Allderdice’s DiSilvio excels by choice, regardless of cross country format changes
Allderdice’s Ean DiSilvio was a top-five runner at many large meets before Allderdice left the City League for the WPIAL. He still is.
Many changes came to high school cross country this year. The PIAA adopted a three-classification format: AAA, AA, and A. Allderdice left the City League (District VIII) to run in the much-larger WPIAL (District VII). On top of that, Allderdice’s section (Section 4-AAA) decided to cancel all section dual meets in exchange for a single “section championship” meet.
DiSilvio knows that it doesn’t matter what changes around him; he can control his own goals and standards for what he achieves. For instance, the Section 4-AAA championship meet caused Allderdice to run five fewer meets this year than it did as a City League team.
“We actually didn’t know about the Section 4-AAA championship until after the season started,” recalled DiSilvio. “It ended up being alright because we did more invitationals.”
Although DiSilvio noted that it would have been nice to have the experience of running a full, dual meet season, he was more concerned with training and progress. “It doesn’t really matter as long as I get the runs in,” he said.
DiSilvio attended this year’s PIAA Championship meet after qualifying as the WPIAL’s third place runner (16:13). Complete PIAA championship results can be found at runhigh.com.
Many changes came to high school cross country this year. The PIAA adopted a three-classification format: AAA, AA, and A. Allderdice left the City League (District VIII) to run in the much-larger WPIAL (District VII). On top of that, Allderdice’s section (Section 4-AAA) decided to cancel all section dual meets in exchange for a single “section championship” meet.
DiSilvio knows that it doesn’t matter what changes around him; he can control his own goals and standards for what he achieves. For instance, the Section 4-AAA championship meet caused Allderdice to run five fewer meets this year than it did as a City League team.
“We actually didn’t know about the Section 4-AAA championship until after the season started,” recalled DiSilvio. “It ended up being alright because we did more invitationals.”
Although DiSilvio noted that it would have been nice to have the experience of running a full, dual meet season, he was more concerned with training and progress. “It doesn’t really matter as long as I get the runs in,” he said.
DiSilvio attended this year’s PIAA Championship meet after qualifying as the WPIAL’s third place runner (16:13). Complete PIAA championship results can be found at runhigh.com.
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