEY(151).