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| 10/7: IAC South Divisional (Newark Valley) | ||||||||||||||
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Boys Varsity: Individual Elmira Notre Dame is in the first year of their renewed XC program, and they are already back on the radar with a win at McQuaid from Garrett Butters. Butters and teammate Matt Karee distanced the field, with only Shawn Rutledge(Watkins Glen) able to keep pace. The END duo have run well this year, and they dropped Rutledge over the lone steep hill in the final 800m. Butters finished just ahead of Karee as they cruised to the line in 17:35.7 and 17:36.8. Rutledge finished strong in 17:49.5. Team This race was a showdown between Newark Valley and Watkins Glen, who can be grateful for an END team still looking for depth in their Top-5, or they could be a serious contender for the sectional title. Newark Valley only had 1 athlete in the Top-5, but solid pack running brought another 3 runners in the Top-10. They won over Watkins 37-50, though WG was missing #1 runner-Patrick Hazlitt. |
Girls Varsity: Individual A select group ran togther through the first mile, and it was at that point that Kayla Stewart(NV) put in a surge that distanced all but Chase Yoder(END). Stewart steadily pulled away through the remainder of the course to win uncontested. Kayla's younger sister Sophie Stewart ran a great 2nd half of the race, slowly working her way through the leaders, closing the gap to Yoder, and moving past for a 1-2 finish for Newark Valley and the sisters. Yoder crossed the line shortly after in 3rd. Team Just like the boys race, this was a Newark Valley/Watkins Glen battle to be replayed multiple times in the coming weeks. A 1-2 finish from the Stewart sisters, and a 3rd athlete in the top-10 was enough to give Newark Valley the win over Watkins 39-51. |
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| 10/7: IAC North Divisional (Groton 2.9mi) | ||||||||||||||
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Boys Varsity: Individual This race would be a rematch between Ben Eisenhut(Lansing) and Evan Whittaker(Trumansburg). They most recently went head to head at McQuaid, where Eisenhut won the race and finished 20s ahead of Whittaker in 3rd. Surprisingly, Whittaker turned the tables at Groton with a substantial 30s margin of victory over Eisenhut. Whittaker's winning time of 16:33 was 40s faster than his winning time on this course a few weeks ago. Team Marathon had a solid race at McQuaid, and they were led by Dylan Brickner in 4th, but they were still unable to match Trumansburg's depth in their 1-4 runners. Trumansburg took the win 25-46. |
Girls Varsity: Individual Bethany Murphy(Southern Cayuga) won on this course a few weeks ago and won on her home course last week. She added to her streak by winning on the Groton course for the 2nd time this season Nearly 30s faster in 20:59. Leah Forehand(Groton) was the closest contender in 21:21. Megan McIntyre completed the Top-3, and led the Trumansburg pack over the line. Team Trumansburg completed the Divisional sweep with a win from their girls team that is still without their #1 runner. They aren't rushing in back early as their focus now turns towards a run at states. Groton has been improving all season, but they met their match in Lansing. The two teams both scored 49 points. Lansing can thank Helen Moore for highlighting the importance of the 6th/7th runner, and being the deciding factor for them in the tie breaker. |
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| 10/7: STAC East - CV State Park | ||||||||||||||
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Boys Varsity: Individual A trio from Oneonta separated themselves from the rest of the field, and moved ahead to finish 1-3 with a decent gap back to the rest of the finishers. They finished Logan Mancuso-17:37, Sam Baskin-17:39,Jacob DePauw-18:06. Team Oneonta has been progressing well this season, shown with their strong 1-3 finish in this race. They took an easy 1st place, 27-54 over Chenango Forks. Oneonta is currently ranked 2nd in the Class C Section 4 Rankings. Sectionals is shaping up to be a very tight race with the top 5-6 teams very close to each other. With Oneonta's 1-3 running well together, for them, it will come down to having a good race from their 4th and 5th runners.
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Girls Varsity: Individual Kaylee Stone(Windsor) has won nearly every race she has run this season, including McQuaid. She had no trouble adding to that streak with a 20:26 win. She had a gap of over a minute back to Kristen Igo(Chenango Valley) in 2nd with a 21:44. Katie Flynn(Chenango Forks) completed the Top-3 in 21:52. Team The girls race was close between the Top-3 teams. CV-42 Oneonta-50 CF-57. Oneonta and CV both had their scorers all finish in the Top-15. The two teams alternated finishers, with CV gaining the 8 point margin of victory by placing their top-5 1-2 spots ahead of Oneonta's corresponding finishers.
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| 9/30:STAC West - Horseheads | ||||||||||||||
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Boys Varsity: Individual Dan Dracup(Ithaca) has firmly established himself as the top runner in Section 4 through the 1st month of the season. He crossed the line in 16:22, followed closely by two Corning runners: Jared Moore-16:30, Brian Bates 16:33. Team With most of the Ithaca scorers not racing hard, Corning easily took the win with a 30+ point margin over Elmira in second. Ithaca came into the season as the heavy Class A favorites, but a strong showing from the Corning boys at McQuaid has them Ranked much closer, and will be an interesting matchup to watch through October. |
Girls Varsity: Individual In a McQuaid replay, new course record holder Jess Lawson(Corning)-17:49 comes in over Abbey Wheeler(Elmira)-18:07. With Natalie Rogus(Corning) next in 18:54. Team Unless you've been hiding under a rock, you're likely aware of the major upset that occured this weekend, and since then the Interwebs have been exploding with the Elmira Upset over FM: Run Junkie MS US Recap MS NY Recap. After handing FM their 1st loss to a NY team in 9 years, Elmira move up to #2 in the new State Rankings. With Jessica Thatcher resting after a tough weekend, Corning capitalized and took a narrow victory 25-31. |
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| 9/30: STAC Metro Champs - Union Endicott(2.9mi) | ||||||||||||||
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Boys Varsity: Individual The Metro Champs turned into a Maine-Endwell showcase. Dan Schaffer, currently Ranked 1st in Section 4 Class B, and 2nd overall, crushed the course in 15:43. Just a few seconds off the record. His teammates rounded out the top-3. 2nd-Grayson Hoteling, 16:34, and 3rd-Nick Taylor, 17:00. Being a likely preview for the Class B Sectionals race, the battle is on for the 5 available individual spots for state. After the ME contingent, the Kozarski's(UE) placed 4th and 5th. The Vestal of duo of Rani Marhaba-7th and Colin Tyrell-8th were the next finishers outside of the ME block. Team For Maine-Endwell, this result came as no surprise. They have been a dominant force with a 23 year 73-5 division record. Since moving into the metro devision, this is their 7th championship title in a row. While the battle last year at Sectionals between Corning and M-E was facinating to watch, Corning has returned to the loaded Class A division. It now would take a disaster on race day for M-E to miss out on the team spot for states.
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Girls Varsity: Individual The girls side had a much more exciting race and mixed finished order. Notably absent was Top Ranked Emily Mackay(U-E). Vestal claimed the top spot with Abby Tabuntschikow winning in 20:05. She was followed by Krista Kicsak(ME)-20:16, and Maggie Rose Pelella(Bing)-20:25. Team The team race was also much closer. Maine-Endwell managed to sweep the team titles, and claim their 2nd Championship in a row for the girls. A tight finish from their top-3 gave them the edge over Vestal, along with some helpful displacement from their 6th runner over Binghamton. A lot can happen in October, and this bodes well for an excellent race at Sectionals.
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| 9/30: Candor | ||||||||||||||
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Boys Varsity: Individual Coming off some hard running this weekend and a win at McQuaid, Garrett Butters(END) came in 2nd to his teammate Matt Karee-17:58. Chris Dutcher(NV) came in 3rd with 18:02, and led Newark Valley to a dominant team win. Team
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Girls Varsity: Individual Newark Valley took another win on the girls side with a decent margin of victory, being led by Kayla Stewart in 1st with 20:37. She was followed by Chase Yoder(END)-20:50, and Carissa Russell(Candor)-21:06. In the close battle for 2nd place team, it would be the Russell girls from Candor (Julia-5th) who made the difference and gave them the narrow edge over END and Waverly. Team
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| 9/30: Southern Cayuga (4000m) | ||||||||||||||
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Boys Varsity: Individual On a day when many teams laced up for tempo efforts, Whittaker proved once again that he is at a different level compared to many of the Section 4 small school runners. Whittaker cruised to a 13:47.1 and a new course record. Narrowly breaking the old record of 13:51. Team Trumansburg won the "battle" of the tempo runs with 36 points. Boys Modified: It was a familiar top-3 in the boys 1.5mi race. Led by Kevin Lampman(Trumansburg) in 9:11. Followed in order as they were for nearly the entire race, Connor Bennett(Southern Cayuga)-9:30, and Bobby Brotherton(Dryden)-9:47 |
Girls Varsity: Individual It doesn't get any sweeter than winning on your home course in front of the fans. Bethany Murphy was all smiles in the final 50m, enjoying every stride to the line. Team The Groton girls have been steadily improving and moving up all season. After a strong performance at McQuaid, they take a 1 point victory over Trumansburg 35-36. Girls Modified: Nearly a Trumansburg sweep of the top-5, they were led by Ginny Clifford-9:52, Molly-10:37 McQueen, Aurora Wulff-10:55. |
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| 9/24: MAC League Meet #2 - Unatego(4000m) | ||||||||||||||
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Boys Varsity: Individual Joe Devona(A/H) and Alex Legg(Delhi) are among the Top-5 ranked Section 4 Class D runners, and this race came down to those two. Devona pulled ahead with a 16s gap to the finish in 14:15 over Legg in 15:36. Austin Ryan(U/S) crossed the line 3rd in 15:01. Team Delhi's #1 Declan Kottmeier was not in the race, and A/H capitalized on the disadvantage with Joe Devona's 1st place finish making a big difference in their close team win.
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Girls Varsity: Individual Nicole Mackey(Unadilla Valley) finished 1st in 18:29 with a decent gap back to Martha Modinger(Unatgo-Sidney) in 18:43. Madison Kline(Edmeston) finished in the Top-3 in 18:57. Team With the only complete team in the race, Delhi scored the perfect 15. Their top runner was Jillian Lees in 19:10.
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| 9/23: Waverly (2.8mi) | ||||||||||||||
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Boys Varsity: Individual Ben Eisenhut(Lansing) was victorious in his 2nd dual in consecutive weeks. This time covering the 2.8mi course in 16:41. Eisenhut was followed by two Elmira Notre Dame runners with nearly identical times. Garrett Butters-17:08.8, Matt Karee-17:08.9. Team Wavlery took 1st on their home course with a strong tight finish from their scorers.
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Girls Varsity: Individual Two Waverly teammates were dominant on their home course, fighting for the win far ahead of the rest of the pack. Kelsey Frank and Breanna Featherson crossed the line with the identical time of 21:20.8. Leigh Miller(Lansing) was the next closest finisher in 21:54.6. Team The team competition was very close, with Lansing putting it's Top-3 right behind Waverly's lead finishers. Waverly had the closer team split, and that made the difference. Allowing them to sweep the team scores at their home meet.
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Boys Varsity: Individual Kyle Holmes(SVE) ran a very strong race out on his own, crossing the line in 18:03. 30s later he was followed by Watkins Glen teammates Patrick Hazlitt - 18:35 and Shawn Rutledge-18:36. Team The Class C boys teams are incredibly strong and evenly matched this season. Newark Valley and Watkins Glen gave the first view on how close the competition will be to make it to states this year. Both teams scored 41 points, with Newark Valley winning the tie breaker.
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Girls Varsity: Individual The individual race on the girls side was a bit closer. Kayla Stewart(Newark Valley) has had a strong start to the season, and continues to rack up dual meet wins. This time in 21:01. Cambria Weeden(WG) came in behind her in 21:19, and Julia Russell(Candor) -21:34, completed the Top-3. Team Newark Valley and Watkins Glen fought each other again for supremacy in the girls race. This time, it was Watkins who came out top by a narrow margin.
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| 9/23: Groton (2.9mi) | ||||||||||||||
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Boys Varsity: Individual Coming off a strong race performance on Saturday, Evan Whittaker(Trumansburg) quickly distanced himself from the rest of the field within the first 500m and soloed to a 17:11 win over the 2.9 mile course. He was followed by teammate Ben Pesco-18:23, just ahead of Tor Wildenstein(Dryden)-18:28. Team While Whittaker was busy winning the race over a minute ahead of the field, the team competition was in full swing behind him. With the exception of Whittaker, the T-Burg and Dryden boys teams are pretty evenly matched. The two teams accounted for 10 out of the Top-15 finishers. The Dryden team ran a smarter race compared to their debut, where they came 2nd to T-burg by 34 points. Dryden took a big chunk out of that margin, but Trumansburg still proved strongest, winning 26-38. T-burg-1,2,6,7,13 Dryden-3,5,9,11,14 Boys Modified:
Trumansburg dominated this race, fielding the only complete team, and placing 6 runners in the top-10. They were led by Kevin Lampman in 1st with 9:14. Lampman had a decent gap to 2nd, Connor Bennet(Southern Cayuga)-9:34. Bobby Brotherton(Dryden) earned his 2nd consecutive 3rd place in :43. |
Girls Varsity: Individual Abbey Yatsko(Dryden) led through the 1st two miles, but Bethany Murphy(Southern Cayuga) put in a surge in the final 800m, and Yatsko was unable to maintain contact. Murphy opened up a gap finishing in 21:27 over Yatsko in 21:41. Megan Mcintyre(Trumansburg) rounded out th Top-3 in 2:14. Team With Trumansburg missing a top runner due to injury, Groton sensed an opportunity to take advantage on their home course. Both teams an in close packs, but T-burg had enough to eek out the win by the narrowest margin possible 28-29. Still running strong even with their #1 out, and ranked 10th in the state for Class D. T-burg-3,5,10,11,13 Groton-4,7,8,9,21
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| 9/23: STAC Metro/West Crossover - Elmira: | ||||||||||||||
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Boys Varsity: Individual Not surprising to see Dan Schaffer(Maine Endwell) highlighting the top of the results, taking the win in a quick time of 16:12. Teammate Grayson Hoteling was 2nd in 16:55, and Nicholas Latshaw(Elmira) won the sprint for 3rd - 17:14. Team Schaffer led Main Endwell to 1st place, scoring 29 points to the 43 of Elmira.
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Horseheads took a nearly 40 point win over Elmira in the team scores, being led by winner Owen Juan in 8:40. |
Girls Varsity: Individual Again a very predicatable race, with Elmira putting on a pack running clinic. Abbey Wheeler put a small gap on her teammates, taking first in 19:32. Khiere Ashley came next in 19:46, and Mackenzie Tubbs 3rd in 19:48. Team Going 1-5, Elmira easily pulled out the perfect score-15, displaying why they are currently ranked 3rd in the state. But the battle for 2nd/3rd was extremely tight between Horseheads and Maine Endwell. Both teams scored exactly 59 points. Emphasizing the importance of the 6/7th runners, Horseheads placed 2nd, winning the tie breaker.
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Girls Modifed: Aleziah Brooks(Elmira) was fastest in 10:11. Horseheads improved upon their 2nd in the varsity race to finish 1st in the Mod team score with 30 points over Elmira with 45. Horseheads was led by Alyssa Walker in 10:26. |
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| 9/23: STAC Central/East Crossover - Owego(2.6mi) | ||||||||||||||
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Boys Varsity: Individual With Richard Buchanan not in the race, Parrish Bridges(Owego) won uncontested in 14:41. Susquehanna Valley put in the next two finishers, Alex Whitney-15:11, and Luke Sutton-15:49. Team Owego took a pretty commanding victory in the team competition.
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Girls Varsity: Individual It doesn't get much more dominant than winning by nearly 2 minutes, which is what Kaylee Stone(Windsor) did in 18:42. The race was tight for the next 3 spots, with the next finishers being Brenda Barry(CV)-20:38 and Mara Kohlbach(Windsor)-20:48 Team CV and Owego had a close battle in the team race. Owego had the tighter team split, but Brenda Barry's 2nd place came up big, making the difference and leading CV into 1st place.
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| 9/23: STAC Central/East Crossover - Norwich | ||||||||||||||
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Boys Varsity: Individual Logan Mancuso(Oneonta)-18:45, won with a 30s cushion over teammate Sam Baskin-19:17. Frank Garcia(Norwich)-20;13, managed a 3rd place finish on his home course. Team Led by Mancuso and Baskin, Oneonta won easily.
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Girls Varsity: Individual Emily Cluck(Johnson City) ran to a 23:26 win with a pack from Seton on her heals. Marlee Shaffer-24:08, and Shayna WIll-24:38 led their group over the line taking 2nd and 3rd. Team A strong result from Seton's Top-3 wasn't quite enough. Led by Cluck, Johnson City put their scorers in right beind the Seton trio, giving them the boost in the team score.
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Boys Varsity: Individual The MAC season kicked off on Wednesday and produced a very close race between the top-3. Joe Devona(Afton-Harpursville) battled with Delhi teammates Declan Kottmeier and Alex Legg. The Delhi duo pulled away in the final meters of the course to finish 1-2 with Kottmeier edging out Legg at the line, both awarded the same time of 13:57. Devona followed in 14:00. Team Delhi had no trouble takng 1st with 31 points over Afton-Harpursville with 61. Edmeston finished with 84 points, narrowly ahead of Deposit-Hancock with 86. |
Girls Varsity: Individual Mary Rommer(Unatego-Sidney) ran away from the field to finish 1st in 17:29 with close to a 30s gap back to Nicole Mackey(Unadilla Valley) in 2nd with 17:54. Rommer's teammate Martha Modinger rounded out the top-3 in 18:04. Team Unadilla Valley placed 2 runners in the Top-5, while Delhi had none, but the Delhi team still ran well enough to complete the team sweep with 34 points. UV was 2nd with 47, and Edmeston scoring 63 points for 3rd. |
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Boys Varsity: Individual Kyle Holmes(Spencer Van Etten) led from the gun, and finished 1st in 19:29. He was followed by Darren O'strander(Groton) who improved upon his 3rd place finish in Marathon last week to place 2nd in 19:40. Freshman Sawyer Lucy-Speidel(Whitney Point) rounded out the top-3, finishing in 19:52. Team Dryden ran well as a team. Working together to place 4 runners in the top-10, with the top finisher being Tor Wildenstein in 20:09 at 4th. Dryden took the team win with 24 points, followed by a close battle for 2nd between Marathon (56), and Groton(61). *Shoutout*- Sawyer Lucy-Speidel(Whitney Point) - After finishing, Sawyer went back out to the course and cheered on every athlete as they came into the final stretch. Boys Modified: Individual This race came down between two athletes running side by side into the final 100m, Lucas Baker(Marathon) and Levi Mickelson(Spencer Van Etten). Baker unleashed a kick that Mickelson couldn't match to win in 9:51 over Mickelson in 9:54. After some misdirection on the course, 3rd place was decided by a sprint between Dryden teammates Bobby Brotherton and Stanley Trevits. Brotherton(11:29.4) edged out Trevits(11:30.9) by a second. Team Spencer Van Etten was the only complete team with their scorers including Levi Mickelson(9:54), Ryan Hodges(12:17), Alex Koski(12:27), Gedwin Dominguez(12:58), and Nate Mills(14:16). |
Girls Varsity: Individual Abbey Yatsko(Dryden) soloed uncontested to the first win of her XC career in 23:19. She was followed by two Groton teammates- Leah Forehand in 24:54, and Grace Dittman in 25:13. Team Groton placed 4 runners in the top-10, and were also the only complete varsity team at the meet, winning with a perfect score of 15.
Girls Modifed: Individual Jenna Morris(Moravia) was victorious on her home course in the modified season opener. She finished the 1.5mi course in 12:30. Howard Aleisha(Marathon) won a close battle for 2nd with Cayley Lower(Dryden). Aleisha pulled away with a strong kick at the finish in 13:00, followed by Lower in 13:16. Team No complete teams. |
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Boys Varsity: Individual: Evan Whittaker (Trumansburg) and Ben Eisenhut(Lansing) ran gapped the rest of the field in a two man duel to the finish. Eisenhut proved fastest on the day winning in 13:22, and Whittaker 6s behind in 13:28. Watkins Glen teammates Patrick Hazlitt and Shawn Rutledge finished 3rd/4th with an identical time of 14:08. Team The team competition was very close between Trumansburg and Watkins Glen. With all 5 scorers finishing in the top-10, T-burg pull off a narrow win with 31 points to the 35 of WG. Southern Cayuga was 3rd wth 85. |
Girls Varsity: Individual Bethany Murphy(Southern Cayuga) continues to add to her IAC win list in the 2014 season. Instead of a winning by less than a second like last week, she ran to a 10s win on the T-burg short course in 16:44 over Cambria Weeden(Watkins Glen) in 16:54. Megan McIntyre(Trumansburg) gave the Raiders a Top-3 finisher on their home course in 17:05. Team Watkins Glen came away with the overall win with 31 points, with a decent gap to Trumansburg in 2nd place with 53, followed by Lansing (648) and Southern Cayuga(85). |
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Boys Varsity: Individual: Garrett Butters(END) had a dominating 2 minute margin of victory, winning in 19:29 ahead of his teammate Matt Connolly in 21:22. Colton Lounsbury(Tioga) rounded out the top-3 finishing in 3:26. Team No Results |
Girls Varsity: Individual The girls produced a much closer race, with Chase Yoder(END) running against the Candor duo of Julia Russell and Carissa Russell. In the end, Yoder finished first in 22:02. Followed by Julia in 22:10, then Carissa in 2:26. Team No results |
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Boys Varsity: Individual: Collin Traub(Waverly) took 1st, nearly breaking 18 in 18:00.96. He was followed by 3 Newark Valley athletes. Josh Blazey in 18:07. Then a close finish between Sam Stewart-18:33.04 and Kevin Basel-18:33.24, for 3rd and 4th. Team After placing 7 runners in the top-10, Newark Valley came away with a 20 point victory with 23 points. Thomas Edison narrowly placed 2nd with 54, with their team being led by Andy Dolan in 5th in 18:41.64. Waverly was 3rd with 59 points. *Updated FULL Results* |
Girls Varsity: Individual Coming off a strong 4th place finish at VVS on Saturday, Kayla Stewart(Newark Valley) took first comfortably in 21:10. Waverly rounded out the top-3 with Kelsey Frank-21:44 and Breanna Featherhouse-22:01. Team The team competition came down to a narrow battle between Newark Valley and Waverly. With 3 runners in the top-5, NV swept the team scores, winning with 25 points to Waverly's 30. *Updated FULL Results* |
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Boys Race - Individual: Marathon's Dylan Brickner dueled 2013 modified XC standout Evan Whittaker from Trumansburg through the first two miles of the race. Coming off the hills on the second loop, Whittaker began to pull away and extended his lead to the line winning in 17:44. A very impressie mark on the tough Marathon course for the first race of the season for Whittaker, who is only a 9th grader. Whittaker's time would've been good enough to place him in the Top-25 in the seeded race of the 2013 Marathon Invitational. Boys Race - Team: The Trumansburg boys ran a smart race. Biding their time and moving through the pack to finish strong as a group and take the win with 30 points. Making their debut in the resurrected program, Dryden boys came through in second with 64 points, narrowly over Marathon with 67. *SHOUTOUT*- Trumansburg Boys team for displaying excellent sportsmanship |
Girls Race - Individual: The girls race came down to a photo finish. Justifying the use of 2 FAT cameras for a dual meet. Bethany Murphy from Southern Cayuga, and Trumansburg's Meave Gurche ran side by side for the whole race. Fighting all the way to the line, it was Murphy taking the win in 22:16.6 and Gurche 2nd in 22:16.8. Also running an impressive race was 5x State *Sprint* competitior Abbey Yatsko of Dryden. Running with the leaders for much of the race, lost contact in the woods, but still finished a strong 3rd in her 1st race over 400m. Girls Race - Team: Clearly a force to be reckoned with in Class D, Trumansburg ran away with the win with 18 points. Groton was the only other complete team, and by putting 3 runners in the top 10 finished second with 39 points. |
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Boys Race - Individual: Ben Eisenhut from Lansing pulled out a narrow 8 second victory on the 2.9 mile course. His winning time was 16:06, over Watkins Glen's Patrick Hazlitt in 16:14. Hazlitt was followed by teammate Shawn Rutledge in 3rd with a 16:52. Boys Race - Team: Watkins Glen put together a very strong race, placing six runners in the Top-10. They won with 18 points, and Thomas Edison (57 points) edged out Waverly (60 points) for 2nd by 3 points. |
Girls Race - Individual: Cambria Weeden won on her home course in 20:18, followed 11s later by Waverly's Kaylee Uhl in 20:29. Brooke Shaffer (WG) rounded out the top-3 in 20:50. Girls Race - Team: Not to be outdone by the boys, the Watkins Glen ladies placed all their scorers in the Top-10 as well. Their 20 point total establishing a comfortable margin of victory over Waverly (47 points) and Lansing (68 points). |
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Boys Race - Individual: Plenty of exciting races in the first round of IAC competition. This race came down to the wire, being decided by less than a second. The Elmira Notre Dame duo of Garrett Butters and Matt Karee pulled away from Josh Blazey at the end of the race. The END teammates fought to the line and it was Butters who crossed first in 18:42.2, followed immediately by Karee in 18:42.6. Blazey came across for 3rd a few seconds later in 18:49.0 Boys Race - Team: Coming into this season, Newark Valley was projected to be a contendor for the sectional title and a trip to states, and they didn't waste any time in stating their intentions. They came away with a dominant win by nearly 40 points. Candor was the next closest team with 50 points. |
Girls Race - Individual: On the girls side, the race had a finish the complete opposite from the tight 1-2 from the boys. Newark Valley's Kayla Stewart ran away from the competition on her home course to win comfortably by a minute in 21:22.1. The next athlete to cross the line was Carissa Russell from Candor in 22:19.1, then closely after in 3rd was Chase Yoder of Elmira Notre Dame in 22:36.9. Girls Race - Team: While the individual race had a large gap, the team competition for the ladies was much closer. Newark Valley still completed the sweep by taking 1st in 26 points. Candor managed a narrow 2nd place scoring with 48 points to the 57 points from Elmira Notre Dame. |
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