Mansfield, PA - Many New York teams ventured across the border, to attend the Mansfield Mountaineer Invitational. We were on the scene to capture all the action.
Girls Summary:
The 2015 Mountaineer Invitational spectators were witnesses to an amazing performance today. With Race conditions that were very wet and soggy, Elmira's Abby Wheeler ran a race for the record books. Abby ran an unbelievable race from start to finish and when the dust settled she had shattered the course record that includes both all college times and high school girls times.
Abby who had an outstanding spring track season has started off with a big bang and she had this to say, "I thought today I performed well although the course is flat coming out of my first 5k of the season with an 18-sec pr boosts my confidence. The last few months have been very positive, everything in my training and racing is moving forward and it's bringing me closer to my goals. Right now I'm in the best fitness I've ever been in and it's very exciting. I knew coming into this season I was much faster than previous years and I feel like I'm ready to take another jump. This season I want to take that jump and become competitive with the top girls in the country. It's a hefty goal but with this continuous positive feedback it helps me believe in it for myself. Going to practice in a positive environment with teammates and coaches believing in me as well sets me up for success. I'm confident in my training and I can only hope to continue moving forward this season. As a team we performed well. A lot of the younger girls have been stepping up, last year's seniors left big shoes to fill and many of the younger girls have proven that they are capable of getting the job done. The pack is very strong and as long as that pack continues to develop I think we can become competitive in the state".
Coach Ben Cardamone had this to say, "the one thing I keep saying is Abby has always been coming off of a spring track season where she has been dinged up and right now this is the first time in her career that she has not and she is racing and looking better than she's ever looked".
Assistant Coach Andy Brusso had this to add, "I thought todays meet was a great starting point. The girls have a lot of young talent that are just starting to learn about themselves. Lots of room to develop throughout the season. Abbey's race was simply awesome and I'm happy she is finally coming off a healthy spring season".
Even the Meet Host Mike Rohl who is also the Head Coach of Mansfield University had this to say, "Abbey ran a course record today that beat the time of 3 Division II All American. It was a run for the ages"
Elmira's success didn't stop with Abby. The Elmira's girl's team also took home the meet championship, with some very impressive performances.
1 Abbey Wheeler 12 Elmira 17:22.21 2 Olivia LoveJoy 10 Elmira 19:35.97 4 Mackenzie Tubbs 11 Elmira 19:45.97 5 Olivia Riley 11 Elmira 20:01.62 6 Aleziah Brooks 9 Elmira 20:28.40 7 Olivia Steed 10 Elmira 20:50.54 8 Tiffany Amentler 12 Elmira 20:55.87 9 Reilly Tubbs 9 Elmira 21:04.33 17 Maddie Nelan 9 Elmira 21:40.31 
The Elmira Team victory was very impressive getting 9 girls in the top 20! Coach Ben Cardamone had this to say about his team's performances,
"First of all I want to start with just our team performance and I would say that for right now we are right on schedule. We revamped a lot of things that we did in the past and right now everything seems to be going pretty smooth. We had to deal with some issues that kind of bit us at the end of the year last year in our think our training right now is reflecting that."
2nd Place Addison's Girls team who looked very impressive taking the runner up spot. Megan Long led Addison with a 10th place, finishing with a time of 21:09.02. The Addison Coach Tim Lyons had this to say about his athletes and the course. "This was a perfect way for our student-athletes to start out the season. Most of our kids witnessed a college race for the first time--that was great exposure for them. Many of our athletes put in decent miles this summer, and it showed today. The weather was PERFECT--a little drizzle throughout the day. Enough of a mist to keep things mild. The course was FLAT and FAST. A real confidence booster for our newer runners. Walking away from the meet with two second place team finishes was really exciting for our team. Coach Rohl (Mansfield University) and his crew of athletes put on a great meet today. This was our first time at this meet--what an awesome venue (Lambs Creek Recreation Area)."
10 Megan Long Addison 21:09.02 21 Isabella Painter Addison 22:11.72 22 Lacie Long Addison 22:13.70 23 Mackenzie Brewer Addison 22:18.15 25 Corrine Crooker Addison 22:21.94 38 Emily Pierce Addison 24:42.41 47 Harley Combs Addison 26:23.70 52 Laurel Perrine Addison 27:02.38 59 Cara Fleet Addison 27:18.18 
3rd Place was Elmira Notre Dame's Girls with new comer Payton Yoder leading ND with a time of 21:18.33. It was Payton's first Cross Country race ever. "Payton who has seen very nice success in track over the past couple of years so it is no surprise to see her race well in her first Cross Country race" coach Naylor said. Coach Naylor added,"All the girls raced very well. Payton raced great and Chase and Claire raced very well up front. It was a solid first 5k meet for this very young team." "The meet and course were great and our kids had a great time."
13 Payton Yoder 9 Notre Dame 21:18.33 16 Chase Yoder 11 Notre Dame 21:29.47 19 Claire Kubinski 10 Notre Dame 22:07.29 35 Amanda Diehr 10 Notre Dame 24:04.70 36 Katherine Hallinan 10 Notre Dame 24:04.89 37 Kristen Oplinger 9 Notre Dame 24:14.43 40 Emma Debara 9 Notre Dame 25:07.94 44 Jordynn Naylor 12 Notre Dame 25:34.91 51 Ariana Bulkley 11 Notre Dame 27:01.08 54 Anna Moretti 10 Notre Dame 27:06.25 58 Kara Woglom 11 Notre Dame 27:17.14 64 Katie Ronsivalle 11 Notre Dame 28:04.68
Boys Summary:
In the Boys Race, Troy's Keegan Beard took the win with a time of 17:14.68 followed by runner up Joseph Thompson of Addison with a time of 17:24.06 and third place Britton Cook of Corning with a time of 17:42.94.
The team title went to Corning with a team score of an impressive 36 points followed by Addison (77), Troy (89) and Elmira Notre Dame (98).
Corning's Coach Ray Lawson had this to say of his team's performance today, "I was extremely pleased with our boys effort today. Our top five runners especially impressed me, these boys have trained very well over the past month, they are trying to break into our top 10 and they all made a strong case for themselves today by running under 18 minutes. Britton Cook our top runner today ran pr of just over a minute. The course was in great shape the weather in my opinion was ideal 60 with a light mist, so these boys really took advantage of the conditions on a perfect day and all ran 5k pr's I am very proud of them".
The winning Corning team members:
3 Britton Cook 10 Corning 17:42.94 5 John Cleary 9 Corning 17:47.68 7 Nathan Prisella 11 Corning 17:49.46 9 Grayson Cambell 11 Corning 17:51.80 12 Brody HayesGlick 9 Corning 17:59.74 19 Trevor Prutsman 10 Corning 18:36.74 24 Matthew Rebis 10 Corning 19:07.45 25 Andrew Marcellin 11 Corning 19:15.11 30 Pranav Tandon 10 Corning 19:43.67 32 Kyle Lorey 12 Corning 19:53.65 37 Quinn Cambell 9 Corning 20:13.72 39 Jack Larson 10 Corning 20:21.61 
Runner up Addison's Coach lyons had this to say "Our expectations heading in to the meet were tempered...just go out--run smart--run hard--and run as a team." And that they did! The Runner up Addison team members:
2 Joseph Thompson Addison High School 17:24.06 8 Stephen Thompson Addison High School 17:50.59 17 Evan McIlwain Addison High School 18:17.20 23 Jonah Burton Addison High School 18:58.87 28 Ryan English Addison High School 19:21.55 29 Will Beckhorn Addison High School 19:31.71 34 Nathan Hough Addison High School 20:00.58 46 Dylan Beckhorn Addison High School 20:49.46 48 Dillyn Dailey Addison High School 20:53.47 59 Jacob Hough Addison High School 21:37.60 61 Hadden Crawford Addison High School 22:02.57 66 Nathan Jacobson Addison High School 22:23.18
3rd Place went to Troy. Troy ran very well today with a solid team performances all around. Third Place Troy's team members:
1 Keegan Beard 12 Troy 17:14.68 13 Jacob Culkin 12 Troy 18:00.78 16 Kale Weidner 10 Troy 18:15.37 31 Jarrod Rathbun 11 Troy 19:49.80 33 Zane Longwell 10 Troy 19:53.90 35 Jacob Brown 9 Troy 20:07.27 50 Avery Watkins 11 Troy 21:03.43 85 Nick Stein 9 Troy 24:26.52 95 Zack Sargeant 10 Troy 26:11.36
Following closely behind Elmira Notre Dame in their second year back with a Cross Country program led by 4th place finisher Frank Vassallo with a time of 17:46.67. Coach Naylor had this to say, "The team ran outstanding today. I couldn't be prouder of both the Girls and Boys team's efforts today". Other ND finishers are:
11 Matt Connolly 10 Notre Dame 17:56.86 14 Justin Bauco 10 Notre Dame 18:14.13 15 Nico Tripeny 10 Notre Dame 18:15.09 75 Dawson Hilfinger 12 Notre Dame 23:01.09 92 JT Ryan 9 Notre Dame 25:48.36