2022 NY Boys XC Preview: Class A

Perry King

Corning (Hawks)


States Teams:  1978 (B-7th), 1982 (B-9th), 1994 (A-5th), 2012 (A-7th), 2013 (B-2nd), 2014 (A-5th), 2015 (A-2nd), 2016 (A-1st), 2017 (A-1st), 2018 (A-2nd), 2019 (A-2nd), 2021 (A-1st)   NXN Nationals: 2017 (12th)
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers):  Dave Van Alstyne (1967, A-8th), John Duke (1988, B-1st), Krys Usack (2001, A-10th), John McCarthy (2013, B-5th), Tom Moshier (2013, B-9th), Peter Kane (2015, A-5th), Kevin Moshier (2016, A-5th), Quinn Nicholson (2017, A-3rd), Dan Gahagan (2017, A-8th), Torrey Jacobson-Evans (2017, A-9th), Bryce Derick (2018, A-8th), Jack Gregorski (2021, A-1st), Ashton Bange (2021, A-4th)

Last Year's Summary:  2nd at NXR-NY,  1st in States A,  1st in Sectionals
Roster
Runner
Grade
Section Place
States Place
Speed Rating
Ashton Bange
12
1
4
183
Tevin McLaren
12
4
22
169
Gabe Cornfeld
12
5
24
166
Marcus Homa
12
10
46
162
Joshua Beres
12
9
40
162
DJ Cornfeld
11
12

161
Jaxyn Mahoney
10


135

Outlook: The Hawks are the reigning States champs who not only enter the new season with by far the best speed ratings but also a lot of depth. Nationals finalist Jack Gregorski and #3 guy Matthew Gensel are gone from last year's squad, but States top returner Ashton Bange is back to lead a strong group that looks good for a fourth States title in six years and a second trip to NXN Nationals.


Fayetteville-Manlius (Hornets)


States Teams: 1968 (A-3rd), 1997 (A-1st), 1998 (A-2nd), 1999 (A-7th), 2003 (A-2nd), 2004 (AA-1st), 2005 (AA-2nd), 2008 (AA-2nd), 2009 (AA-1st), 2010 (AA-3rd), 2011 (AA-1st), 2012 (A-2nd), 2013 (A-1st), 2014 (A-1st), 2017 (A-2nd), 2018 (A-1st), 2019 (A-1st), 2021 (A-2nd)   NXN Nationals: 2004 (2nd), 2005 (3rd), 2008 (16th), 2009 (9th), 2010 (2nd), 2011 (12th), 2012 (16th), 2013 (4th), 2014 (1st), 2015 (21st), 2016 (19th), 2017 (2nd), 2018 (5th), 2019 (11th)
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): John Gunn (1961, B-4th), John Jeffrey (1968, A-4th), Adam Wasileski (1996 (A-2nd) (1997, A-1st), Dale Cocca (1998, A-4th), Brian Cocca (1998, A-7th), Jared Burdick (2004, AA-7th), Owen Kimple (2004, AA-8th) (2005, AA-4th), Tommy Gruenewald (2005, AA-7th) (2006, AA-2nd), John Heron (2005, AA-10th), Geoff King (2006, AA-3rd), Alex Hatz (2008, AA-1st), Paul Merriman (2008, AA-3rd), Brendan Farrell (2004, AA-6th), Nick Ryan (2011, A-1st) (2012, A-1st), Matt Deyo (2011, A-3rd), Bryce Millar (2012, A-4th) (2013, A-1st) (2014, A-1st), Andrew Berge (2013, A-4th), Peter Ryan (2013, A-9th), Kyle Barber (2014, A-3rd), Adam Hunt (2014, A-8th), Patrick Perry (2016, A-7th), Ben Otis (2017, A-4th), Garrett Brennan (2017, A-6th) (2018, A-7th), Geoff Howles (2018, A-2nd) (2019, A-5th), Matthew Tripp (2018, A-6th), Peyton Geehrer (2018, A-9th, 2019, A-2nd), Sam Otis (2018, A-10th, (2019, A-3rd), Anthony Otis (2021, A-8th)

Last Year's Summary:  2nd in Federation, 2nd in States A, 1st in Sectionals
Roster
Runner
Grade
Section Place
States Place
Speed Rating
Anthony Otis
12
3
8
177
Nolan McGinn
11
4
26
172
Ben Perry
12
--
--
159
Cooper Dereszynski
12
20
87
147
Mason Weires
12
21
91
141
Kyler Patrick
11
26

136

Outlook: The Hornets' senior middle core from last year that included Daniel Patrick, Jackson Matthews, and William Seamans is gone, but the top two of senior Anthony Otis and junior Nolan McGinn are back. Preseason it appears that FM should have just enough depth to win its fifth straight S3-A title over West Genesee and Baldwinsville, but its string of 12 straight appearances at Nationals is less secure.

Fairport (Red Raiders)


States Teams: States Teams: 1986 (A-4th), 1988 (A-3rd), 1989 (A-2nd), 1990 (A-5th), 1995 (A-5th), 1996 (A-2nd), 1997 (A-4th), 2003 (A-6th), 2006 (A-8th), 2017 (A-5th), 2019 (A-8th)   
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Scott Brighton (1987, A-5th), Nate Ruder (1989, A-5th) (1990, A-3rd), Brian Lilly (1997, A-5th), Jeff Beck (1999, A-4th), Pat Dupont (2007, AA-1st), Sean Henretta (2018, A-5th), John Farrell (2021, A-6th)

Last Year's Summary:  2nd in Sectionals
Roster
Runner
Grade
Section Place
States Place
Speed Rating
Jake Passalugo
11
10

164
Zach Ditzel
12
14

156
Connor Roeser
11
24

153
Mike Taranto
12


152
Collin Lesher
11


150
Owen Willard
12


149
Jacob Tanovitz
11


148
Outlook:  The Red Raiders lost top two guys John Farrell, the sectional champ, and Ben Schwab to graduation and return only three guys from last years S5-A runner-up varsity. The key to their high ratings then is a solid core of JV guys coming back this year to give Fairport depth and good compression in the 1-5 spread. Junior Jake Passalungo was 10th at Sectionals last year and leads the campaign to win back the title the Red Raiders last captured in 2019.


Monroe-Woodbury (Crusaders)


States Teams: 1961 (B-6th), 1969 (B-3rd), 1970 (B-3rd), 1974 (A-2nd), 1975 (A-3rd), 1984 (A-2nd), 1985 (A-3rd), 1988 (A-9th), 1992 (A-7th), 1994 (A-2nd), 2017 (A-6th) , 2019 (A-5th), 2021 (A-7th)
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers):  Joe Belmonte (1960, B-6th), Bruce Mapes (1970, B-8th), Ralph Semmel (1973, A-4th), Jim O'Shea (1975, A-1st) (1976, A-5th), Mike Grogan (1975, A-7th), Andy Halpin (1976, A-3rd), John Murphy (1980, A-10th), John Trautmann (1983, A-2nd) (1984, A-1st) (1985, A-1st), Jim Trautmann (1989, A-9th), Brian McKnight (1995, A-9th) (1996, A-1st)

Last Year's Summary:   7th in States A, 1st in Sectionals
Roster
Runner
Grade
Section Place
States Place
Speed Rating
Collinn Catherwood
12
2
43
172
Collin Gilstrap
12
3
20
172
John Urcioli
12
4
68
161
Gavin Catherwood
10
43

137
Oliver Jibb
11


133
Dylan Baisley
10


122

Outlook: The Crusaders lost the back half of last year's States 7th place varsity, so there will be some work to do to fill out the ranks behind its very strong top senior trio of Collin Catherwood, Collin Gilstrap, and John Urcioli. MW really shouldn't get a strong challenge in S9-A this year, and there are some indicators from track season that there are some younger guys ready to step up for the 4-6 spots on the team.

Calhoun (Colts)


States Teams: 2009 (A-3rd), 2010 (A-8th), 2015 (A-9th), 2021 (A-9th)
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Gary Swanson (1971, A-6th), Pat Kearns (1986, A-9th)

Last Year's Summary:    9th in States A, 1st in Sectionals
Roster
Runner
Grade
Section Place
States Place
Speed Rating
Logan Schaeffler
11
4
53
163
William Hughes
12
13
81
155
Gavin Giordano
12
15
97
152
Matthew Belmonte
12
22
101
149
Jonathan Sferratore
12
34
102
146
Jeremy Sirof
12


115
Outlook: The Colts won their first S8-A title in six years in 2021 and this year they have five guys back from the varsity, though some key top guys were lost. Calhoun should win Sectionals again with junior Logan Schaeffler on the lead, and the team has a good shot to move up at States from last year's 9th place finish.

Saratoga (Blue Streaks)


States Teams:  1987 (A-3rd), 1988 (A-1st), 1999 (A-2nd), 2000 (A-3rd), 2001 (A-1st), 2004 (AA-3rd), 2005 (AA-1st), 2012 (A-1st), 2013 (A-3rd), 2015 (A-4th), 2016 (A-4th)   NXN Nationals:  2005 (1st), 2012 (12th)
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers):  Steve Kaye (1963, B-8th), Bill Briell (1963, B-10th) (1964, A-8th), Dennis Schwartz (1967, A-9th) (1969, A-10th), Matt Wood (1994, A-10th), Dylan Welsh (1996, A-5th) (1997, A-2nd) (1998, A-1st), Chris Dore (2001, A-9th), Sean Curran (2001, A-6th), Mike Foley (2002, A-9th), Steve Murdock (2004, AA-6th) (2005, AA-2nd), Greg Kelsey (2005, AA-3rd), Dmitri Goutos (2007, AA-9th) (2008, AA-7th), Sam Place (2009, AA-7th) (2010, AA-2nd), Jay Navin (2012, A-10th), Aidan Tooker (2014, A-4th) (2015, A-2nd), Shea Weilbaker (2018, A-1st), Ryan Bush (2021, A-2nd)

Last Year's Summary:  6th in NXR-NY, 2nd in Sectionals
Roster
Runner
Grade
Section Place
States Place
Speed Rating
Mason Talerico
12
6
31
170
Jacob Bernd
12
16

157
Owen Mansfield
12
22

148
Caleb Yuhasz
12
39

148
Loudon Hemsworth
12
47

143
Luke Dacey
11
45

139
Darren Pasek
10


139
Outlook: It's been six years since Saratoga's last Sectional win, and last year the Blue Streaks finished 3rd in the S2-A and lost top guy and States runner-up Ryan Bush. So why do they enter the season as moderate favorites in their Section? Mainly it's the depth, as they are the only team in S2-A bringing back five guys rated over 140 after champ Shenendehowa and runner-up Niskayuna lost three of their top 5 varsity guys. Toga's returning States finalist Mason Talerico will lead a senior group that will have the veteran status to start the season.

Webster Thomas (Titans)


States Teams: 2013 (A-7th), 2021(A-5th)
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers):

Last Year's Summary:    4th in NXN-NY, 5th in States A, 1st in Sectionals
Roster
Runner
Grade
Section Place
States Place
Speed Rating
Connor Thomas
12
4
47
167
Evan Lacey
12
7
29
167
Jerry Lewis
11
13
77
152
Tyler Kirschbaum
12


136
Jackson Klehr
12


130
Ryan Carlin
11


130
Outlook:  A team named Thomas led by a Thomas, Connor Thomas along with his fellow senior Evan Lacey, has something going for it. Only three guys are back from last year's S5-A champ Titan varsity, but there is good strength at the top and WT should be challenging for a repeat title if it can fill in the back of the lineup.


West Genesee (Wildcats)


States Teams: 
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Steve Houghmaster (2009, A-4th), Peter McMahon (2021, A-5th)

Last Year's Summary:     16th in Federation, 3rd in Sectionals
Roster
Runner
Grade
Section Place
States Place
Speed Rating
Peter McMahon
12
1
5
187
Michael Gomes
9
11

153
Kevin Moser
12
15

148
Maxwell Broccolli
10
30

134
Connor Moore
12
48

126
Max Robertson
10
50

124
Outlook: The Wildcats have never had a team at States, and unless a lot of depth is found behind top-rated NY guy Peter McMahon, this year will likely not be the first. Still, there are some young guys coming up who could provide some exciting new results, and McMahon could be looking at a visit to Nationals in 2022 after finishing 16th last year in an Eastbay NE regional in which 11 of the top 12 guys were seniors.


Northport (Tigers)


States Teams: 2001 (A-4th), 2002 (A-3rd), 2003 (A-8th), 2012 (A-3rd), 2013 (A-2nd), 2019 (A-3rd), 2021 (A-4th)  
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Bob Varsha (1968, A-8th), Kevin Tschirhart (2002, A-3rd) (2003, A-6th) (2004, A-3rd), Mike Brannigan (2013, A-2nd) (2014, A-7th)

Last Year's Summary:    7th in Federation, 4th in States A, 1st in Sectionals
Roster
Runner
Grade
Section Place
States Place
Speed Rating
Timothy Sheahan
12
6
61
163
Brandon Cruz
11
--
79
154
James McNaughton
12
18
63
150
Chris Payne
12
23
92
146
Thomas Cavuto
12


130
Quinn Donaghue
11


125
Outlook: The Tigers have three of their top 5 guys back from last year's 4th place States team. The loss of Wyeth Semo and Brandon Meiner will hurt, but Northport may still have enough at the top with returners Timothy Sheahan, Brando Cruz, and James McNaughton to claim a third straight S11-A title if some development work can be done at the back.


Baldwinsville (Bees)


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 Thompson (2009, AA-3rd) (2010, AA-3rd), Alec Peinkofer (2011, A-7th) (2012, A-7th)

Last Year's Summary:    4th in Sectionals
Roster
Runner
Grade
Section Place
States Place
Speed Rating
Solomon Holden-Betts
12
5
11
175
Ryan Wilson
11
18

145
Jeffrey Ragonese
12
32

142
Ryan Quinn
12
21

141
Jack McCallister
12
28

140
Arthur Chappell-Bauer
12
51

138
Adam Kozman
11


138
Outlook: It would take a huge amount of development on a senior dominated team for Baldwinsville to win its first Sectional crown in 44 years, but the top 7 from last year's squad are back, and Solomon Holden-Betts should be competing for one of the top places at States.


Bay Shore (Marauders)


States Teams: 
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): John Cummings (1951, A-1st), Peter McElligot (1953, B-9th), James Doiny (1990, A-6th)

Last Year's Summary:     3rd in Sectionals
Roster
Runner
Grade
Section Place
States Place
Speed Rating
Jake Gogarty
11
7
49
159
Dylan Beggins
12
21

152
Peter Bagattine
12
22

152
Christian Digilio
12
34

140
Anthont Belford
12
44

135
Trevon Higgins
10


130
Outlook: The Marauders have the top 3 back from last year's 3rd place S11-A varsity including junior States finalist Jake Gogarty on the lead, and if the team can find some depth at the back, Bay Shore could be making a run at Northport.


Shenendehowa (Plainsmen)


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), 2018 (A-4th)   NXN Nationals: 2006 (6th), 2007 (14th), 2008 (7th), 2019 (A-2nd), 2021 (A-3rd) 
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 at NXR-NY, 3rd in States A, 1st in Sectionals

Roster

Runner
Grade
Section Place
States Place
Speed Rating
Christian Fox
12
10
48
162
Logan Doll
12
13
66
159
Jonathan Wolf
12
41

143
Jason Colindres
12
--

137
Matthew Clay
11
49

137
Sergio Sands
11


118

Outlook: Shen lost six of the top 8 from last years States 3rd place squad including top 20 medalists Nathan Brimhall and Michael Clay. A big rebuilding project will be needed here, but senior States vets Christian Fox and Logan Doll give the Plainsmen a good foundation to work with.

North Rockland (Red Raiders)


States Teams: 1977 (A-5th), 1978 (A-3rd), 1988 (A-4th), 1991 (A-2nd), 2001 (A-7th), 2002 (A-2nd), 2003 (A-3rd), 2004 (A-7th), 2009 (A-2nd), 2017 (A-5th), 2013 (A-5th), 2019 (A-6th) 
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Todd Sinclair (1978, A-10th) (1979, A-5th). David Dominguez (1992, A-10th), Carlos Jamieson (2003, A-8th), John Martinez (2003, A-9th) (2004, A-2nd), Nick Hughes (2008, A-6th) (2009, A-1st), Patrick Tuohy (2017, A-7th), Daniel Shephard (2019, A-4th)

Last Year's Summary:     3rd in Sectionals
Roster
Runner
Grade
Section Place
States Place
Speed Rating
Eduardo Nava
12
61

151
Claudel Chery
9
21

149
Ryan Tuohy
9
30

148
Giuseppe Colella
12
24

148
Patrick Fox
12
37

140
Austin Curry
11
47

130
Devon Piccone
10
50

128
Outlook: The Red Raiders finished far back in 3rd in S1-A and lost top guy Michael Niero to graduation, so this wouldn't be the first place to look for a contender. But the rest of the varsity is back for a team that has some veteran depth plus a few very young guys, one of whom has a brother Patrick Tuohy who did well in States five years ago and a sister Kaitlyn Tuohy who was known to be pretty good at blazing trails. There should be a lot of upside for North Rockland in the S1-A battle with reigning champ Mamaroneck and Arlington.


Guilderland (Flying Dutchmen)


States Teams: 1990 (A-4th)  
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers): Dieter Drake (1987, A-2nd), Tom Ryan (1994, A-5th), Brian Rhodes-Devey (2004, AA-4th) (2005, AA-1st) (2006, AA-8th), Seth DuBois (2005, AA-9th), Noah Carey (2014, A-9th) (2015, A-4th) (2016, A-3rd)

Last Year's Summary:  5th in Sectionals

Roster

Runner
Grade
Section Place
States Place
Speed Rating
Finn Burke
12
8

167
Aakash Iyer
11
20

155
Maxwell Wang
10
--

150
William Smitas
10
50

135
Trevor Whitney
11
63

126
Gavin Davis
12
74

122

Outlook:  Guilderland placed 5th in the S2-A last year but has a lot of guys back led by senior Finn Burke and have enough youth on the squad to promise some leaps in performance during the year.