Under some difficult wet and cool conditions, a few spots on the course were a bit tricky, but there were still a number of fast times and quality races.
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State of the Action: The individual race proved to be one of the most exciting of the day with a back and forth battle between top state ranked Carly Benson and Abbey Wheeler. Benson led with a gap of a few seconds over Wheeler through the first half of the race. Going up the hilly middle part of the course Wheeler closed the gap and took over the lead with just over 800m to go. They entered the back loop with Wheeler looking in control of the race with Benson on her heels. When they came out of the back loop into the finish straight they had swapped again. A big late surge from Benson dropped Wheller, and the West Genesee runner was able to extend her lead all the way to the line. The team race appeared much closer than it actually was. West Genesee ran well with their Top-5 all running ahead of Elmira's #2 runner through the early parts of the race. The important note being that Elmira's #2 was also their 3,4,5,6, as their pack went out very easy at the start. They cruised through much of the course, only turning on the jets at the end to work their way through the race to a winning positons. All Elmira's scorers finished in the Top-10. It would appear as if the Elmira crew is playing it smart, saving themselves for bigger races in the future, such as a matchup with Corning at Sectionals, and the rest of the state the week after, if they make it. The D II teams were very closely spaced. Section 4 Class C Watkings Glen and Newark Valley have run neck and neck all season. While Newark Valley was placed higher in the overall results, led by Kayla Stewart in 6th, Watkins Glen took the narrow win in the Division II split. The Sectional race will be very interesting between the 2. NV has the edge with their two lead runners, but WG has more depth in their 3-5 runners. |
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1. Carly Benson (09) West Genesee 18:51.0 1
2. Abbey Wheeler (11) Elmira 18:58.5 2
3. Kaylee Stone (10) Windsor 19:44.8 -
4. Grace Craig (10) West Genesee 20:03.6 3
5. Emily Mackay (11) Union Endicott 20:04.4 4
6. Kayla Stewart (12) Newark Valley 20:18.5 5
7. Olivia Riley (10) Elmira 20:22.9 6
8. Khiere. Ashley (12) Elmira 20:26.0 7
9. Mackenzie Tubbs (10) Elmira 20:26.5 8
10. Jessica. Thatcher (12) Elmira 20:28.3 9
Team Scores
Division I Results
1. Elmira 28 5. Homer 134
2. West Genesee 39 6. Union Endicott 150
3. Horseheads 102 7. Carthage 162
4. Maine Endwell 111
Division II Results
1. Watkins Glen 49 3. South Jefferson 60
2. Newark Valley 51 4. Candor 70
Overall Results
1. Elmira 32 7. South Jefferson 193
2. West Genesee 48 8. Homer 194
3. Horseheads 141 9. Candor 211
4. Maine Endwell 154 10. Union Endicott 219
5. Newark Valley 159 11. Carthage 230
6. Watkins Glen 166
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State of the Action: Noah Affolder entered the race as the overwhelming favorite with his sole challenger Dan Schaffer from Maine-Endwell. Schaffer has been running well, but his team has stayed in Section 4 all season, and the only time he ran a contested race was at McDaniel-Baxter in early September where he finished 2nd to Dan Dracup. Schaffer put in a strong race, running step for step with Affolder through 3000m. Through the hilly section of the course Affolder made his move and opened up a small gap. He was able to hold that to the finish in 16:01. Now ranked 5th on the Marathon All Time list. Right behind Lopez Lomong. With a few more years left, we shall see if Affolder comes back for the course record- 15:39.1, held by Chris Stogsdill. With Noah's younger brother Sam finishing a very impressive 5th as an 8th grader, the two led the Carthage squad to the team win. Will Randall and David Leff ran well through the closing parts of the race to move up and help West Genesee narrowly beat Maine Endwell for 2nd. The Division II race was another showdown between a loaded Class C group in Section 4. It came down to a tie breaker for Oneonta to win over Watkins Glen, and Newark Valley was just 2 points back. |
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1. Noah Affolder (10) Carthage 16:01.4 1
2. Dan Schaffer (11) Maine Endwell 16:12.7 2
3. Will Randall (12) West Genesee 16:41.1 3
4. David Leff (10) West Genesee 16:44.2 4
5. Sam Affolder (8) Carthage 17:14.4 5
6. Ben Eisenhut (12) Lansing 17:17.2 -
7. Micah Page (12) Horseheads 17:26.2 6
8. Grayson Hoteling (11) Maine Endwell 17:26.9 7
9. Alex. Whitney (12) Susquehanna Valley 17:27.4 8
10. Ilian Kozarski (12) Union Endicott 17:32.5 9
Team Scores
Division I 1. Carthage 59 5. Owego 105 2. West Genesee 67 6. Horseheads 121 3. Maine Endwell 72 7. Union Endicott 141 4. Elmira 101 Division II 1. Oneonta 64 4. Delhi 95 2. Watkins Glen 64 5. Susquehanna Valley 96 3. Newark Valley 66 6. Onondaga 106 Overall Scores 1. Carthage 89 8. Watkins Glen 187 2. West Genesee 97 9. Newark Valley 191 3. Maine Endwell 100 10. Union Endicott 228 4. Elmira 141 11. Susquehanna Valley 237 5. Owego 152 12. Delhi 238 6. Oneonta 182 13. Onondaga 268 7. Horseheads 185 |
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State of the Action: Taking his time through the early stages of the race, Garrett Butters calmly worked his way through the pack, established a lead, then just held that gap to the finish. His teammate Matt Karee had a good 2nd half and gave Elmira Notre Dame a 1-2 finish. On their home course, the best placed Marathon finisher was Dylan Brickner in 9th. Ithaca ran their Varsity B team, which won easily, and could've been up in the seeded race and placed well there. Windsor finished ahead of Chenango Forks for 2nd. Add these two teams to the other Class C schools in the seeded race, and you have a very exciting 5 way battle in the Sectional race. |
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1. Garrett Butters (12) Elmira Notre Dame 17:37.7 1
2. Matt Karee (10) Elmira Notre Dame 17:47.0 2
3. Ian Kurzrock (12) Tri Valley 17:50.7 3
4. Collin Traub (12) Waverly 18:04.4 4
5. Landon Reed (11) Windsor 18:04.6 5
6. Noah Sorensen (10) Ithaca 18:04.9 6
7. Evan Ulrich (11) Homer 18:14.4 7
8. Cole Eells (10) Ithaca 18:16.3 8
9. Dylan. Brickner (12) Marathon 18:18.5 9
10. Kyle Holmes (12) Spencer Van Etten 18:22.1 -
Team Scores
1. Ithaca 52 13. Dryden 352
2. Windsor 137 14. South Jefferson 354
3. Chenango Forks 160 15. Deposit Hancock 373
4. West Genesee 165 16. Norwich 382
5. Binghamton 218 17. Horseheads 383
6. Honeoye 242 18. Maine Endwell 426
7. Chenango Valley 249 19. Edmeston 441
8. Tri Valley 281 20. Thomas A. Edison 442
9. Marathon 285 21. Waverly 448
10. Homer 286 22. Lafayette 492
11. Johnson City 348 23. Union Endicott 575
12. Elmira Notre Dame 348
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State of the Action: Chase Yoder led from the gun and tried to complete the Elmira Notre Dame sweep of the unseeded races, but Emily Cluck wouldn't let her get away. Cluck shadowed her through the early stages, then made her move and was able to hold off Yoder to the finish. Coming off a win at the Whitney Point on Tuesday, Cluck goes 2 for 2 this week. Seton Catholic had good races from their 1-3 runners, placing them all in the Top-10, but they lack the depth in their final scorers to impact the team scores. West Genesee won overall with their B team, and Cluck led her Johnson City team to 2nd. |
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1. Emily Cluck (11) Johnson City 21:01.0 1
2. Chase Yoder (10) Elmira Notre Dame 21:11.9 2
3. Kelsey Frank (11) Waverly 21:23.2 3
4. Jamie Farrell (12) Seton Catholic 21:29.9 4
5. Kristen Igo (12) Chenango Valley 21:31.4 5
6. Kelsey Dutton (12) Sullivan West 21:41.0 6
7. Katie Flynn (9) Chenango Forks 21:43.3 7
8. Kaylee Uhl (12) Waverly 21:50.8 8
9. Marlee. Shaffer (11) Seton Catholic 21:51.7 9
10. Shayna Will (10) Seton Catholic 21:59.2 10
1. West Genesee 95 9. Owego 205
2. Johnson City 154 10. Delhi 211
3. Tri Valley 167 11. Onondaga 218
4. Oneonta 174 12. Chenango Valley 253
5. Seton Catholic 191 13. Horseheads 263
6. Chenango Forks 192 14. Sullivan West 285
7. Waverly 198 15. Groton 304
8. Elmira Notre Dame 200 16. Honeoye 376
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State of the Action: Binghamton's Lexi Gruss finished with a decent lead as a pack sprinted for the podium places behind. Horseheads dominated the team scores with 6 runners in the Top-15. |
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1. Lexi Gruss (8) Binghamton 10:15.0 1
2. Diana Inzhirova (07) Chenango Valley 10:25.0 2
3. Caelan Baldridge-heywo (07) Vestal 10:30.0 3
4. Mercedes Morse (08) Corning 10:31.6 4
5. Alyssa Walker (7) Horseheads 10:32.1 5
6. Aleziah Brooks (8) Elmira 10:34.6 6
7. Bailey Morgan (8) Windsor 10:38.6 -
8. Hannah Malloy (8) Horseheads 10:41.9 7
9. Madaleen Nelan (8) Elmira 10:45.3 8
10. Ali Otis (8) Maine Endwell 10:47.4 9
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State of the Action: Bryce Derick came off a win at Bob Greene, and backed it up with another win by a significant margin. Corning placed 1-3 also the same as Bob Greene, with the only difference being John Cleary and Brody Hayes-Glick switching places. |
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State of the Action: A pack of six distanced the rest from the start and stayed grouped till the end. The deciding factor was the final hill up to the finish straight with Ben Baker opening a small gap to Matt Conklin, and Bobby Brotherton out sprinting the rest for the 3rd spot. |
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State of the Action: A wrong turn in the beginning had this race runnning further than the rest of the modified races. This group of girls didn't back down from the challenge, and it was Ginny Clifford who enjoyed the longer distance the most, and ran to a easy win over Tori Albro. |
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