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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 |
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Boathouse Big Red Invitational - Somers 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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PHOTO: runners at the start still grouped up. Photo by Tono Toro - Just-in-Time-Racing.com - GALLERY |
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Oswego men and Ithaca College women dominate fields. ARTICLE HERE |
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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
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FULL SUMMARY FROM SECTION2HARRIER PRESS REPUBLICAN: Rabideau leads Seton runnersALTAMONT — 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.
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FULL SUMMARY FROM SECTION2HARRIER
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FULL SUMMARY FROM SECTION2HARRIER ALBANY TIMES UNION: Shen's Predmore makes sure the wait is worth itCOLONIE -- 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.
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Suffern Invitational
Race Assignments and Maps
Big Red Invitational - Somers Map - VIDEO TOUR
Shaker Course Map - Van Cortlandt Map
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).
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