40TH SCHUYLKILL RIVER LOOP RUN
WON BY BROWN AND EDELSTEIN.
THOMAS OF PAC RETIRES AS RACE
DIRECTOR AFTER 18 YEARS!!
The 6th Annual Jack Saint Clair Memorial was held
at Belmont Plateau in October.  The XC race
attracted over 20 College and Club teams to
Belmont Plateau
 in 2012 with Bloomsburg
University defending their women's title and the
Princeton Running Club winning the Men's Team
Championship.  Victoria Davis (Bloomsburg U)
broke her own meet/course record for 6,000 meters
by running 22:27.  Taylor Trumbetti (Felician
College) led the race start to finish to win the 5 mile
Men's Race in 27:38. The race
is part of the Mid
Atlantic USATF Cross Country Race Series in 201
3.
RESULTS of the Races on Fast Cat Sports.
Registration for teams (contact coach Dave Thomas
@ thomasd611@yahoo.com) and individuals go to
www.fastcatsports.com for race details.  
PAC President (Center), Dave Thomas poses
with Dr Steve Blasi and Dr Ira Meyers
who have been Gold Sponsors for the
Philadelphia Catholic League Open for the
past 5 years.  Both Blasi and Meyers donate
many services to runners in the Philadelphia
area.
Philadelphia Athletic Charities
Inc is a 501c (3) non profit
founded in 2002." Our mission
is to develop and produce  race
events and programs to
promote the importance of  
maintaining a lifetime of fitness
and health while supporting
some worthy causes in the
Philadelphia area"  "Our major
mission is Project Belmont
Plateau; the restoration and
maintenance of one of the most
famous cross country courses
in the USA" Founder Dave
Thomas
Philadelphia Athletic Charities President and
2008 Schuylkill River  Race Director with
2008 Champions Luke Watson and Erin
Donohue.
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Accounting Services
Thank You to all our race volunteers,
sponsors, and athletes who
supported the mission and the events
produced by Philadelphia Athletic
Charities
Philadelphia Athletic Charities  
PRODUCING RACES FOR CAUSES SINCE 2002
Celebrating 10 years !!!
Philadelphia Athletic Charities Inc is a 501c
(3) non profit founded in 2002." Our mission
is to develop and produce  race events and
programs to promote the importance of  
maintaining a lifetime of fitness and health
while supporting some worthy causes in the
Philadelphia area"  "Our major mission is
Project Belmont Plateau; the restoration and
maintenance of one of the most famous
cross country courses in the USA" Founder
Dave Thomas
Members of the Saint Clair family gather with
PAC President, Dave Thomas under the
finish line banner of the Jack Saint Clair
Cross Country Championship.  The 2nd year
event was held at Belmont Plateau to honor
the longtime coach of Cardinal Dougherty HS
/Temple University and a designer of the
cross country courses used since the 1960s.
Villanova XC Runner leads the pak at the
2011 Jack Saint Clair Memorial at Belmont
Plateau.
2008 Olympian and Local running legend,
Erin Donahue wins the SR Loop Race.
PAC EVENTS in 2013
****BELMONT PLATEAU          
         
RACE ARCHIVES***
    SPORTS ILLUSTRATED ARTICLE AND          
 
RESULTS FROM HISTORIC 1976 NATIONAL    
  
 AAU CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP
Belmont Plateau (Nov 27, 1976) 10,000 Meter
         GREAT READING FOR XC FANS!!
     1976 AAU NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY
         CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
      
    
Picture of 1976 Winning Team
                  JAMUL TOADS
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PAC President (Center), Dave Thomas poses
with Dr Steve Blasi and Dr Ira Meyers
who have been Gold Sponsors for the
Philadelphia Catholic League Open for the
past 5 years.  Both Blasi and Meyers donate
many services to runners in the Philadelphia
area.

PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN SMALL
COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY
CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY ALBANO
ANDDAVIDSON.  PHILADELHIA AND
WILMINGTON ARE TEAM CHAMPS!
PHILADELPHIA CATHOLIC LEAGUE
XC OPEN ACTION AT BELMONT PLATEAU !

The 34th Annual Philly Metro XC Championship will
be on Saturday, September 21st
. Over 20 men's
and women's college
 teams will compete on
Belmont Plateau
. Wilmington University (Men) and
Philadelphia University (Women)
won the team
championships
in 2012.   Rob Albano (Felician
College) won the 5 mile XC race for the 4
consecutive time (27:28).  Althea Davidson
(Wilmington University) won the 5k XC race (20:12)
for the women.
2012  RESULTS on Fast Cat Sports.
This race is open only to college teams.
Registration for teams, contact Coach Dave
Thomas @ thomasd611@yahoo.com for entry.
JACK SAINT CLAIR MEMORIAL
October
12, 2013
PHILADELPHIA CATHOLIC LEAGUE CROSS
COUNTRY OPEN

The 12 th Annual PCL OPEN XC Race will take
place on Saturday, Oct 19, 2013.
. Many alumni
from Philadelphia Catholic League High Schools
came back to run the 5k XC Belmont Plateau and
challenge Parachute and Flagpole hills.   The race
is part of the days activities of races supporting the
Philadelphia Catholic League XC Championship
for Boys and Girls.
2012, Thomas Innacone (Saint
Joseph Prep Graduate) won the men's race in a
time of 17:00.  Katie Bash posted a time of 20:33
to win the women's race.   Innacone led a
contingent of St Joe Prep XC runners to win the
PCL alumni men's team championship with
Prendergast HS defending their title by winning the
PCL Alumni Women's Team Championship.   
RESULTS for 2012
Since 1972, the Schuylkill River Loop Run has been
run each year on the 8.4 mile river sidewalk loop in
Philadelphia's Boathouse Row area.  When road
racing was a rare event on the river, serious runners
lined up and competed over the Loop course.  In the
past 40 years , road racing has changed with many
more races and recreational runners on the roads.  
The SR Loop race stands as the longest running
road race in Philadelphia.  Since 1972, there has
been 2 race directors (Dave Brier of the YJMA
-founder- and Dave Thomas of Philadelphia Athletic
Charities.  After 18 years as organizer and director,
Thomas will hand the race over to Bob Schwelm
and Sean Linenhan of the Bryn Mawr Running Co.  
The 2012 race saw over 154 runners complete the
8.4 mile loop. Daryl Brown was the winner in a fast
time of 43:57 (5:14 pace) and Lena Edelstein ran
one of the fastest women's times on the course with
a 49:39 (5:55 per mile) effort. Each winner was
awarded $100 and gift cert.,. with Edelstein winning
an extra $100 bonus for breaking 50 minutes for the
8.4 mile course.  
Click for 2012 RESULTS at Fast Cat Sports Page
 
 
 

Once again in 2013, Philadelphia Athletic Charities
will
produce the CACC Cross Country
Championship for the Central Atlantic Collegiate
Conference.
The race is Sunday, Oct 27. The CACC
is a NCAA Div 2 Conference with 14 teams
competing for men and women championship at
Belmont Plateau.  PAC works with university host,
Philadelphia University to produce the annual
Championship race.  2012 saw Philadelphia
University women defend their title and win the
team championship for the 5th straight year.  
Wilmington University won the men's
championship for the 1st time.  Rob Albano
(Felician) defended his title by breaking the CACC
Championship meet record by running 26:12 and
Althea Davidson (Wilmington) won the women's
title in 18:59.  
CENTRAL ATLANTIC COLLEGIATE
CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Philadelphia University Women celebrate their
5th straight CACC Cross Country Title at
Belmont Plateau