Section 1 Boys Open Rankings – Week 5 -10/14/08
1. North Rockland (AA) (#1 previous week): With a good showing at the Manhattan Invite on Saturday this squad stays put for another week. The top five averaged 13:31 on the hills of Van Cortlandt park with a 1 min. compression. They had a 171 avg. speed rating for the week. Hughes was the leader at 13:03.
2. Suffern (AA) (#2 previous week): Ran a 13:40 average at Manhattan Invite on Saturday with Pereira, McKenna, Mitchell, Galasso & Galasso within 20 sec. of each other. This would be a scary pack to be chasing after any team. They have a 168 average speed rating, moving even closer to the guys at the top.
3. Scarsdale (AA) (#4 previous week): This squad ran a 13:44 avg. at Manhattan Invite and jumped their average speed rating from 155 the previous week to 167 this week, making the move the senior laden team had been planning to make at this point in the season. Lee led the team at 13:16.
4. Arlington (AA) (#3 previous week): Another week with no results from this team that started the year very strong, and plans to finish as strong. Look to see a statement made this weekend from this team to let everybody know where they are at in their training. A great run and these guys will leapfrog some teams that have taken jumps ahead of them.
5. Mahopac (AA) (#5 previous week): Ran in the Manhattan Invite to a 13:58 average and a 2:01 compression. They earned an average speed rating of 162, an improvement on the 157 from last week. All signs look good to continued improvements and if their #5 makes a jump they will look to do some damage at the sectional meet.
6. Brewster (A) (#7 previous week) Ran a 14:11 average at Manhattan Invite with a 23 sec. compression and a 158 avg. speed rating to finish 6th best for section 1 in the merge, behind Fox Lane at 5th in the merge, however they beat Fox Lane in the League Championships today (as well as Horace Greeley) at Somers.
7. Horace Greeley (A) (NR) Ran a 14:16 avg. at Manhattan for a 156 avg. speed rating with a nice 1:01 compression. Have a stronger 5th man than the teams close behind them.
8. Fox Lane (A) (NR) Ran a great race at Manhattan, a 14:09 avg. for the team and a 155 avg. speed rating. Mitchell and Sgaglio are 13:42 and 13:44. Finished 3rd. in league meet to Brewster and Horace Greeley (by 1 pt. to HG).
9. Pearl River (B) (HM previous week) That was quite a race by Hickey, if the fence hadn’t have been there he might have gotten around that guy the 5 or 6 times he tried but got moved into the fence, a hard fought 12:35 effort. The team averaged 14:07 and a 159 avg. speed rating.
10. White Plains (AA) (NR)- With a 14:15 team avg. at Manhattan and a 157 avg. speed rating, these guys showed they have some talent. Dapice ran 13:32 to lead a good solid effort by the team.
Bubble Teams:
1. Carmel(AA)- 14:19 avg. at Manhattan, they just missed the list, make them #10.5 for the week, it was that close. With 2 guys under 14:00 and the next 3 running well, it’s hard to overlook these guys.155 avg. speed rating for the week and less than 1 min compression.
2. New Rochelle (AA) Ran to a 14:22 avg. at Manhattan with a 48 sec. compression. Quamily and Barajas at 13:55 and 14:02 to lead them up front, while 3-5 are only 10 sec. spread. 154 avg. speed rating.
3. Somers: ran 14:33 avg. at Manhattan with Gorecki serving up a 13:43 to lead.
Class AA Rankings (previous week rankings in parenthesis)
1. North Rockland (1) Continuing to display great speed and strength on all courses they encounter. Will be good to see them run at Bowdoin.
2. Suffern (2) That 20 sec. compression is impressive to watch as a coach. It will be interesting to see them on display against all of the top teams in 2 more weeks.
3. Scarsdale (4) With Lee at the helm of this team they look to be ready to take on the Rockland County schools for a battle of AA powers.
4. Arlington (3) I’ll get some flack for dropping a team for not competing, however everybody in front of them has improved while competing and they will get an opportunity to prove themselves again this weekend. It will be good to see the Admirals run again.
5. Mahopac (5) A 5 pt. improvement in their weekly speed ratings (if that means anything to you) shows that they are another AA team improving and ready to peak for the sectional battle.
Class A Rankings (previous week rankings in parenthesis)
1. Brewster (1) Newly crowned league champs (congrats!) will look to ride that momentum into the sectional meet where they will battle with many of the same teams they defeated for the league title.
2. Horace Greeley (2) After taking a week off, they returned this week to race at the Manhattan invite before doing battle at their league meet today with Brewster, Fox Lane, Somers, Yorktown, and John Jay Cross River.
3. Fox Lane (5) Ran well at Manhattan and missed beating HG at league meet for 2nd. By just 1 point.
4. Somers (3) Ran 14:33 avg. at Manhattan, finished in this same order at league meet.
5. Yorktown (4) Ran 14:25 avg. at Manhattan and earned a 153 avg. speed rating.
Class B Rankings (previous week rankings in parenthesis)
1. Pearl River (2) Led by star Hickey, they posted a great avg. at Manhattan and had a 159 avg. speed rating.
2. Byram Hills (1) Won their home invite this weekend with an 18:04 avg. and a 1:06 compression. Avg. speed rating was 150.
3. Nanuet (NR) Ran 15:43 avg. at Manhattan invite with a 127 avg. speed rating.
4. Rye (3) Ran a 15:20 avg. at Manhattan with a 125 avg. speed rating. (Nanuet had 5 faster than #3 for this team)
5. JFK (5) Averaged 16:03 at Manhattan with Wynne running 14:04 to lead.
Class C Rankings (previous week rankings in parenthesis)
1. Irvington (1) After winning St. Athony’s race, these guys took time off to train and gear up for championship season.
2. Pawling (2) Not to be out-rested, this squad also took some down time to get ready for a good race on the 31st.
3. Dobbs Ferry (3) Also elected to take some time off to get ready for the championship part of the season. They won their league meet easily today in Van Cortlandt park with P. Wortner looking very comfortable breaking 14:00.
4. Bronxville (4) Never one to miss the party, these guys ran at Manhattan Invite and had a lot of Personal bests. They avg.15:01 and a 142 speed rating. Won their league meet today in Van Cortlandt park with freshman, Dayton Flannery, winning the race in 14:16.
5. Dover (5) Another C team that did compete this weekend. They ran at the Byram Hills meet and averaged 19:24 for a 123 speed rating.
Class D Rankings (previous week rankings in parenthesis)
1. Keio (1) Did not compete over the weekend, took 2nd. To Bronxville at the league meet in Van Cortlandt Park today.
2. Haldane (2) Finished 11th at the Byram Hills meet over the weekend with an avg. time of 21:05.
3. Hamilton (3) Finished with an average of 22:09 at Byram Hills.
4. Blind Brook (NR) add another full team to the ranks of the D class schools. No results from the weekend but ran a full squad at the league meet today.
5. Children’s Village (4) Averaged 23:45 at Byram Hills over the weekend.
Section 1 Girls Open Rankings – Week 5- 10/14/08
1. Pearl River (B) (T3 previous) Class B power showcased their talents in their home state on the NYS course after going on the road for a tour of neighboring state invitationals. Their times compared to times run by section 1 teams there this year makes them #1 overall. They have 5 girls with speed ratings over 105. Kushner led team @ 20:00 over Cardiac and Snake hills. Team avg. speed rating of 109.9.
2. Arlington (AA) (#1 prev.) With a 2 week hiatus from racing it will be good to see these girls back in action this weekend in their own back yard at Bowdoin park, site of this year’s sectional championship on Halloween. They have the legs to run down any team in their race.
3. Bronxville (C ) (T3 previous) Won the Varsity F race at Manhattan invite with Hudson placing 2nd. Overall in the race. Team averaged 16:08 w/ #4 having an off day. 109.6 avg. speed rating. The two eighth graders still running tough, with another breaking 17:00 in the JV race. Finished 18th in the merge, possibly the largest merge in the country.
4. Suffern (AA) (#2 previous) Ran in a very tough Eastern States race w/ some of the top teams in the United States, including 2 time NTN champion Fayeteville Manlius. Shelby ran 14:33 to lead them to a 16:05 avg. and 110.4 avg. speed rating. Finished 25th in the merge.
5. North Rockland (AA) (#5 previous) 16:16 avg. at Manhattan invite to place 42nd. In the overall merge. Gamboli and Hekker #1 both under16:00. 106.4 avg. speed rating. Finished 2nd to Suffern at league meet.
6. Brewster (A) (#6 previous) 16:51 avg. at Manhattan. 94 avg. speed rating. 8th grader Bottalico leads them at 16:12, won their league meet on Tuesday by a comfortable margin. 65th in merge at Manhattan.
7. Mahopac-16:58 avg. at Manhattan w/ DiBello @16:26 and Gardineer on her heels at 16:34. 67th in Merge. 91.6 avg. sp. Rating.
8. Ursuline (A) (#7 previous) Flew south to the Disney meet w/o #1 Sullivan. They won the Small School Div. of the meet. #1 on the weekend, O’Shea at 19:55. Avg. speed rating 83.8.
9. Tappan Zee (A) (#8 previous) 17:03 average at Manhattan. Polack @16:09 leads the team. They won their league meet yesterday in Vanny.
10. White Plains (AA) (NR) The Trelstad’s lead this team, running 16:04 and 16:11 @ Manhattan to help team average to 17:17.
Class AA Rankings (previous week rank in parenthesis)
1. Arlington (1) Gearing up for a weekend run at Bowdoin.
2. Suffern (2) Shelby should lead them to a low score this weekend.
3. North Rockland (3) A tough week for these teams that ran Manhattan, leagues and now Bowdoin on Saturday.
4. Mahopac (4) Running close to home this weekend will be good for this team. Friendly course for the team from Putnam Valley.
5. White Plains (NR) This team is looking to make a name for itself after graduating their star last year.
Class A Rankings (previous week rank in parenthesis)
1. Brewster (1) Newly crowned league champs looking to continue their winning ways through October.
2. Ursuline (2) With Sullivan running with them again this week they will look to post some fast times against their A rivals before the showdown on Halloween.
3. Tappan Zee (3) Rebuilding well after losing Miller-Bedell and Graney last year. This team also riding the momentum of a league championship.
4. Horace Greeley (NR) 17:23 average at Manhattan invite, then followed that with a 2nd place showing in their league meet.
5. Somers (4) Kuntz and O’Connell are running well to lead the team.
Class B Rankings (previous week rank in parenthesis)
1. Pearl River (1) #1 in Section this week. Running well at the right time of the year.
2. Nanuet (2) finished 2nd to PR at league meet. Ran some good times in the Frosh race at Manhattan.
3. JFK (3) 18:23 average at Manhattan. Kendzor ran 16:02 with Mannion at 16:25. Kendzor won the league title over a very good Lazare of Pleasantville.
4. Lourdes (NR) 18:48 average at Manhattan invite.
5. Briarcliff (NR) 2nd at Byram Hills meet over the weekend with a 24:11 average.
Class C Rankings (previous week rank in parenthesis)
1. Bronxville (1) Continuing to pack very well.
2. Pawling (2) 17:16 average at Manhattan with Jalinek running 16:33.
3. Irvington (3) 1st place at Byram Hills with a 22:09 avg.
4. Hastings ( 4) 17:53 average at Manhattan.
5. Dover (5) 3rd place at Byram Hills with a 24:24 avg.
Class D Rankings (previous week rank in parenthesis)
1. Haldane – Full squad will plan to run to a state meet berth on Halloween.