Tully's
Brooke Rauber kicks it in to win the Section 3 C Class D race a week
before her States championship and two weeks before her 4th place in the
Federation championship.
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Heather
Roberts (1999, D-9th), Kelly Coyne (2006, C-6th), Ashleigh Crawford
(2013, D-3rd) (2014, D-2nd) (2015, D-6th), Ellen Jaworski (2013, D-4th)
(2014, D-6th) (2015, D-9th), Brooke Rauber (2015, D-3rd) (2016, D-1st)
Last Year's Summary: 3rd in Sectionals D
Roster
Name
Grade
Sect. Place
Top Notes
States Results
Season TR
Brooke Rauber
9
1
4th in Federation
1
138
Alison Carr
11
13
4th in OHSL Patriot
88
Lauren Yonko
12
15
5th in OHSL Patriot
76
Allison Congelli
12
30
7th in OHSL Patriot
56
Rachel Berry
11
--
11th in OHSL Patriot
49
Chelsea Phillips
10
57
14th in OHSL Patriot
35
This Year's Outlook
In
the same year that Tully's streak of nine Sectional wins was broken,
Black Knights' frontrunner Brooke Rauber ran to the team's first individual state
championship and has given clear signs that she will be winning many
more. As one of the top rated returning runners in the state, Rauber
could also be in line for a trip to Nationals after falling one place
short of NXN last year. For the Black Knights to get back to States as a
team, an influx of new young runners will likely be needed to overcome
the intact South Lewis and Beaver River teams ahead of them in S3-D.
Seton Catholic-Plattsburgh
Knights
Section: 7
Class: D
Colors: Blue and green
Lea
and Sofia DeJordy ran to top 15 places in the McQuaid A race for Seton
Catholic-Plattsburgh and later led the Knights to 6th place at States.
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: 6th in States D, 1st in Sectionals D
Roster
Name
Grade
Sect. Place
Top Notes
States Results
Season TR
Sofia DeJordy
11
3
3rd in CVAC
25
103
Savannah DeJordy
9
4
4th in CVAC
55
98
Lea DeJordy
10
2
2nd in CVAC
47
97
Gabby Cote (?)
9
34
26th in McDaniel-Baxter-4
68
Sophie Macner
11
38
88th Burnt Hills-1
93
35
This Year's Outlook
With
Sofia, Savannah and Lea DeJordy filling out the top 3 spots for Seton
Catholic-Plattsburgh, the team is well set to run with any team in Class
D. But as always with the Knights, the question in preseason is whether
there will be enough runners to field a scoring team. We're guessing
that the 4th and 5th spots will be filled in, but the Knights will need
more depth if they hope to return to the top 3 finish that they had at
States in some recent years.
Addison
Knights
Section: 5
Class: D
Colors: Maroon and gray
Addison's Veronica Dailey medaled at States last year for the Knights when they were in Class C.
Addison
drops back down to Class D after a one year stay in C, where it lost a
close battle to Waterloo to snap its streak of Sectional wins at two. In
S5-D, the Knights will be jousting with reigning champ
Harley-Allendale-Columbia. With States medalist Veronica Dailey back to
lead a fully intact squad, the Knights may be on track to contend
for a Sectionals title.
Harley-Allendale-Columbia profile moved to Class C preview as a result of reclassification.
Duanesburg
Eagles
Section: 2
Class: D
Colors: Purple and gold
Duanesburg's
Elaine Atanasova raced to a 2nd place finish in the Grout C race and
later earned her third straight States medal with a 16th place in
Chenango Valley.
XC History
States Teams: 2004 (D-2nd), 2006 (D-3rd), 2007 (D-2nd), 2014 (D-7th)
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Vicki Dorety (1986, C-8th)
Last Year's Summary: 2nd in Sectionals D
Roster
Name
Grade
Sect. Place
Top Notes
States Results
Season TR
Elaine Atanasova
11
4
2nd in WAC
16
107
Jen Skeeter
11
7
15th in Burnt Hills-1
48
80
Alice Cole
11
19
9th in WAC
63
Hannah Lawrence
11
30
22nd in Grout-C
56
Astrid Marz
11
31
59th in Grout-C
44
Emily Schaeffer
11
46
20th in Grout-C
44
This Year's Outlook
With
three-time States medalist Elaine Atanasova and 22nd place States
finalist Jen Skeeter back to lead a largely intact team of apparently
all juniors, Duanesburg should compete well this year. The big stumbling
block for the Eagles is the presence of reigning state champion Greenwich in
S2-D, which will make a return to the States meet they last visited in
2014 very difficult.
New York Mills
Marauders
Section: 3
Class: D
Colors: Royal blue and orange
New
York Mills' Abbey Copperwheat (no. 929) and Sarah Sharpe (between Hali
and Hannah Iefield of South Lewis) both qualified for States with strong
runs in the Section 3 Class D race.
XC History
States Teams: 1977 (B-6th)
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers):
Last Year's Summary: 4th in Sectionals D
Roster
Name
Grade
Sect. Place
Top Notes
States Results
Season TR
Abbey Copperwheat
11
2
3rd in CSC
14
114
Sarah Sharpe
11
6
3rd in McDaniel-Baxter-12
27
106
Grace Reilly
12
19
32nd in McQuaid-A
70
Mary Grace Kehrli
11
28
15th in Queensbury-2
70
Holly Simon
10
72
45th in CSC
10
This Year's Outlook
Most
of the Marauders are back this year including States finalists Abbey
Copperwheat and Sarah Sharpe. The big problem for New York Mills is that
it is not very deep and in a very tough S3-D section.
Trumansburg
Blue Raiders
Section: 4
Class: D
Colors: Blue and gold
Trumansburg's Molly MacQueen finished 2nd here in the McQuaid A race and went on to take 9th at States to lead her team to 5th.
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Molly MacQueen (2016, D-9th)
Last Year's Summary: 5th in States D, 1st in Sectionals D
Roster
Name
Grade
Sect. Place
Top Notes
States Results
Season TR
Molly MacQueen
10
1
5th in McDaniel-Baxter-2
9
115
Kaitlyn Feeley
10
7
3rd in IAC Champs
46
84
Ginny Clifford
10
11
35th in McDaniel-Baxter-2
58
76
Elizabeth Dawson
11
18
9th in IAC North
68
53
Megan Feeley
12
27
37th in IAC Champs
84
37
Melaina Bell
11
35
1st in IAC-JV
32
This Year's Outlook
Trumansburg's top 4 are back from last year's 5th place States team, and that will likely be enough to keep the
Blue Raiders ahead of Elmira Notrre Dame and Lansing this season.
States medalist sophomore Molly MacQueen will try to lead the team to
the next level.
