| Greenwich | Witches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Section: 2 | Class: D | Colors: Green and white | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Greenwich's Brynne Wright led the way for the champion Witches, who won the title by packing their top four runners between the 7th and 16th place spots. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| XC History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| States Teams: 2004 (C-2nd), 2005 (D-3rd), 2006 (C-1st), 2007 (C-1st), 2008 (D-1st), 2009 (D-1st), 2010 (C-2nd), 2011 (C-2nd), 2012 (D-2nd), 2013 (D-4th), 2014 (C-3rd), 2015 (D-1st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Emily Fung (2005, C-2nd) (2006, D-2nd) (2007, C-2nd) (2008, C-4th), Caitlin Lane (2006, C-1st) (2007, C-1st), Brittney Lane (2006, C-8th) (2009, D-3rd), Cady Kuzmich (2007, D-3rd) (2008, D-8th) (2009, D-5th), Roxanne Henningson (2007, C-5th) (2008, D-2nd), Madeline Montague (2009, D-7th) (2011, C-4th) (2012, D-1st), Betsy Edinger (2010, C-4th), Victoria Houser (2011, C-2nd), Tori Spezio (2012, D-2nd) (2013, D-6th), Annabel Gregg (2014, C-6th), Brynne Wright (2015, D-7th) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Year's Summary: 1st in States C, 1st in Sectionals C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| This Year's Outlook | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In 2014
the Witches started restocking the ranks in a youth movement that
culminated last year in the team's first state championship since 2009.
The fifth overall crown for Greenwich was a nice send-off for Tori
Spiezio in her final season of a career that saw her take top-3 States
places as a freshman and sophomore. Now the main job of defending the
title lies solely in the hands of the three freshmen -- Brynne and Brooke Wright and Emma Cronin -- who took over as
the lead Witches last year as 8th graders and who along with Spiezio
formed the coven that placed 7th, 11th, 14th, and 19th and packed enough
of a punch to win the state championship. With sophomores Annabel Gregg
and Lucia D'Acchile in support, the young Greenwich squad will again
enter the season as the top team in Class D. But a repeat championship
is no sure thing, because out west the Witches' longtime D rival Maple
Grove also has a youth movement going on that could result in still
another big showdown between the two teams. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maple Grove | Red Dragons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Section: 6 | Class: D | Colors: Red and black | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Maple Grove's Hope Pietrocarlo finished her career in 2015 with a record sixth top-5 finish in States Class D. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| States Teams: 2007 (D-4th), 2009 (D-2nd), 2010 (D-1st), 2011 (D-1st), 2012 (D-1st), 2013 (D-2nd), 2014 (D-4th), 2015 (D-3rd) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Caroline Benson (2010, D-2nd), Hope Pietrocarlo (2010, D-4th) (2011, D-3rd) (2012, D-3rd) (2013, D-1st) (2014, D-5th) (2015, D-5th), Megan Marsh (2010, D-5th) (2011, D-2nd) (2012, D-10th) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Year's Summary: 3rd in States D, 1st in Sectionals D | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| An
era that started in 2010 when a pair of 7th graders helped lead an
insanely young Maple Grove to its first state championship finally ended
in 2015 with the graduation of the last remaining member of three-time
champion crew, Hope Pietrocarlo, 2013 States individual champ and
six-time finisher in the top 5 at States. With their longtime
frontrunner gone, the Red Dragons will now have to see how far another
young and not very deep group can go after a 3rd place finish last year
at States. With a top four of junior Grace Auer, 8th grader Carling
Lockwood, and sophomores Riley Caskey and Bryn Mozzi as a core, Maple
Grove will enter the season as the chief rival to an equally young
Greenwich squad in its quest for a second straight state title. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seton Catholic-Plattsburgh | Knights | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Section: 7 | Class: D | Colors: Blue and green | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Margaret Champagne cruised to a third straight top-5 finish at States as she placed 4th to lead Seton Catholic to 5th in Class D. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| XC History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| States Teams: 1995 (B-7th), 1998 (B-11th), 2000 (D-6th), 2001 (D-8th), 2002 (D-8th), 2003 (D-8th), 2004 (D-8th), 2005 (D-4th), 2006 (D-6th), 2007 (D-6th), 2008 (D-3rd), 2009 (D-7th), 2010 (D-4th), 2011 (D-5th), 2012 (D-6th), 2013 (D-3rd), 2014 (D-2nd), 2015 (D-5th) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Mary Kate Champagne (2005, D-1st) (2006, D-1st) (2007, D-1st), Genna Hartung (2005, D-8th) (2006, D-3rd) (2007, D-2nd) (2008, D-4th), Anna Rabideau (2009, D-10th), Margaret Champagne (2012, D-7th) (2013, D-2nd) (2014, D-3rd) (2015, D-4th), Sofia DeJordy (2014, D-10th) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Year's Summary: 5th in States D, 1st in Sectionals D | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Like
all of the top Class D teams, Seton Catholic lost a long longtime front
runner as Margaret Champagne said goodbye after taking a States medal
every year of her career and ending it off with a 4th place in 2015 for
her 5th place squad. Her departure is a sizeable problem for the
Knights, because she was the anchor that you could always use in the
preseason to say that even though Seton Catholic only had a couple of
known returning runners, you knew that they would get four other runners
to team with Champagne to get a pretty high place at States. Now the
fate of the Knights appears to lie mainly with the DeJordy family.
Sophomore Sofia DeJordy and sophomore Kaylee Amoriell should be back
after running at States, but 8th grader Savannah DeJordy saw her final
action at Section 7 state qualifiers, and freshman Lea DeJordy missed
the 2015 season after running as an 8th grader. What it all means I have
no clue, but I am reasonably confident that the Knights will somehow
pull together five runners and will end up battling for a top 5 place at
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| Beaver River | Beavers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Section: 3 | Class: D | Colors: Orange, green and white | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taylor Moore led Beaver River in the Section 3 state qualifier as the Beavers finished 2nd. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| XC History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| States Teams: 1984 (C-1st), 1985 (C-1st), 1986 (C-2nd), 1995 (C-2nd), 1996 (C-3rd), 1997 (C-2nd), 1998 (C-1st), 2000 (D-2nd), 2001 (D-2nd), 2002 (D-2nd), 2003 (D-2nd), 2004 (D-1st), 2005 (D-2nd), 2007 D-3rd), 2009 (D-3rd), 2011 (D-2nd) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Diane Everard (1982, C-2nd), Tammy Widrick (1985, C-6th) (1986, C-7th) (1987, C-9th), Cynthia Zehr (1985, C-6th), Nicole Maser (1994, C-6th), Bobbie Mathys (1996, C-8th) (1997, C-6th), Lauren Moser (2000, D-4th) (2001, D-3rd) (2002, D-1st) (2003, D-5th), Julie Emery (2000, D-7th), Chelsea Nuffer (2002, D-7th) (2005, D-6th), Adrienne Gagnier (2003, D-8th), Ellen Stevens (2004, D-4th), Karlee Duffer (2009, D-8th) (2010, D-10th) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Year's Summary: 2nd in Sectionals D | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Beaver River has been shut out of States since 2011 mainly because of the emergence of Tully, but now the four-time state champions are looking to take advantage of a depleted Black Knights team and use their standard Beaver pack to reclaim the S3-D title. A sophomore top trio of Taylor Moore, Shauna Rice, and Rylee Campeau will be joined by juniors Sierra Kempney and Emily Lighthall to build a group that could stay on top in S3-D for two straight years. And that offers up the possibility of the craziest cheering contingent in the state having a good time for quite a while. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trumansburg | Blue Raiders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Section: 4 | Class: D | Colors: Blue and gold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Trumansburg
8th-grader Molly MacQueen led the Blue Raiders to a second consecutive
Section 4-D title as she held off Seton Catholic-Binghamton's Shayna
Will for the victory. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| States Teams: 1996 (C-11th), 1998 (C-9th), 1999 (C-8th), 2014 (D-9th), 2015 (D-7th) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Last Year's Summary: 7th in States D, 1st in Sectionals D | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The Blue Raiders are favored for their third straight S4-D title after a 7th place finish at States. Though Trumansburg is not deep and only three of last year's States finishers are back, the Raiders have Molly MacQueen returning as a freshman to lead the team and likely have enough to hold off Elmira-Notre Dame for the sectional crown. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
