Following Week of Saturday, October 22
The top teams were all in action last week, though no one was really pushing the pace that much as the rigors of upcoming big weeks made it mainly a time for measured efforts. A number of teams did see big movements at the back of the lineups as the 4-5-6 spots began to shape up for some pack attacks ahead.
Corning won at STAC, Saint Anthony's was tops at Section 1 Coaches, Monroe-Woodbury captured the OCIAA title, and Fairport was best at Monroe County. Auburn and Baldwinsville moved way up with a 1-2 finish at SCAC, and Calhoun set itself up for the Section 8 Class title with a good performance in the Nassau FSJS meet. Among the top individual runs were those by Tri-Valley's Adam Furman and Monroe-Woodbury's Collin Gilstrap with 191 and 190 performances at OCIAA, and Baldwinsville's Solomon Holden-Betts hit 189 at SCAC.
Teams are listed with the average speed ratings numbers supplied by Tully Runners, and the number in parentheses shows the difference between the 1-5 runners, each point equaling 3 seconds on a 5K course, and smaller compression numbers are generally better.
The action is nonstop leading up to the NYSPHSAA's first sectional championship on Nov. 2 at Bear Mountain for Section 9. The biggest meet this Saturday is usually the Suburban Council for most of the top large Section 2 teams, but there will also be the NYCHSAA\BQCHSAA at Van Cortlandt Park and the NSCHSAA meet at Sunken Meadow for the Catholic sections, Section 1's Rockland, Westchester, and Northern Counties meets, Section 2's Colonial Council, Wasaren, and WAC meets, the Section 8 Conference and Section 11 Divisionals on Long Island, the slightly confusing Adirondack League and Adirondack Invite two days apart, Section 9's MHAL meet, Section 3's OHSL Patriot and OHSL Liberty meets, Section 4's IAC, Section 10's Interdivisional, and Section 6's ECIC, CCAA, and Niagara-Frontier meets. Catch as many as you can.