Sep 16, 2010

Bronxville girls wins girls C race with 19:52 average. Freshman Mary Cain makes her XC debut in 19:32.

Bronxville boys place 2nd with 18:00 average. Brothers Dayton and John (right) Flannery place 4-5 to lead Broncos.

photo by Ed Stickles

Washingtonville's Martin Herir shatters course record by 27 seconds with 15:47 win. The Arlington boys won the D1 team title and the Somers boys the D2 team title.

Pearl River (pictured below) and Arlington girls win Big Red Invitational. Somers and Arlington take boys team titles.

WINNERS GALLERY HERE - more to come

photo by David Sammel

Chittenango Invitational -

Fayetteville-Manlius dominated in its debut meet at the Chittenango Invitational, scoring a perfect 15 points in Division 1 with its top runner Courtney Chapman Saturday at Jamesville Beach County Park. Chapman called FM coach Bill Aris with 101-degree fever and Aris decided to keep her out. FULL ARTICLE HERE

photo by Bill Meylan / TullyRunners.com

Article from Syracuse.com

Article from CNYLink.com

Suffern Invitational

Alex Saavedra had just finished disposing the field without seeing another runner until after he crossed the finish line. Even then, the next runner he saw was teammate Joe DiRienzo securing the 1-2 finish. Sachem East had a reason to smile.

FULL BOYS STORY - FULL GIRLS STORY

JFK 4K Classic

Springville's Chad Malloy loves the dramatic finishes at the expense of the Monsignor Martin teams...last year he edges out St. Joe's Quincy O'Connor at the finish line and this year Canisius' Cole Townsend falls victim to the Malloy Magic. Wonder what other surprises Chad has in store for us this year?

FULL ARTICLE FROM Section6Runs.com

photo by Bill Wende / Section6Runs

Byron Bergen Invitational

Summary from Section 6 Runs

PTXC 2 - Presented by Puma

Believe it or not, as a freshman at Cornwall High during the fall of 2007, Aisling Cuffe, the current US #1 in the girls’ 5,000 meters, sat on a soccer bench and played the part of spectator.

It’s hard to picture now, considering Cuffe’s prolific running arc since that blip on the radar during her fall freshman campaign, but it is in fact true.

FULL ARTICLE HERE

CUFFE VIDEO INTERVIEW HERE

Jim Smith Invitational - Connetquot's Zach Krause leads a top three sweep in the senior race and is only runner to go under 17:00 on the day (16:56). St. John the Baptist's Anne Carey has best time of the day in 20:25 on the historically slow course famous for "Cardiac Hill".

PHOTO: runners at the start still grouped up. Photo by Tono Toro - Just-in-Time-Racing.com - GALLERY

Oswego Laker Invitational (COLLEGE)

Oswego men and Ithaca College women dominate fields. ARTICLE HERE

Rob Breen Invitational - St. Peter's Nasser Zayer and Monsignor Farrell, led by sophomore Dan Galford, opened the cross country season in the fast lane yesterday at the Rob Breen Invitational at Clove Lakes Park.

Zayer, the Island's top returning harrier, outlasted Galford over the 5,000-meter, all-terrain layout with a course personal best of 16 minutes, 47.5 seconds. Galford was second in 16:49.9. - article and photos by Derrek Alvez

Staten Island Advance
Full Boys Article - Full Girls Article

Fordham Fiasco (COLLEGE) - The Fordham University men's and women's cross country teams opened the 2010 season by hosting the Fordham Fiasco at Van Cortlandt Park this afternoon where the men finished third of 13 teams and the women were fifth of 18 teams.

FULL ARTICLE HERE

Guilderland Invitational - Burnt Hills takess five out of the top eight spots to easily take the Boys Large School race over runner-up Guilderland 22-52. The Spartans were led by individual champion Otis Ubriaco, who took the title in 14:30, 10 seconds ahead of runner-up Andrew Coy of Guilderland. Also leading Burnt Hills were Kevin Terbush (3rd,14:43), Dan Fernandez (4th,14:45), Joe Chapman (6th,14:58), and Buddy Herkenham (8th,15:05). Nico Turek (5th,14:45) also placed top 10 for Guilderland.

FULL SUMMARY FROM SECTION2HARRIER

PRESS REPUBLICAN: Rabideau leads Seton runners

ALTAMONT — Anna Rabideau turned in a sharp effort Saturday to finish fourth in the Large School Division of the 40th Guilderland Invitational cross-country meet at Tawasentha Park in Altamont.

FULL ARTICLE HERE

Blackbird Invitational - Mayfield placed three in the top 15 to edge out Fonda-Fultonville 67-71 for the Varsity Boys title. Mayfield was led by a fourth place finish by Jesse McNamara (17:46.1) and top 15 finishes by Dave Krutz (6th,18:10.5), and Jamie McNamara (15th,18:47.5). Fonda-Fultonville placed four in the top ten but ran some of their varsity runners in the J.V. race for some reason. Fonda-Fultonville was led by individual champion Zak Godfrey, who finished in 17:18.0, eight seconds ahead of his teammate Kyle Geniti (17:26.5). Lansingburgh placed third led by C.J. Sousis (17:31.6) placing third.

FULL SUMMARY FROM SECTION2HARRIER

Ed Springstead Invitational - Shaker placed four in the top ten as the host school took home the Varsity boys title over Queensbury 39-64. Shaker was led by a fourth place finish by Jon Vallacorsa, who finished in 15:54.4. Also placing in the top ten for the Bison were Mike Libruk (5th,16:00.6), Christian Delago (7th,16:06.0), and Casey Gilboy ((th,16:15.0). Queensbury was led by Gary Messina's (6th,16:02.7) top ten finish. Niskayuna's Marshall Pagano took the individual title in 15:42.3, five seconds ahead of runner-up Ian Dorset of Shenendehowa.

FULL SUMMARY FROM SECTION2HARRIER

ALBANY TIMES UNION:

Shen's Predmore makes sure the wait is worth it

COLONIE -- In the days leading up to season-opening cross country invitational, Shenendehowa's Lizzie Predmore couldn't wait to toe the starting line and get out and run.

After running with the lead pack throughout most of the five-kilometer (3.1-mile) race, Predmore took the lead with one mile left and cruised to victory at the Ed Springstead Invitational on Saturday at Colonie Town Park.

FULL ARTICLE

Central Square Invitational - - Host school sweeps boys and girls team titles and both individual crowns as well.

CHSAA Practice Meet - Ryan Phillips of Regis wins in 13:43 winning by over 50 seconds but Fordham Prep wins team title. Holy Trinity's Colleen Schmidt wins girls race in 17:06.

Dave Forbes Invitational - Maine Endwell wins both girls and boys titles. M-E's Taylor Hackett wins girls race in 16:41 while Glens Falls' Nick Marcantonio takes boys race in 14:02.

South Jefferson Invitational -Beaver River boys win over Watertown 80-102 as Matt Cheney wins in 17:05. Canton girls beat Liverpool 52-59. Katie Weisenburger of Pulaski wins her season debut in 19:55.5.

Windsor Invitational -Horseheads boys beat Elmira 39-62 as Brian Crimmins leads squad to victory in 17:09. Elmira girls flip flop results as they beat Horseheads 45-59. Madison Zeitz of Windsor wins inn 20:10.

Race Assignments and Maps

Suffern Invitational

Chiitenango Invitational

Big Red Invitational - Somers Map - VIDEO TOUR

Shaker Course Map - Van Cortlandt Map

JFK 4K Info

Sunken Meadow Course Tour - SM Google Map

Weekend Preview

So this is truly the opening weekend in NY. Last weekend was just a tease. ArmoryTrack.com's Christopher Hunt will be on site at The Suffern Invitational, one of the biggest early season meets in lower NY with over 40 schools attending.

ArmoryTrack.com's Tim Fulton will be on site at The Boathouse Big Red Invitational where 35 schools from lower NY will toe the line. Arlington, Brewster, Washingtonville, and Somers boys look to be the top entries while the Arlington and Pearl River girls are the top girls entries.

Some teams will travel out of state this weekend. St. Anthony's will head to the PTXC 2 Invitational in Lancaster, PA. The meet is hosted by milesplit.com's PA affiliate, PennXC.com.

Fayetteville-Manlius is entered in the Chittenango Invitational and will race all of their top runners before taking a month off before their next race, The Manhattan College Invitational.

Many teams from the CHSAA in NYC will head to either the CHSAA Practice meet at Van Cortlandt Park or the Rob Breen Invitational on Staten Island. Other teams way opt to join their Long Island neighbors at Sunken Meadow State Park for the Jim Smith Invitational

Section 2, always the best region for XC in the country, has a few invitationals this weekend. The Blackbird Invitational, Guilderland Invitational, and the Ed Springstead Invitational should all give us some insite into The Capital Region this season.

Coaches and meet directors are encouraged to send us meet entries, race assignments, results, pictures, and anything else you'd like us to post. (course maps, directions, etc).