44th Annual Manhattan Invitational Girls Letter Race Preview
Much of the day's action at Van Cortlandt Park will be devoted to the Letter races, and there are great matches on hand for all. Time was a bit limited for pulling in info from all of the different states. Also apologies to non-NY teams if the rating scores don't quite capture your full strength, as some of the estimations are really tough. The following summaries should give at least some idea of what's in store for the girls' 6 Letter duels.
Overview
Every
year in the Manhattan Letters there is the Race of Death where strong
teams struggle to finish in the top 10 behind a slew of dreadnoughts.
Often it is the A race, which this year is more of an even-balanced
affair. One obvious choice for the scary RoD is D in which the top end
would rival some of the athletes in the Easterns race. Two Clash of the
Titans struggles will see Shoreham-Wading River take on Liverpool, while Section 3 individuals from Liverpool and Jamesville-Dewitt have another battle going on. In order, last years' winners were Bay Shore, Monroe-Woodbury, Walter Johnson, Colonie, Guilderland, and John Jay-Cross River.
Cheers to all, and remember not to start sprinting all out when you come out of the woods. There's still 600 meters to go.