Highlights: East Aurora boys win another meet 37-72 over Wayne.  Alden's Nick Orlowski takes title in 16:21.  East Aurora girls continue to look very good as Marta McLoughlin and Megan Hulton go 1-2 to lead team to 25 -48 over a very good Canandaigua team.

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HIGHLIGHTS:  Steve Arnett came away quite pleased with his Arlington High School cross country runners on Saturday.

The coach watched his boys team take first place and his girls team place fifth at the Burnt Hills Invitational at Saratoga Springs State Park.

The Arlington boys finished with 76 points with Burnt Hills taking second with 99. Eddie Merenda led the Admirals by finishing second overall with a time of 15:19 on the 3.05-mile course. Sibby Hansen and Chris Wise were seventh and 11th, respectively.

“That was an outstanding win against outstanding competition and against people running on their home course,’’ Arnett said.  FULL ARTICLE HERE

Ubriaco powers into first at Burnt Hills

SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Lining up on the starting line against Burnt Hills senior Otis Ubriaco is challenging. Facing the cross country star when he has a sense of urgency is even worse.

As a member of the host school, Ubriaco was hyped for the Burnt Hills Invitational on Saturday at Saratoga Spa State Park, but that he had a plane to catch 90 minutes following the race made it even more important that he cross the finish line in a hurry.  FULL ARTICLE HERE

HIGHLIGHTS:  Molly wins BQ soph boys title, Farrell takes NY sectional soph boys crown.

HIGHLIGHTS:  BINGHAMTON -- Susquehanna Valley's Sydney Williams successfully defended her girls individual title Saturday at the Loyal Greenman Invitational cross country meet at Ely Park Golf Course.

Williams completed the 2.85-mile course in 18 minutes, 33 seconds, comfortably finishing ahead of Oneonta's Beth Gollin, who finished in 19 minutes.

Rochester Mercy successfully defended its team title, edging Oneonta and Vestal. Mercy finished with 49 points. Oneonta was two points back and Vestal had 53.  FULL ARTICLE

HIGHLIGHTS:  St. Francis Prep beats Molloy on 6th girl tie breaker. Xaverian edges Kellenberg bopys 50-52.

HIGHLIGHTS:   Ryan Rausch of Oceanside takes title in 16:56 to lead team to victory 73-80 over Suffern.  Krisinina Coiro wins in 20:25.  Great Neck North takes titles over Freeport 83-106.

New Hartford cross-country star glad he switched sports

Aaron Tompkins didn’t want to disappoint his friends.

Up until three years ago, Tompkins played soccer in the fall. But several of his friends ran cross-country for the New Hartford Spartans. After some gentle persuasion, Tompkins decided to switch sports his sophomore year.
 

“I had more friends on the cross-country team than in soccer,” Tompkins said. “They were always saying, ‘Come on, come out for cross-country and run with us.’ They convinced me to do it.”

FULL ARTICLE HERE

HIGHLIGHTS:   Haddonfield, NJ looks awesome with 37-51 win over Holy Ghost, PA with 13:13 average.  St. Anthony's is 3rd with 13:39 average.  Notre Dame (Staten Island) girls win 31-61 over Sacred Heart Academy (Long Island).

Highlights:  The Syracuse University cross country teams are doing just what they planned this season. The men and women are starting to turn in some of their best performances with just two week to go until the BIG EAST Championship. The men's team finished first at the Penn State National meet today, while the women finished on the heels of the nation's top team in Villanova.   FULL ARTICLE HERE

HIGHLIGHTS:  Stuyvesant, Hunter, MSIT, Bronx Science, Francis Lewis, Townsend Harris, Midwood, and Medgars Evers wins boys titles.

Port Richmond, Bronx Science, Midwood, Tottenville, Stuyvesant, and Townsend Harris win girls crowns.

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