2016 NY Boys XC Preview: Class A

2016 Saucony Flo50 XC Team Rankings Countdown

Aug 19, 2016

Northport

Tigers

Section: 11

Class: A

Colors: Navy and gold

Northport's Eddie Obrien-Curcie, Isaish Claiborne, and Keith Pecora finished 18th, 19th, and 20th to lead the Tigers to 2nd place at last year's Section 11 state qualifier.

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: 17th in NXN-NY, 18th in Federation, 2nd in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Eddie Obrien-Curcie	12	18	69th in NJ Shore Coaches-merge		161
Keith Pecora	12	20	94th in Federation		161
Sean Inzerillo	12	--	37th in Suffolk Coaches-1		161*
Isaiah Claiborne	11	19	100th in Federation		159
Tyler Dollhausen	11	--	23rd in section 1 Coaches-JV		155*
James Donahue	12	--	23rd in Crusader Pre-States-3		150
Evan Atherton	12	46	34th in Section 11 Div.		150

This Year's Outlook

Northport always seems to be developing top track guys in the spring and usually has some kind of pack of Tigers in the fall. This year there is great potential for a Tiger pack to carry the team to an S11-A title as top-20 sectionals guys Eddie Obrien-Curcie, Isaiah Claiborne, and Keith Pecora could be joined by track-improved Sean Inzerillo to give Northport a great mid-level power boost.

Baldwinsville

Bees

Section: 3

Class: A

Colors: Red and white

Ryan Delola led Baldwinsville with a 12th place finish at the Section 3 state qualifier in his senior season.

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: 15th in NXN-NY, 3rd in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Austin Bolton	10	18	16th in Manhattan-B		163
Andrew Olds	12	19	18th in Manhattan-B		161
Adam Davis	10	28	39th in McQuaid-AAA		160
Cameron Morrissey	12	20	18th in Baldwinsville-Lg		159
Evan Biederman	12	29	31st in CNYCL		151
Evan Vannatta	12	39	5th in ManhattanJV		151
Ben Timmons	11		5th in Baldwinsville-JV		150*

This Year's Outlook

The Bees will be missing 2015 frontrunner Ryan Delola but will have a big chunk of last year's varsity back. Austin Bolton, Andrew Olds, and Cameron Morrissey all got top-20 places in sectionals last year, and Baldwinsville should have the depth to contend on possibly a higher level in S3-A this year.

West Genesee

Wildcats

Section: 3

Class: A

Colors: Blue and gold

West Genesee's David Leff battled with Liverpool's Ty Brownlow and Stevie Schulz throughout the States meet last year as he took an 11th place medal.

XC History

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

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Steve Houghmaster (2009, AA-4th)

Last Year's Summary: 4th in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
David Leff	12	5	2nd in Marathon-Sd	11	182
Sean Byrnes	11	25	14th in Marathon-Sd		156
Ryan Dunning	12	23	17th in Marathon-Sd		156
Sean O'Brien	12	36	34th in Baldwinsville-Lg		149
Kyle Jenkins	11	52	72nd in Manhattan-D		145
Russell Graziano	11	37	11th in Marathon-Sd		144

This Year's Outlook

The Wildcats have States 11th-place finisher David Leff back to lead a West Genesee team that will be needing some development behind their senior frontrunner.

Orchard Park

Quakers

Section: 6

Class: A

Colors: Maroon and white

Orchard Park's Matt Mercer sprinted to the finish with Sachem North's Jonathan Lauer to finish 8th and lead the Quakers to 6th place at States.

XC History

States Teams: 1964 (B-2nd), 1995 (A-7th), 2015 (A-7th)

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Clarke Rublee (1966, B-8th), Peter Meindl (2000, A-1st) (2001, A-1st), Matthew Mercer (2015, A-8th)

Last Year's Summary: 13th in Federation, 6th in States A, 1st in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Cal Puskar	11	3	26th in McQuaid-AAA	28	171
Aidan Winiewicz	11	4	11th in ECIC	59	164
Thomas Flannery	12	6	12th in ECIC	67	161
Michael Totaro	12	14	21st in East Aurora	94	156
Joseph Even	12	30	7th in Alden-JV		135
Brandon Brusehaber	12		11th in Alden-JV		135
Tino Mancabelli	9		6th in East Aurora-JV		134

This Year's Outlook

Orchard Park dominated the action in S6-A last year and then moved on to take 7th at States with senior Matthew Mercer leading the way with 8th. Mercer is gone but four of the Quakers who finished in the S6-A top-20 are back to lead the quest for a second title in a row following the first one in 20 years in 2015. Cal Puskar finished 28th at States last year is the presumed frontrunner with Aidan Winiewicz, Thomas Flannery, and Michael Totaro forming the rest of the Quaker core. Now Orchard Park needs to firm up the back line.

Penfield

Patriots

Section: 5

Class: A

Colors: Red and white

Penfield's Tyler Senall (no. 532) ran at States with Patriot teammate Brad Farnham.

XC History

States Teams: 1994 (A-7th), 2005 (AA-5th), 2007 (AA-7th)

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Paul Stemmer (1971, A-3rd), Allen Smith (1985, A-6th), Paul Little (2000, A-3rd)

Last Year's Summary: 3rd in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Brad Farnham	12	6	1st in Spartan Waterfront	88	165
Tyler Senall	11	7	6th in Penfield-Irondequoit	66	165
Conor Doran	12	21	5th in Spartan Waterfront		159
John Pullano	11	24	15th in Penfield-Irondequoit		151
Zach Gauronski	10	40	52nd in Monroe County		143
Jack Murphy	12		21st in Victor-1		142

This Year's Outlook

The Patriots finished 3rd in last year's S5-A, but this year they have five of the top 6 of the varsity back from last year. Brad Farnham and Tyler Senall return with States experience, and now they hope to lead Penfield to its first sectional title in 8 years.

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