Elmira Dominates as Records Fall at Bob Greene

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A brief note: the course records are by default since it was a new Varsity course this year. The distance is still 5000m, and the course is virtually the same. The only change being the removal of a flat section and the addition of a hill. This making the course more challenging. Taking that into account, the old course records were still broken anyways, making it more impressive. Both records remain with the same teams.

 
Girls Varsity A

State of the Action:  

Elmira dominated the varsity girls race. Abbey Wheeler led the field, with Natalie Rogus of Corning on her heels through the first half of the race. Wheeler turned on the jets and dropped Rogus after the second mile. Wheeler went on to set a new course record in 18:08.9, and win by nearly a minute. Rogus began to fade towards the end of the race, and Skaneateles runner Kaitlyn Neal reeled her in, then passed her to finish 2nd in 18:54.

Previous Course Record: 18:32.6 - Abbey Wheeler - Elmira

Rogus led the Corning "SAT Squad", the group running at Bob Greene are academically occupied, and unable to join Jess Lawson down in Manhattan. Even without their McQuaid record holder, the group still ran well against a nearly full strength Elmira team. With their scorers all in the Top-10, Elmira came out on top 30-44.

The Newark Valley Stewart Sisters dominated on this course Tuesday at the IAC divisional meet. At Bob Greene, Kayla finished a strong 9th, and Sophie 20th in a deep girls field. But Newark Valley lacks the depth in their 4-7th runners. It was a visiting Section 3 school Skaneateles that would take the C/D team title. Led impressively by Kaitlyn Neal in 2nd.

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Top Athletes - Overall

				
    1.  Abbey Wheeler (11)             Elmira                                      18:08.9     1     145.03   145
    2.  Kaitlyn Neal (11)              Skaneateles                                 18:54.3     2     129.90   130
    3.  Natalie Rogus (12)             Corning                                     19:02.0     3     127.33   127
    4.  Mackenzie Tubbs (10)           Elmira                                      19:09.2     4     124.93   125
    5.  Madeline Ustanik (12)          Corning                                     19:16.2     5     122.60   123
    6.  Katie Butler (12)              Corning                                     19:17.9     6     122.03   122
    7.  Khiere Ashley (12)             Elmira                                      19:22.0     7     120.67   121
    8.  Olivia Riley (10)              Elmira                                      19:26.4     8     119.20   119
    9.  Kayla Stewart (12)             Newark Valley                               19:47.1     9     112.30   112
   10.  Jessica Thatcher (12)          Elmira                                      19:54.6    10     109.80   110

   Team Scores

 

    1. Elmira  (Class A-B Champs)           30     8. Waverly                             232
    2. Corning                              44     9. Elmira Notre Dame                   245
    3. Skaneateles Class C-D Champs        101    10. Chenango Forks                      248
    4. Horseheads                          147    11. Owego Free Academy                  249
    5. Newark Valley                       161    12. Lansing                             277
    6. Maine-Endwell                       178    13. Olean                               332
    7. Chenango Valley                     222
   
Boys Varsity A

State of the Action:

On the boys' side, the race spread out between the top 4 runners very early, and the gaps remained virtually the same for the next 3 miles all the way to the finish. Jared Moore led the chase 10s back after the first mile, where he was joined by Micah Page. A few seconds behind that duo was Elmira's Ben Cardamone. Through the next mile and half, the order remained the same, with none of the athletes able to close the gaps. The course has a short but very steep hill in the final 600m, and that proved decisive for the podium places. Schaffer maintained his lead to set the course record in 16:21.2. Moore held on for second, but it was a surging Cardamone that managed to fight past Page to earn 3rd place, and a great result for the Elmira runner performing very well this season.

Previous Course Record: 16:41.2 - Cody Brizzola - Maine Endwell

Dan Schaffer has been quietly having a strong season for Maine Endwell, since they have raced exclusively in Section 4. He is the top ranked Class B runner in Section 4, and 6th in the state with a 179 speed rating. He has been running fast times virtually uncontested in every race. Maine Endwell is the overwheming favorite to head up to Canada....I mean Canton...in November. It will be interesting to see Schaffer perform there, as it may be his first test all season against a deep field.

Maine Endwell had 3 runners in the Top-10, but a substantial gap to their final 2 scorers. With many of their top runners at Manhattan, the Jared Moore led Corning team had enough depth amongst their next group of runners to take the team win. Elmira narrowly edged out Maine Endwell for 2nd.

On their home course, Newark Valley narrowly beat out Section 3 Class D powerhouse Tully for the C/D team title. Newark Valley top finishers were Chris Dutcher and Josh Blazey in 22nd/23rd.

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Top Athletes - Overall

				
    1.  Dan Schaffer (11)              Maine-Endwell                               16:21.2     1     179.93   180
    2.  Jared Moore (12)               Corning                                     16:36.3     2     174.90   175
    3.  Ben Cardamone iii (11)         Elmira                                      16:43.5     3     172.50   173
    4.  Micah Page (12)                Horseheads                                  16:51.1     4     169.97   170
    5.  Parrish Bridges (12)           Owego Free Academy                          17:04.8     5     165.40   165
    6.  Alex Whitney (12)              Susquehanna Valley                          17:05.2     6     165.27   165
    7.  Garrett Butters (12)           Elmira Notre Dame                           17:12.8     7     162.73   163
    8.  Matt Karee (10)                Elmira Notre Dame                           17:15.7     8     161.77   162
    9.  Grayson Hoteling (11)          Maine-Endwell                               17:18.6     9     160.80   161
   10.  Nick Taylor (11)               Maine-Endwell                               17:23.2    10     159.27   159
 
Team Scores
    1. Corning  (Class A-B Champs)          86     9. Susquehanna Valley                  210
    2. Elmira                              106    10. Chenango Forks                      220
    3. Maine-Endwell                       109    11. Olean                               229
    4. Owego Free Academy                  132    12. Elmira Notre Dame                   288
    5. Horseheads                          148    13. Chenango Valley                     356
    6. Newark Valley (Class C-D Champs)    187    14. Waverly                             362
    7. Tully                               192    15. Moravia                             440
    8. Vestal                              196
   
Girls Varsity B

State of the Action: 

Elmira took control again in the second of the varsity girl races. They led from the gun and had no trouble winning the 2nd girls team title.

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Top Athletes - Overall

				
    1.  Alexis Wheeler (11)            Elmira                                      22:06.1     1     65.97    66
    2.  Tiffany Amentler (11)          Elmira                                      22:10.6     2     64.47    64
    3.  Grace Bickham (09)             Corning                                     22:32.6     3     57.13    57
    4.  Morgan Cecce (9)               Elmira                                      22:33.3     4     56.90    57
    5.  Claire Tepesch (12)            Corning                                     22:40.3     5     54.57    55
    6.  Nisha Sweet (9)                Ithaca                                      22:58.8     6     48.40    48
    7.  Ava Pellor (10)                Elmira                                      23:27.3     7     38.90    39
    8.  Amy Milner (9)                 Ithaca                                      23:44.3     8     33.23    33
    9.  Madalyn Wieder (9)             Horseheads                                  23:47.9     9     32.03    32
   10.  Kate Major (09)                Corning                                     23:48.2    10     31.93    32

Team Scores

    1. Elmira (Class A-B Champs)            25     3. Horseheads                           63
    2. Corning                              58     4. Ithaca                               75
   
Boys Varsity B

State of the Action:   

This race was all about Ithaca, placing 7 runners in the Top-10. They were running 1-6 for the first part of the race, looking primed to hit the perfect 15. While Noah Sorensen would go on to gap his teammates by nearly a minute and win in 18:08, Owego's Nathaniel Hodges was intent on breaking up the Ithaca pack. He steadily worked his way up, picking them off one at a time. He put in a strong effort up the final hill, and closed well to finish 2nd.

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Top Athletes - Overall

				
    1.  Noah Sorensen (10)             Ithaca                                      17:48.0     1     151.00   151
    2.  Nathaniel Hodges (10)          Owego Free Academy                          17:53.3     2     149.23   149
    3.  Silas Derfel (9)               Ithaca                                      17:56.4     3     148.20   148
    4.  Ian Tomasik (10)               Ithaca                                      17:57.1     4     147.97   148
    5.  Connor Nolan (12)              Ithaca                                      18:00.0     5     147.00   147
    6.  Cole Eells (10)                Ithaca                                      18:03.8     6     145.73   146
    7.  Jakob Markwardt (12)           Ithaca                                      18:49.8     P     130.40   130
    8.  John Mcdonald (09)             Owego Free Academy                          18:53.1     8     129.30   129
    9.  Will Armstrong (11)            Horseheads                                  18:58.8     9     127.40   127
   10.  Kieran Loehr (11)              Ithaca                                      18:59.5     P     127.17   127
    1. Ithaca                               19     8. Newark Valley                       202
    2. Corning                              74     9. Chenango Forks                      236
    3. Owego Free Academy                   81    10. Elmira                              261
    4. Horseheads                          121    11. Chenango Valley                     296
    5. Vestal                              152    12. Olean                               404
    6. Maine-Endwell                       177    13. Waverly                             411
    7. Tully                               193    14. Marathon                            416
   
Girls Modifed

State of the Action: 

There are high hopes for Aleziah Brooks in Elmira. She started the race a bit off the lead pace, sitting in 10th through 800m. She calmly went to work. Gradually moving up and completing the 1.5mi course in 9:45. There is no doubt that she will be contributing at the varsity level in the not so distant future.

Horseheads ran well and crushed this race. Stopping Elmira from sweeping the girls races.

A successful for trip for Skaneateles, they secured their 2nd C/D girls title on the day.

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    1.  Aleziah Brooks (8)             Elmira                                       9:45.3     1
    2.  Mercedes Morse (08)            Corning                                      9:52.1     2
    3.  Alyssa Walker (7)              Horseheads                                   9:57.4     3
    4.  Courtney Maule (7)             Newark Valley                               10:01.3     -
    5.  Caelan Baldridge-heywo (07)    Vestal                                      10:01.8     4
    6.  Ali Otis (8)                   Maine-Endwell                               10:06.2     5
    7.  Hannah Malloy (8)              Horseheads                                  10:19.9     6
    8.  Olivia Evans (7)               Horseheads                                  10:21.0     7
    9.  Madaleen Nelan (8)             Elmira                                      10:21.9     8
   10.  Morgan Dodds (7)               Skaneateles                                 10:28.8     9

Team Scores

    1. Horseheads (Class A-B Champs)        37     6. Tully                               153
    2. Elmira                               75     7. Vestal                              163
    3. Corning                             100     8. Maine-Endwell                       178
    4. Ithaca                              121     9. Chenango Forks                      234
    5. Skaneateles (Class C-D Champs)      125    10. Owego Free Academy                  256
   
Boys Modified

State of the Action: 

Bryce Derick won easily, leading a Corning group that finished 1-3. Giving them a decent margin of victory over Horseheads.

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    1.  Bryce Derick (8)               Corning                                      8:20.8     -
    2.  Brody Hayes-glick (08)         Corning                                      8:44.7     -
    3.  John Cleary (08)               Corning                                      8:46.2     -
    4.  Jacob Seibek (8)               Horseheads                                   8:47.6     -
    5.  Logan Roux (8)                 Maine-Endwell                                8:50.1     -
    6.  Ben Baker (8)                  Newark Valley                                9:01.5     -
    7.  Mubeen Zainul (8)              Horseheads                                   9:01.9     -
    8.  Matt Conklin (8)               Chenango Forks                               9:10.4     -
    9.  Lewis Race (08)                Owego Free Academy                           9:12.9     -
   10.  Alex Simpson (7)               Ithaca                                       9:15.2     -

Team Scores    

        1. Corning 			 57			7. Elmira			184
	2. Horseheads			 71			8. Ithaca			185
	3. Owego Free Academy		134			9. Maine-Endwell		198
	4. Chenango Forks		140			10. Union-Endicott		228
	5. Vestal 			149			11. Tully			230
	6. Newark Valley		150			12. Waverly 			257