Section 4 - Thursday
Class A
Fast Teams: Ithaca (102.8), Elmira District (93.6), Corning District (81.2), and Vestal
,Fast Runners: Mary Carroll 116 (Ith), Khiere Ashley 109 (Elm), Brianna Lentkowski 109 (Elm), Jackie Cornell 106 (Ith), Lauren Trumble 103 (Ith), Alicia Sutphin 100 (Vest), Taylor Mangino 100 (Ith), Abigail Bideaux 98 (Binghamton), Imari Johnson 97 (Elm), Katie Butler 96 (Corn), Lani Nagle 92 (Corn)
Summary: Ithaca's strength at the top should earn it a 3rd straight Sectional title, after winning the S4-AA crown last year. 2010 S4-B winner Elmira could still pull the upset if it finds a little more help at the back. Ithaca's Mary Carroll seeks her 4th straight Sectional crown after taking the AA title the previous three years.
Class B *****eXCite*****
Fast Teams: Johnson City (80.6), Owego (75.6)
Fast Runners: Lauren Mullins 131 (JC), Erin Gunther 98 (Ow), Diedre Nolis 88 (Ow), Emily Cluck 88 (JC), Samantha Wilks 85 (Maine-Endwell)
Summary: Johnson City is set for a tough battle with Owego for its first Sectional title since 2007. Lauren Mullins of Johnson City seeks her 4th straight indivdual Sectional crown, but she hasn't yet managed to get both crowns in the same year.
Class C
Fast Teams: Newark Valley (85.0), Trumansburg (71.4)
Fast Runners: Maddie Zeitz 128 (Windsor), Jenna Cupp 122 (NV), Kaitlin Shippy 95 (Trum), Mackenzie Sage 93 (Windsor), Brianna VanSoest 89 (Trum), Blair Wigsten 89 (Lansing), Leanne Riegel 88 (NV), Natalie Hawkins 87 (Chenango Valley), Shanna Swanson 86 (Lansing), Kaylee Uhl 78 (Waverly), Corey Flahive 78 (Watkins Glen), Francis Sariego 74 (Corning), Rebekah Myers 73 (NV), Erin Mushtare 73 (Oneonta)
Summary: Newark Valley has the goods to win their 6th straight S4-C title, but the Cardinals' frontrunner Jenna Cupp has a big challenge ahead in Windsor's Maddie Zeitz as she goes for her 3rd straight individual crown.
Class D
Fast Teams: Delhi (60.4), Candor (50.8 ), TA Edison (47.4)
Fast Runners: Elizabeth Jewiss 109 (Marathon), Samantha Sauer 105 (TAE), Aubrie Russell 98 (Can), Gabrielle Rollo 86 (Del), Kristine Reed 86 (Walton), Nicole Blazicek 80 (Seton Catholic-Binghamton), Katie Aikens 75 (Del), Miranda Russell 75 (Can), Lynda Balloni 74 (Southern Cayuga), Daphne Knapp 73 (Afton), Jessica Greene 69 (Spencer Van Etten), Bethany Murphy 69 (Southern Cayuga)
Summary: Delhi appears to have just enough depth to beat 2010 S4-D champ Candor for the title. Marathon's Elizabeth Jewiss hopes to get a repeat individual crown by holding off TA Edison's Samantha Sauer.