2015 NY Boys XC Previews -- Class A

Aug 24, 2015

Fayetteville-Manlius

Hornets

Section: 3

Class: A

Colors: Green and White

For the first time in NXN Nationals history, the guys and girls teams from the same school got to stand on the champions' podium together last year as the two Fayetteville-Manlius squads celebrated their triumphs.

XC History

States Teams: 1968 (A-3rd), 1997 (A-1st), 1998 (A-2nd), 1999 (A-7th), 2003 (A-2nd), 2004 (AA-1st), 2005 (AA-2nd), 2008 (AA-2nd), 2009 (AA-1st), 2010 (AA-3rd), 2011 (AA-1st), 2012 (A-2nd), 2013 (A-1st), 2014 (A-1st)
NXN Nationals: 2004 (2nd), 2005 (3rd), 2008 (16th), 2009 (9th), 2010 (2nd), 2011 (12th), 2012 (16th), 2013 (4th), 2014 (1st)

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): John Gunn (1961, B-4th), John Jeffrey (1968, A-4th), Adam Wasileski (1996 (A-2nd) (1997, A-1st), Dale Cocca (1998, A-4th), Brian Cocca (1998, A-7th), Jared Burdick (2004, AA-7th), Owen Kimple (2004, AA-8th) (2005, AA-4th), Tommy Gruenewald (2005, AA-7th) (2006, AA-2nd), John Heron (2005, AA-10th), Geoff King (2006, AA-3rd), Alex Hatz (2008, AA-1st), Paul Merriman (2008, AA-3rd), Brendan Farrell (2004, AA-6th), Nick Ryan (2011, A-1st) (2012, A-1st), Matt Deyo (2011, A-3rd), Bryce Millar (2012, A-4th) (2013, A-1st) (2014, A-1st), Andrew Berge (2013, A-4th), Peter Ryan (2013, A-9th), Kyle Barber (2014, A-3rd), Adam Hunt (2014, A-8th)

Last Year's Summary: 1st in NXN Nationals, 1st in NXN-NY, 1st in States A, 1st in Sectionals A, 1st in Manhattan Eastern States

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Peter Ryan	12	2	15th in NXN-Nationals	14	192
Joe Walters	11	13	37th in NXN-NY	27	174
Patrick Perry	11	22	69th in Manhattan-ES		168
Bryan Gerher	12	25	11th in VVS		158
Ben Otis	10	--	22nd in CNYCL		155
Jack Boltman	11	30	1st in CNYCL-JV		149
Sean Donlon	12		19th in VVS		142
Brendan Pearl	12		4th in CNYCL-JV		140

This Year's Outlook

Following up on last year's Nationals victory will be big challenge for the Hornets with longtime frontrunner Bryce Millar and four other seniors on that squad in Portland having moved on, but the pieces are there for a great season. Peter Ryan returns as one of the top runners in the state with Joe Walters and Patrick Perry ready to form part of the best lead trios, so with the usual huge development at the back of the FM pack, the outlook is still pretty bright for another run at the state championship and another trip to Portland.

Liverpool

Warriors

Section: 3

Class: A

Colors: Orange and blue

Liverpool's Ben Petrella placed 2nd at States last year and is the top returning runner in NY this year..

XC History

States Teams: 1970 (A-3rd), 1991 (A-1st), 1992 (A-5th), 2000 (A-7th), 2001 (A-2nd), 2006 (AA-3rd), 2007 (AA-5th) NXN Nationals: 2014 (4th),

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Mike Padil (1979, A-8th) (1980, A-8th), Dave Aman (1984, A-6th), Dan Brown (1985, A-9th), Mark Fadil (1990, A-4th), Jay Conover (1991, B-10th), Joe Head (1992, A-3rd), Dan McKenna (2001, A-4th), Ethan Hickey (2007, AA-6th), Dan Muldoon (2012, A-8th), Ben Petrella (2014, A-2nd)

Last Year's Summary: 4th in NXN Nationals, 3rd in NXN-NY, 2nd in Federation, 2nd in Sectionals A, 2nd in Manhattan Eastern States

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Ben Petrella	12	2	19th in NXN Nationals	2	194
Ty Brownlow	11	14	79th in NXN Nationals		172
Ryan Comstock	12	15	132nd in NXN Nationals		169
Stevie Schulz	11	19	9th in Chittenango-2		162
Gabe Albert	11		17th in Rome		145
Terrell Coleman	12	23 (S4-A)	37th in STAC (for Elmira)		144 (170 est)
Ben Rivers	10		19th in Rome		144
Julio Roman	12		24th in Rome		142

This Year's Outlook

Like their nemesis Fayetteville-Manlius, the Warriors have three guys back from a Nationals squad that placed 4th, but due to NY's crazy rules for States only Ben Petrella has experience there. As the top runner in the state, Petrella will be leading Liverpool in its campaign for thier first States berth in 8 years and a repeat appearance at Nationals, and with Ty Brownlow and Ryan Comstock the Warriors will have the top rated trio in the state and will be looking for some big developments from the younger guys at the back. And again, why was their no room at States for the #4 team in the nation? Just unfathomable. Also look out for transfer Terrell Coleman, who has track PR's of 1:55.04 and 4:26.89, which indicates rapid improvement, coming from a program that were no slouches themselves.

Guilderland

Flying Dutchmen

Section: 2

Class: A

Colors: Red and white

Guilderland's Noah Carey (no. 229) ran to a 9th place finish at States last year and is the top returning junior in the state.

XC History

States Teams: 1990 (A-4th)

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Dieter Drake (1987, A-2nd), Tom Ryan (1994, A-5th), Brian Rhodes-Devey (2004, AA-4th) (2005, AA-1st) (2006, AA-8th), Seth DuBois (2005, AA-9th), Noah Carey (2014, A-9th)

Last Year's Summary: 9th in NXN-NY, 3rd in Federation, 2nd in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Noah Carey	11	3	2nd in Suburban Council	9	186
Noah Tindale	9	6	3rd in Albany County		171
Jared Capuano	12	22	92nd in Federation		164
Ethan McDonald	12	19	22nd in Manhattan-D		161
Victor Warner	12	29	27th in Manhattan-D		154
Andrew Horan	11		33rd in Suburban Super Dual		143

This Year's Outlook

The tide sweeping the fast-rising Noahs of Guilderland upward has carried the school to the top rated spot in S2-A to begin 2014, and with Carey still only a junior and Tindale a freshman, there is room to go much higher. With a pretty solid group of seniors behind the two frontrunners, the Flying Dutchmen have a good shot at their first sectional championship in a quarter century.

Corning

Hawks

Section: 4

Class: A

Colors: Black and gold

Brian Bates (a muddy no. 401 at center) was the first guy in for a 5th place Corning team at States last year in 28th..

XC History

States Teams: 1978 (B-7th), 1982 (B-9th), 1994 (A-5th), 2012 (A-7th), 2013 (B-2nd), 2014 (A-5th)

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Dave Van Alstyne (1967, A-8th), John Duke (1988, B-1st), Krys Usack (2001, A-10th), John McCarthy (2013, B-5th), Tom Moshier (2013, B-9th)

Last Year's Summary: 4th in NXN-NY, 6th in Federation, 5th in States A, 1st in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Peter Kane	12	2	3rd in STAC	35	178
Brian Bates	12	3	5th in Manhattan-C	28	175
Kevin Moshier	11	5	9th in Manhattan-C	60	170
Dan Gahagan	10	18	110th in NXN-NY	106	152
Nathan Prisella	11	27	30th in Newark Valley		146

This Year's Outlook

With the top 2 of Brian Bates and Peter Kane back from last year's 5th place States team along with Kevin Moshier and Dan Gahagan, Corning has a lot going for it. The Hawks will still need some development and added depth though because Ithaca's pack is not that far behind in the race for the S4-A title.

Shenendehowa

Plainsmen

Section: 2

Class: A

Colors: Green and white

Mitch Halpern (no. 202) and Nick Matson (no. 204) were the top two guys for 2nd place Shenendehowa last year at States.

XC History

States Teams: 1977 (A-8th), 1984 (A-7th), 1991 (A-9th), 1992 (A-4th), 1994 (A-1st), 1995 (A-2nd), 1996 (A-3rd), 1997 (A-2nd), 1998 (A-1st), 2002 (A-1st), 2003 (A-1st), 2006 (AA-1st), 2007 (AA-2nd), 2008 (AA-1st), 2009 (AA-6th), 2014 (A-2nd) NXN Nationals: 2006 (6th), 2007 (14th), 2007 (7th)

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Bob Horan (1981, A-6th), Joe Wirgau (1992, A-8th) (1993, A-3rd), Rick Busch (1994, A-3rd), Scott Wirgau (1995, A-2nd), Dan Tebbano (1997, A-4th), 1998 (A-10th), Rob Cloutier (1998, A-3rd), Darrel Andruski (1999, A-8th), Jacob Gurzler (2002, A-4th), Ryan Gaedje (2002, A-10th) (2003, A-7th), Scott Mindel (2003, A-10th), Steve Murdock (2006, AA-1st), Alex Leuchanka (2008, AA-2nd), Dan Harris (2008, AA-8th) (2009, AA-10th)

Last Year's Summary: 8th in Federation, 2nd in States A, 1st in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Mitch Halpern	12	8	46th in Manhattan-ES	32	173
Tyler Schmidt	12	16	25th in Manhattan-ES	40	169
Alex Matson	11	18	9th in Suburban Super Dual	59	164
Henry Christopher	12	20	13th in Manhattan-JV		163
Nick Roig	12	33	10th in Manhattan-JV		157
Josh Lacey	11		62nd in McQuaid-AAA		152
Matt Collins	12		18th in Manhattan-JV		150
Matt Jacques	12		1st in McQuaid-JV		148

This Year's Outlook

Shen got to States last season for the first time in 5 years and took a great 2nd place. A return trip this year will be a challenge in a very tough S2-A with a team that returns 3 guys from last years's varsity, but a top four of Mitch Halpern, Tyler Schmidt, Alex Matson, and Henry Christopher gives Shen the best top 4 pack in the section and with some back-line development the team should be fighting for a repeat title this year.

Arlington

Admirals

Section: 1

Class: A

Colors: Maroon and Vegas gold

James Asselmeyer led the Arlington Admirals last year in his senior season.

XC History

States Teams: 1951 (B-1st), 1952 (B-2nd), 1975 (A-4th),1976 (A-3rd), 1978 (A-9th), 1984 (A-9th), 1995 (A-4th), 1997 (A-6th), 2005 (AA-6th), 2006 (AA-6th), 2007 (AA-6th), 2010 (AA-5th), 2011 (A-4th), 2012 (A-4th), 2014 (A-9th)

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): George Turner (1950, B-7th), (1950, B-1st), Ted Kaiser (1951, B-5th), Vince McKenna (1952, B- 9th), (1953, B-5th), (1954, B-4th), Chris McKenna (1959, B-9th), Jim Quinn (1964, B-4th), Steve Francis (1976, A-2nd), Dan Lyons (1976, A-7th), Charles Barone (1978, A-4th) Bob Packowski (1984, A-5th), Jason Kenny (1990, A-9th), Daniel Cartica (2005, AA-6th), Sebastion Hanson (2011, A-10th) (2012, A-6th)

Last Year's Summary: 9th in States A, 1st in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Joe Morrison	11	--	(track)	--	175 (est)
Matthew Dillon	11	--	4th in Burnt Hills-3	--	171
Reece Ragusa	12	9	6th in Burnt Hills-3	83	163
Eric Sbrolini	12	16	16th in Burnt Hills-3	85	159
Conor Stack	12	24	4th in NXN-Open	79	158
Brendan Foley	11	31	11th in Northern Counties	92	152
Michael Asselmeyer	11		19th in Northern Counties	107	142
Skylar Rubin	12		6th in Burnt Hills-JV		140

This Year's Outlook

The top two guys from last year's 9th place States team are gone, but the rest are back, and that should give the Admirals the edge in the S1-A again. If Matthew Dillon can return to last year's pre-injury form and seniors Reece Ragusa, Eric Sbrolini, and Conor Stack up their ratings as expected, Arlington should move up at States this year.

Saratoga

Blue Streaks

Section: 2

Class: A

Colors: Blue, white and red

Saratoga's Aiden Tooker took a 4th place at States, which he followed up with a 5th in Federations and 4th in NXN-NY to go to Nationals.

XC History

States Teams: 1987 (A-3rd), 1988 (A-1st), 1999 (A-2nd), 2000 (A-3rd), 2001 (A-1st), 2004 (AA-3rd), 2005 (AA-1st), 2012 (A-1st), 2013 (A-3rd) NXN Nationals: 2005 (1st), 2012 (12th)

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Steve Kaye (1963, B-8th), Bill Briell (1963, B-10th) (1964, A-8th), Dennis Schwartz (1967, A-9th) (1969, A-10th), Matt Wood (1994, A-10th), Dylan Welsh (1996, A-5th) (1997, A-2nd) (1998, A-1st), Chris Dore (2001, A-9th), Sean Curran (2001, A-6th), Mike Foley (2002, A-9th), Steve Murdock (2004, AA-6th) (2005, AA-2nd), Greg Kelsey (2005, AA-3rd), Dmitri Goutos (2007, AA-9th) (2008, AA-7th), Sam Place (2009, AA-7th) (2010, AA-2nd), Jay Navin (2012, A-10th), Aiden Tooker (2014, A-4th)

Last Year's Summary: 4th in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Aidan Tooker	12	1	4th in NXN-NY	4	191
Ethan North	12	14	5th in Queensbury-1		167
Will Navin	11	35	13th in Suburban Council		158
Scott Dailey	11	42	19th in Suburban Council		155
Gavin Burns	10	30	1st in Shaker-JV		152
Will Messier	11	56	26th in Suburban Council		151
Declan Hines	11	--	8th in Suburban Council-JV		142
Will Howe	11	58	40th in Suburban Council		140

This Year's Outlook

The Blue Streaks were out of the States picture for the first time in a while last year, but this year they have one of the top three runners in the state returning as Aidan Tooker sets his sights on an XC States title to go with his indoor 3200m title. With fellow senior Ethan North and a developing pack of younger guys coming up behind, Saratoga will make sure that they are heavily in the discussions about the 2015 S2-A title

Warwick Valley

Wildcats

Section: 9

Class: A

Colors: Purple and Gold

Warwick Valley's Matt Adolph (no. 901) and Dan Peterson (no.905) finished together at States to lead the Wildcats to 3rd place.

XC History

States Teams: 1982 (B-1st), 1989 (B-6th), 1991 (B-5th), 1993 (B-6th), 1994 (B-1st), 1995 (B-1st), 1996 (B-6th), 1998 (A-9th), 1999 (B-3rd), 2000 B-3rd), 2001 (A-5th), 2002 (A-4th), 2003 (A-5th), 2004 (AA-4th), 2005 (AA-3rd), 2006 (AA-4th), 2007 (AA-1st), 2008 (AA-5th), 2009 (AA-4th), 2010 (AA-2nd), 2011 (A-5th), 2012 (A-5th), 2013 (A-9th), 2014 (A-3rd)

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Jim Parietti (1978, B-2nd), Joe Straub (1981, B-2nd), Chris Nippert (1982, B-6th), Todd Giszack (1983, B-5th), Eddie Carmack (1994, B-4th) (1995, B-4th) (1996, B-5th), Jake LaRoe (2003, A-4th), Mike Mark (2005, AA-5th), Zack Price (2006, AA-4th), Terence Prial (2006, AA-5th), Alex Leuchanka (2007, AA-4th), Patrizio Grandinalli (2011, A-5th)

Last Year's Summary: 12th in Federation, 3rd in States A, 1st in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Matt Adolph	12	3	41st in Manhattan-ES	23	178
Thomas Nafash	11	9	9th in Warwick	61	166
Blake Dellabough	12	11	11th in Section 1 Coaches-2	--	164
Nick Pacelli	12	12	17th in OCIAA	69	162
David Soto	12	17	15th in OCIAA	96	158
Dan Lindstrom	11		2nd in OCIAA-JV	97	153
Joseph Nafash	11		1st in OCIAA-JV		153
Ryan Miele	12		8th in Manhattan-JV		149
Sean Quinn	11		4th in Manhattan-Soph		149

This Year's Outlook

Despite losing longtime frontrunner Dan Peterson, the Wildcats have a lot of last year's 3rd place States team back. With a very deep squad behind top guy Matt Adolph, Warwick Valley should take their 18th consecutive sectional title and then see about defending S9's honor on the nearby States course.

Fairport

Red Raiders

Section: 5

Class: A

Colors: Scarlet and royal blue

Fairport's Red Raiders wave heads out in an early season meet.

XC History

States Teams: 1979 (A-11th), 1986 (A-9th), 1988 (A-3rd), 1989 (A-2nd), 1990 (A-5th), 1995 (A-5th), 1996 (A-1st), 1997 (A-4th), 2003 (A-6th), 2006 AA-8th)

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Scott Brighton (1987, A-5th), Nate Ruder (1989, A-5th) (1990, A-3rd), Brian Lilly (1997, A-5th), Jeff Beck (1999, A-4th), Pat Dupont (2007, A-1st)

Last Year's Summary: 3rd in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Majd Rouhana	10	10	11th in Monroe County		166
Matt Orcutt	12	11	9th in Burnt Hills-3		163
Mike Mallow	12	22	8th in Burnt Hills-3		163
Macrae Kozody	12	33	28th in Monroe County		154
Rob Brooks	12	32	37th in Monroe County		153
Ben Bulkley	10		6th in Monroe County-JV		143

This Year's Outlook

Though the Red Raiders have no one with States experience and are not deep, they do have 5 of their top 6 back from last year. With a top trio of Majd Rouhana, Matt Orcutt, and Mike Mallow, Fairport may have enough to beat out McQuaid and Webster Thomas for the S5-A title.

McQuaid

Knights

Section: 5

Class: A

Colors: Black and gold

McQuaid senior Nick Ciolkowski (no. 504) is plowing his way to a States medal and in the distant background Donovan Glavin is about to make a charge for another medal.

XC History

States Teams: 1973 (A-7th), 1978 (A-6th), 1980 (A-5th), 1981 (A-1st), 1983 (A-4th), 1984 (A-1st), !985 (A-2nd), 1991 (A-3rd), 1992 (A-1st), 1993 (A-8th), 2009 (A-2nd), 2010 (A-1st), 2014 (A-8th)

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Scott Peterson (1985, A-7th), Dan Lesser (1993, A-7th), Robert Hurlbut (2009, A-2nd) (2010, A-1st), Wyatt Gouldthorpe (2010, A-10th), Nick Ciolkowski (2013, A-10th)

Last Year's Summary: 8th in States A, 1st in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Donovan Glavin	12	3	2nd in Chittenango-2	15	181
Nick Caterisano	11	28	7th in Burnt Hills-3	102	156
Joe Doerr	11	15	13th in Chittenango-2	98	154
Aidan Blake	11	14	24th in Burnt Hills-3	91	154
Mark Dipasquale	12		59th in McQuaid-AAA		146

This Year's Outlook

McQuaid had just enough depth to win the S5-A title last year, but now with longtime frontrunner Nick Ciolkowski gone along with #3 guy Matt Brien, do the Knights still have enough weapons to repeat? States medalist Donovan Glavin is back to lead a team that again looks to be in a close battle with Fairport and Webster Thomas for a sectional title.

Ithaca

Little Red

Section: 4

Class: A

Colors: Red and Vegas gold

Ithaca senior Dan Dracup heads to a 5th place finish at States last year..

XC History

States Teams: 1967 (A-5th), 1968 (A-4th), 1969 (A-4th), 1970 (A-1st), 1971 (A-1st), 1972 (A-8th), 1973 (A-4th), 1976 (A-10th), 1979 (A-4th), 1980 (A-7th), 1981 (A-7th), 1982 (A-1st), 1983 (A-7th), 1988 (A-9th), 1989 (A-7th), 1990 (A-2nd), 1991 (A-9th), 1995 (A-8th), 1996 (A-8th), 1997 (A-7th), 1997 (A-7th), 1998 (A-5t), 1999 (A-5th), 2000 (A-5th), 2001 (A-6th), 2002 (A-7th), 2003 (A-7th), 2004 (AA-9th),2005 (AA-8th), 2006 (AA-5th), 2007 (AA-4th), 2009 (AA-7th), 2010 (AA-6th), 2011 (A-7th), 2013 (A-8th)

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Rob Williams (1959, A-2nd), Lynn Cunningham (1961, A-7th), Bruce Earle (1965, A-2nd), Tom Hartshorne (1970, A-8th) (1971, A-4th), Mike Allen (1970, A-9th), David Pannell (1973, A-5th), Drew Hart (2006, AA-7th), Matt Johnson (2010, AA-4th), Dan Dracup (2014, A-5th)

Last Year's Summary: 5th in NXN-NY, 2nd in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Jake Avery	11	8	37th in McQuaid-AAA	66	166
Neil Kolhatkar	11	10	11th in STAC	--	165
Hunter Hartshorne	12	9	5th in Baldwinsville-Lg	84	163
Silas Derfel	10	19	27th in STAC		150
Noah Sorensen	11	--	1st in Newark Valley-JV		147
Cole Eells	11	--	6th in Newark Valley		143
Ian Tomasik	11	33	4th in Newark Valley-JV		142

This Year's Outlook

Last year, senior frontrunner Dan Dracup had a season that took him all the way to NXN Nationals. After a close loss in Sectionals last year, the Little Red seem to be running a ways behind reigning S4-A champ Corning again, but with three of their top four back including Jake Avery, Neil Kolhatkar, and Hunter Hartshorne, Ithaca may be able to make a run for the title if there's enough development at the back.

Sachem East

Flaming Arrows

Section: 11

Class: A

Colors: Red, black and gold

Sachem East's Nick Pandolfo finished 9th in the Manhattan G race last year..

XC History

States Teams: 1990 (A-8th), 1991 (A-6th), 1993 (A-3rd), 1996 (A-5th), 2009 (AA-8th)

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Bob Graetzer (1990, A-5th), Brian Trentkowski (1996, A-8th), Patrick Gildea (1997, A-4th), Alex Saavedra (2010, AA-8th)

Last Year's Summary: 21st in NXN-NY, 6th in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Nick Pandolfo	12	13	18th in Brown-Champs		165
Matt Patsy	12	25	24th in Brown-Champs		164
Max Osterburg	12	53	2nd in Section 11 Div.-JV		159
Brandon Guerrera	11	66	3rd in Section 11 Frosh-Soph		155
Edmund Carroll	12	49	27th in Manhattan-G		146
Elijah Mueller	12		74th in Manhattan-G		143

This Year's Outlook

A team that finished 6th in Sectionals and sent no one to States last year seems like a very unlikely one to be rated at the top of S11-A, but 11 of the 12 guys from Section 11 at Canton last year were seniors, so you know that reigning S11-A champ Sachem North was hit very hard by graduation. The rest of the top S11-A teams also lost a lot of guys except for Sachem East, which returns 5 of the top 6. Seniors Nick Pandolfo, Matt Patsy, and Max Osterburg form a strong top trio, and it may be enough to get the Flaming Arrows their first sectional title in 6 years.

Port Washington

Vikings

Section: 8

Class: A

Colors: Blue and white

Port Washington's Peter Kirgis in blue battles the mud at States last year.

XC History

States Teams: 1964 (B-4th), 2007 (AA-9th), 2009 (AA-3rd), 2011 (A-9th)

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Kevin Powers (1960, B-7th), Kevin Reilly (1968, B-7th), Marco Bertolotti (2008, AA-9th) (2009, AA-5th)

Last Year's Summary: 2nd in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Peter Kirgis	12	7	7th in Section 8 Conf. 1	105	165
Aaron Siff-Scherr	11	11	10th in Section 8 Conf. 1		164
Andrew Adelhardt	12	15	23rd in Section 8 Conf. 1		159
Jordan Hurt	11	17	22nd in Suffolk Coaches-A		155
Rory Owens	11	34	38th in Section 8 Conf. 1		146
Joseph Levine	11	36	37th in Section 8 Conf. 1		145

This Year's Outlook

With reigning S8-A champ Syosset losing 4 of their top 5, the 2nd place Vikings are well positioned to take advantage with 6 of their top 7 back. States finalist Peter Kirgis returns to lead a pack including Aaron Siff-Scherr, Andrew Adelhardt, and Jordan Hurt for a top quartet that could win Port Washington's first title in 4 years if they can get a little more help at the back.

Colonie

Raiders

Section: 2

Class: A

Colors: Garnet and Gold

Colonie's Jake Johnson fought his way to a States medal last year at Canton.

XC History

States Teams: 1961 (A-3rd), 1962 (A-1st), 1964 (A-6th), 1965 (A-6th), 1966 (A-2nd), 1967 (A-6th), 1971 (A-4th), 1972 (A-8th), 1973 (A-5th), 1974 (A-8th)

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Barry Brown (1960, A-7th) (1961, A-3rd), Ray Van Eppa (1962, A-9th), Jeff Green (1965, A-7th) (1966, A-5th), Todd Orvis (1986, A-8th) (1988, A-4th), Mark Delfs (1989, A-4th), Kevin Treadway (2005, AA-8th)

Last Year's Summary: 6th in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Jake Johnson	12	2	1st in Suburban Council	18	185
Tyler Lipina	11	21	12th in Suburban Council		162
Bryce Barber	11	31	4th in Manhattan-F		152
Jake Ortel	10	54	5th in Suburban Council-JV		145
Brendan McAuley	11	48	39th in Suburban Council		144

This Year's Outlook

Colonie was a ways back at Sectionals last year and they have a bunch of teams ahead of them this year in the S2-A race. But the Raiders have their top 3 back, headed by States medalist Jake Johnson, and though there are the usual issues with depth, Colonie is still within striking distance in S2-A if they can bolster the back line more.

Calhoun

Colts

Section: 8

Class: A

Colors: Blue and white

Calhoun's Elias Platanias pushed through the Canton mud to a 53rd place at States last year.

XC History

States Teams: 2010 (AA-8th)

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Gary Swanson (1971, A-6th), Pat Kearns (1986, A-9th)

Last Year's Summary: 4th in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Elias Platanias	12	4	5th in Section 8 Conf. 1	53	172
Ryan Curran	12	--	18th in Manhattan-G		157
Michael Dobkowski	12	18	26th in Suffolk Coaches-A		153
Elijah Maduro	12	29	24th in Section 8 Conf. 1		153
James Forte	12	23	50th in Manhattan-G		152

This Year's Outlook

Calhoun is not a very deep team, but it does have of 4 of the top 5 back from last year and is in the thick of the battle in S8-A with States finalist Elias Platanias as the Colts' frontrunner. All of the returning group are seniors however, so this would be a great year to make things happen.

Mamaroneck

Tigers

Section: 1

Class: A

Colors: Orange and black

Mamaroneck's William Young in orange drove to a top 50 finish at States last year.

XC History

States Teams: 1

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Randy White (1972, A-2nd), Jim Sutherland (1981, A-10th)

Last Year's Summary: 4th in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
William Young	11	4	3rd in Brewster-2	49	172
Samuel Morton	11	15	22nd in Manhattan-E		160
Ittai Rosales	12	37	1st in Gressler-2		159
Andrew Ballard	12	28	7th in Gressler-2		150
Liam Cadden	10	50	40th in Manhattan-E		141

This Year's Outlook

The Tigers have States finalist William Young back along with Samuel Morton and Ittai Rosales to form a good top trio, but even though everyone from last year's varsity is returning this year, the team needs to have more depth to make a run at the S1-A title.

Williamsville North

Spartans

Section: 6

Class: A

Colors: Green and gold

Williamsville North's Colin Begley had the gloves working for him as he led the 7th place Spartans at States last year in their first ever appearance.

XC History

States Teams: 2014 (A-7th)

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Ron Markezich (1983, A-3rd) (1984, A-3rd), Mike Dobmeier (2004, A-4th)

Last Year's Summary: 10th in NXN-NY, 7th in States A, 1st in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Colin Begley	10	3	21st in McQuaid-AAA	42	171
Kevin Seitz	11	9	17th in Alden	77	160
Ryan Konotopskyj	12	10	15th in Alden	90	158
Taigan Lavery	10	31	45th in ECIC	104	146
Jonathan Young	10		53rd in Alden		135

This Year's Outlook

The young Spartan team is coming off the school's first ever appearance at States, and with four of last year's varsity members back including frontrunner Colin Begley, it should have enough feet to win a repeat S6-A title.

Northport

Tigers

Section: 11

Class: A

Colors: Navy and gold

Mike Brannigan capped off a tremendous senior year for Northport with a victory at the Federation championship.

XC History

States Teams: 2001 (A-4th), 2002 (A-3rd), 2003 (A-8th), 2012 (A-3rd), 2013 (A-2nd)

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Bob Varsha (1968, A-8th), Kevin Tschirhart (2002, A-3rd) (2003, A-6th) (2004, A-3rd), Mike Brannigan (2013, A-2nd) (2014, A-7th)

Last Year's Summary: 3rd in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Keith Pecora	11	32	39th in Section 11 Div. Merge		159
Cameron Jacobs	11	33	53rd in Section 11 Div. Merge		157
James Donohue	11	36	4th in Section 11-Frosh-Soph		155
Dan Behrens	11	58	43rd in Section 11 Div. Merge		152
Vincent Ballasano	12	62	71st in Section 11 Div. Merge		148
Sam Napoli	12		4th in Section 11 Div. JV		147

This Year's Outlook

The Tigers' top two runners including all-world Mike Brannigan are gone, but the rest of the crew are back from last year's 3rd place S11-A squad, and the Northport pack has the potential to claim its 3rd sectional title in 4 years if it can build at the back.

Baldwinsville

Bees

Section: 3

Class: A

Colors: Red and white

Baldwinsville senior Arden Kellner was the leader for the Bees in the Manhattan Race A last year.

XC History

States Teams: 1951 (B-7th), 1952 (B-3rd), 1953 (B-2nd), 1954 (B-3rd), 1955 (B-1st), 1956 (B-1st), 1964 (A-8th), 1978 (A-8th)

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Dick Doback (1953, B-4th), Dick Crook (1956, B-8th), Ernest Nebbert (1956, B-9th), Eric Ober (1970, A-7th), Don Paige (1974, A-3rd), Bob Buckley (1980, A-6th) (1981, A-5th), Joe Saraceni (1987, A-7th), Jeff Gaulrapp (1997, A-6th), Shaun Thomspn (2009, AA-3rd) (2010, AA-3rd), Alec Peinkofer (2011, A-7th) (2012, A-7th)

Last Year's Summary: 4th in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Ryan Delola	12	29	24th in Manhattan-A		160
Cameron Morrisey	11	32	36th in Manhattan-A		155
Austin Bolton	9	36	8th in Chittenango-1		155
Andrew Olds	11	37	13th in Chittenango-1		150
Denis Keegan	12	39	17th in Chittenango-1		148
Joey Frink	12	44	15th in Chittenango-1		146
Kenneth Stehle	11		36th in Manhattan-JV		141

This Year's Outlook

It's hard for any team to get any traction in S3-A behind the two leaders, and the Bees lost their top two runners, but they should have enough of a pack to be competitive in 2015.

Syosset

Braves

Section: 8

Class: A

Colors: Red, black and white

Syosset senior Tyler Italiano took an 11th place medal at States to lead the Braves to 6th place.

XC History

States Teams: 1974 (A-9th), 1997 (A-8th), 1998 (A-4th), 1999 (A-4th), 2000 (A-8th), 2001 (A-9th), 2002 (A-9th), 2003 (A-9th), 2004 (AA-5th), 2005 (AA-7th), 2006 (AA-4th), 2012 (A-8th), 2013 (A-4th), 2014 (A-6th)

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Larry Ulrich (1974, A-8th), Billy Vasilyadis (2000, A-2nd), Mark Alizzi (2001, A-3rd) (2002, A-2nd), David Frankel (2007, AA-10th)

Last Year's Summary: 8th in NXN-NY, 8th in Federations, 6th in States A, 1st in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
William Long	12	9	87th in Manhattan-ES	67	166
Luke Skorka	12	21	14th in Section 8 Conf. 1	95	156
Michael Newman	12	25	21st in Section 8 Conf. 1	94	153
Aidan Aspiras	11		2nd in section 8-Frosh-Soph		145
Anthony Dellutri	12		6th in Manhattan-JV		144
Daniel Newman	12		5th in Roosevelt-Miller		142

This Year's Outlook

The Braves finished 6th at States but lost 4 of their top 5, so a repeat title in S8-A will be a challenge. William Long returns to lead a team that will need a lot of development at the back to be a contender again.