2017 NY Boys XC Preview: Class A



ManhassetIndians

Section: 8Class: AColors: Blue and orange

Manhasset's Aidan Caggiano (no.809) was the top guy for the 8th-place Indians at States in Class B in 2016 at 28th.
XC History
States Teams: 1983 (B-10th), 1984 (B-8th), 1986 (B-11th), 1990 (B-7th), 1991 (B-13th), 1992 (B-7th), 1993 (B-10th), 1995 (B-6th), 2003 (A-11th), 2005 (A-10th), 2008 (B-8th), 2009 (B-4th), 2014 (B-10th), 2015 (B-8th) (2016, B-8th)

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Stephen Bourguet (2012, A-6th)


Last Year's Summary: 19th in NXN-NY, 8th in States B, 1st in Sectionals B

Roster




NameGradeSect. Place Top Notes States ResultsSeason TR
Aidan Caggiano12210th in Brown-Champ28170
Ryan Watson1233rd in Section 8 Class 281166
John Cyprus12814th in McDaniel-Baxter-375160
Nicholas Harris11137th in Section 8 Class 292152
Ryan Thompson12179th in Section 8 Class 282151
Christopher Courts11
24th in McDaniel-Baxter-3
150
Aidan Sweeney12
16th in Section 8 Class 2
147
This Year's Outlook
So a team finished 8th in States B, gets bumped up to Class A, has a top runner who is listed in many of the results as a senior in 2016, and is still rated ahead of the States 2nd place A team from last year. How does this happen? Well first, Manhasset just did not have a good States meet but that's not uncommon, the top 6 runners from last year are probably back, and the top runner's Twitter feed indicates that he's still around. So Manhasset has moved up to Class A, it has a veteran team that hopefully learned something from States 2016, and the senior trio of Caggiano, Watson and Cyprus should be able to compete well enough against Syosset in S8-A to get back to States in a new class.






Warwick ValleyWildcats

Section: 9Class: AColors: Purple and Gold

Warwick Valley's Thomas Gardiner (no.902) placed 13th at States and is one of two returning medalists along with Behailu Bekele-Arcuri.
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), 2015 (A-5th), 2016 (A-2nd)

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), Behailu Bekele-Arcuri (2016, A-10th)


Last Year's Summary: 6th in NxN-NY, 3rd in Federation,2nd in States A, 1st in Sectionals A

Roster




NameGradeSect. Place Top Notes States ResultsSeason TR
Behailu Bekele-Arcuri10111th in Federation20183
Thomas Gardiner12313th in Federation13180
Kevin Cox12
6th in OCIAA-JV
145
Jeremy Platt-Strack11
7th in OCIAA-JV
144
James Byrne12
8th in OCIAA-JV
144
Gabe Wersebe12
15th in Warwick-1
142
This Year's Outlook
The Wildcats ran to a great 2nd place result at States and had two underclassmen earn States medals. With Bekele-Arcuri and Gardiner returning, Warwick Valley would be well set to win its 20th Sectionals title in a row except for the fact that the 3-7 guys at States all graduated.  2017 promises to be an interesting year for the Wildcats as last year's JV squad moves up to fill in the spots behind the state's top rated duo and tries to fight off a Monroe-Woodbury squad that has a solid balanced pack.






PenfieldPatriots

Section: 5Class: AColors: Red and white

Penfield's Tyler Senall (no. 507) picked up a medal last year with a 16th place finish for the 6th place Patriots.
XC History
States Teams:  1994 (A-7th), 2005 (AA-5th), 2007 (AA-7th), 2016 (A-6th)

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


Last Year's Summary: 17th in Federation, 6th in States A,, 1st in Sectionals A

Roster




NameGradeSect. Place Top Notes States ResultsSeason TR
Tyler Senall1221st in Penfield-Irondequoit16178
Jacob Fredericks10115th in Penfield-Irondequoit62162
Zach Gauronski111712th in Penfield-Irondequoit82159
John Pullano122611th in Penfield-Irondequoit92152
Garrett Hall10
2nd in Monroe County-JV
148
Jake Marchese11
6th in Monroe County-JV
142
This Year's Outlook
The Patriots won their first Sectional title in 9 years but then lost some of their top runners such as Brad Farnham and Conor Davis. There still seems a strong enough squad behind States medalist Tyler Senall to get a repeat in S5-A, but the section is very tough and there will need to be a lot of growth from the younger guys on the team this year.






NorthportTigers

Section: 11Class: AColors: Navy and gold

Northport's top two of Isaiah Claiborne and Eddie Obrien-Curcie (nos. 6085 and 6079) helped push the Tigers to a 4th place finish in the Manhattan B race.
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: 12th in Federation, 4th in Sectionals A

Roster




NameGradeSect. Place Top Notes States ResultsSeason TR
Isaiah Claiborne12410th in Section 11 Div. Merge49175
Dan O'Connor122210th in Section 11 Div. Merge
161
Sean Ryan11381st in Section 11-FroshSoph(So)
156
Thomas Fodor10471st in Section 11-FroshSoph (Fr)
152
Elijah Claiborne12
159th in Federation
148
Tyler Dollhausen12
1st in Manhattan-JV-D
148
This Year's Outlook
Northport lost three of its top 5 runners from last year's 12th place Feds team, but seniors Isaiah Claiborne and Dan O'Connor provide a good base to rebuild a strong contender for the the S11-A title.






SyossetBraves

Section: 8Class: AColors: Red, black and white
Syosset senior Peter Zimbalist finished 26th to pace the Braves at States in 2016.
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), 2016 (A-8th)

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:  21st in Federations, 8th in States A, 1st in Sectionals A

Roster




NameGradeSect. Place Top Notes States ResultsSeason TR
Sean Ahearn11621st in Manhattan-E74165
Stanley Feldbeyn12926th in Section 8 Conf. 180160
Gary Sautner11820th in Section 8 Conf. 194159
Justin DePinto101230th in Section 8 Conf. 189157
Andrew Lafferty12
1st in Section 8-JV
148
Matt Chvasta12
2nd in Section 8-JV
144
Ross Reddick12
44th in Section 8 Conf. 1
143
This Year's Outlook
The battle is on for the Braves in S8-A as Manhasset moves up to challenge for the title. Ahearn, Feldbeyn, and Sautner all return from top-10 places in last year's Sectionals, but 2016 frontrunner Peter Zimbalist has graduated.




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