2018 NY Boys XC Preview: Class A

2018 XC Previews

Perry King

Aug 23, 2018

Shenendehowa

Plainsmen

Section: 2

Class: A

Colors: Green and white

Shenendehowa's Alex Hislop (no. 3572) finished 45th in the Manhattan Eastern States race in 2017.

XC History

States Teams: 1977 (A-8th), 1984 (A-7th), 1991 (A-9th), 1992 (A-4th), 1994 (A-1st), 1995 (A-2nd), 1996 (A-3rd), 1997 (A-2nd), 1998 (A-1st), 2002 (A-1st), 2003 (A-1st), 2006 (AA-1st), 2007 (AA-2nd), 2008 (AA-1st), 2009 (AA-6th), 2014 (A-2nd) NXN Nationals: 2006 (6th), 2007 (14th), 2008 (7th)

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Bob Horan (1981, A-6th), Joe Wirgau (1992, A-8th) (1993, A-3rd), Rick Busch (1994, A-3rd), Scott Wirgau (1995, A-2nd), Dan Tebbano (1997, A-4th), 1998 (A-10th), Rob Cloutier (1998, A-3rd), Darrel Andruski (1999, A-8th), Jacob Gurzler (2002, A-4th), Ryan Gaedje (2002, A-10th) (2003, A-7th), Scott Mindel (2003, A-10th), Steve Murdock (2006, AA-1st), Alex Leuchanka (2008, AA-2nd), Dan Harris (2008, AA-8th) (2009, AA-10th)

Last Year's Summary: 3rd in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Alex Hislop	12	12	12th in Suburban Council		171
Odin Schaepkens	12	27	89th in Manhattan-ES		161
Bryan Spence	11	29	33rd in Suburban Council		160
Gregory Langone	12	30	98th in Manhattan-ES		160
Max Hoffman	12	39	9th in Guilderland-Lg		157
Aidan Hickey	11	41	1st in Suburban Council-JV		157
Jakob Quail	11		1st in Guilderland-JV		155

This Year's Outlook

After a 3rd place finish at Sectionals last year, Shen has lost two of the top three runners with the graduation of Liam Hickey and TJ Michalek. But frontrunner Alex Hislop and the most of the rest of the varsity are back on team that may have the best depth in S2-A. Top-30 Sectional finishers Odin Schaepkens, Bryan Spence, and Gregory Langone join Hislop in the Plainsmen's top group, and if the TRs can all be moved up a bit, Shen could be winning its first S2-A title in four years.

Clarence

Red Devils

Section: 6

Class: A

Colors: Red and black

Clarence's Grey Conover (603) was the first Red Devil in at States in 2017.

XC History

States Teams: 1970 (B-1st), 1971 (B-3rd), 1972 (B-5th), 1973 (B-6th), 1983 (A-1st), 1986 (B-4th), 1087 (B-3rd), 1990 (B-6th), 1991 (B-8th), 1997 (A-10th), 2006 (AA-7th), 2007 (AA-8th), 2009 (AA-9th), 2011 (A-8th), 2012 (A-9th), 2013 (A-6th), 2017 (A-7th)

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Jim Helbrecht (1965, B-8th), Donald Helbrecht (1966, B-9th), Ron Blackmore (1970, B-4th), Robe Strauss (1973, B-5th), Ron Markezich (1982, A-1st), Rob Anderson (1984, A-4th), Dan Garrett (1983, A-7th), Mike Garrett (1984, B-4th), Dennis Webster (1986, B-8th) (1987, B-2nd)

Last Year's Summary: 7th in States-A, 1st in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Grey Conover	12	2	4th in ECIC	54	174
Dan Daddario	12	4	18th in ECIC	69	162
Drew Biegner	12	13	20th in ECIC	74	159
John Insinna	12	14	23rd in ECIC	70	157
Walid Bibi	11	15	8th in Clarence-Lg	87	153
Nate Lange	10		17th in Clarence-Lg		145

This Year's Outlook

Clarence won its first Sectionals title in four years in 2017 and then went on to finish 7th at States. Now with their to five runners back for 2018, the Red Devils are looking to move up, and the top duo of Grey Conover and Dan Daddario will be hoping to pull the rest of the pack up in the face of a likely challenge from Frontier in S6-A.

Baldwinsville

Bees

Section: 3

Class: A

Colors: Red and white

Baldwinsville's Joe Licamelli (328) was the first of the three Bees to finish at States in 2017.

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: 13th in NXN-NY, 7th in Federation, 2nd in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Joe Licamelli	12	9	57th in Federation	55	165
Garrett Vannatta	12	7	6th in SCAC	81	164
Adam Davis	12	18	7th in SCAC	--	161
Connor McManus	12	11	110th in Federation	86	159
Austin Bolton	12	29	25th in Baldwinsville-Lg		151
Colin Delaney	10	40	11th in Manhattan-JV		144
Sam Kellner	12	50	38th in SCAC		141

This Year's Outlook

The Bees had some nice upward movement in 2017 finishing 2nd behind Fayetteville-Manlius and going to Federations for a 7th place finish. Now with all but Ben Timmons back from the Sectionals' top 5 finishers, Baldwinsville looks to build around four top 20 guys from S3-A that include States finalists Joe Licamelli, Garrett Vannatta, and Adam Davis along with Adam Davis. Holding off a resurgent Liverpool for 2nd will be no easy task though.

Frontier

Falcons

Section: 6

Class: A

Colors: Royal blue and white

Frontier's Joey Groth was one of the two Falcons at States in 2017 along with Joshua Peron.

XC History

States Teams: 1977 (A-6th), 1990 (A-6th), 1992 (A-9th), 1993 (A-6th), 1994 (A-8th), 1996 (A-10th), 1998 (A-10th), 1999 (A-6th), 2001 (A-8th), 2016 (A-8th)

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Peter Quinlan (1977, A-9th), Jim Kruszka (1983, A-6th), Nick Larosa (1991, A-6th) (1993, A-1st), Mike Deren (2004, AA-5th)

Last Year's Summary: 2nd in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Joshua Peron	10	3	2nd in Alden-Lg	56	167
Joey Groth	12	5	8th in ECIC	96	164
Brian Gleason	11	10	6th in Alden-Lg		160
Waley Galey	12	11	17th in ECIC		160
Brandon Reinhard	12	31	54th in ECIC		140
Noah Lepsch	12	40	63rd in ECIC		140

This Year's Outlook

After a 2-point loss to Clarence in the S6-A meet last year, the Falcons are set for another showdown this year. States finalists Joshua Peron and Joey Groth return with five of last year's top 6, so with a little more depth, Frontier may be strong enough to retake the title it won in 2016. Clarence also returns most of its runners, however, so the verdict could again come down to who has the best guy at the fifth spot.

Arlington

Admirals

Section: 1

Class: A

Colors: Maroon and Vegas gold

Colin Waters was the first finisher for Arlington with a 47th place at 2017 States.

XC History

States Teams: 1951 (B-1st), 1952 (B-2nd), 1975 (A-4th),1976 (A-3rd), 1978 (A-9th), 1984 (A-9th), 1995 (A-4th), 1997 (A-6th), 2005 (AA-6th), 2006 (AA-6th), 2007 (AA-6th), 2010 (AA-5th), 2011 (A-4th), 2012 (A-4th), 2014 (A-9th), 2015 (A-3rd), 2016 (A-7th), 2017 (A-8th)

States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): George Turner (1950, B-7th), (1950, B-1st), Ted Kaiser (1951, B-5th), Vince McKenna (1952, B- 9th), (1953, B-5th), (1954, B-4th), Chris McKenna (1959, B-9th), Jim Quinn (1964, B-4th), Steve Francis (1976, A-2nd), Dan Lyons (1976, A-7th), Charles Barone (1978, A-4th) Bob Packowski (1984, A-5th), Jason Kenny (1990, A-9th), Daniel Cartica (2005, AA-6th), Sebastion Hanson (2011, A-10th) (2012, A-6th)

Last Year's Summary: 6th in Federation, 8th in States A, 1st in Sectionals A

Roster
Name	Grade	Sect. Place	Top Notes	States Results	Season TR
Colin Waters	12	2	3rd in McQuaid-AAA2	47	171
Tyler Locke	12	15	4th in McQuaid-AAA2	51	164
Daniel Caso	11	9	106th in Federation	82	158
Mark Scanlon	12	12	7th in Section 1 Coaches-2	78	158
Daniel Nieto	12		3rd in McQuaid-JV		140

This Year's Outlook

Arlington captured its fourth straight S1-A title in 2017 and then finished 8th in the States mud before running better with a 6th at Federations. The top four from the Sectionals 8 are back for 2018, and the rest are graduated. Colin Waters, Tyler Locke, Daniel Caso, and Mark Scanlon should be plenty strong enough to get the Admirals a 5th straight S1-A title, and if some recruits can fill out the back of line more deeply, Arlington could get back into the top 5 at States.

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