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Section 2 2002 Cross Country Weekend write-Up for 9.28.02
I thought I would add a little write-up on all of in the Invitationals from this weekend. Let me know what you think. Great American write-up is pretty much the same as the front page except that I added Averill Park's performances. Write ups: Great American, Galway, McQuaid, Red Raider Run, E.J. Herman (Proctor) Saratoga repeats as Great American Champions In an update from dyestat.com Saratoga Springs were repeat winners in the Race of Champions race with 100 points. On top of that, Nicole Blood was the individual winner finishing in 19:02.6 on a wet and sloppy course beating out Amber Harper as they raced together the whole race. Also running for Saratoga were Lindsey Ferguson (13th,20:11.6), Kristen Hornbach (22nd,20:32.6), Ali Rowe (29th,20:46.7), Melissa Trauscht (35th,21:04.9), Ruby Solomon (36th,21:06.6),and Megan O'Connor (60th,21:38.3). Top five teams behind Saratoga were Jenks, OK in second with 150 points, Murietta Valley finished third with 207 points, Wyomissing, PA in fourth with 214 points, and Turpin of Cincinnatti, OH in fifth with 215 points. Columbia finished 14th with 383 points just ahead of a tough team from Marcus, TX. The Blue Devils were lead by Brina Seguine finishing 44th with a time of 21:22.0. Following her were Ashley Ferriero (63rd,21:43.4), Julie Carr (69th,21:52.0), Kaitlyn Hayden (97th,22:21.1), Sarah Anderson (109th,22:37.2), Katrina Hines (122nd,22:48.4), and Shannon Walion (133rd,23:01.6). The Averill Park Girls ran in the Division I race and finished a strong 8th place with 214 points, just behind a strong Aiken, S.C team. Elissa Wilson lead the Warriors finishing in 31st place with a time of 23:08.2. Also running were Tara Mulcahy (42nd,23:43.7), Brittany Wensley (45th,23:56.0), Megan Curran (54th,24:14.8), and Rena Drew (69th,25:01.3). Also impressive were the J.V. performances as Saratoga took both the J.V. I (22 points) and J.V II (19 points) titles and Columbia was 2nd in the J.V. I race with 68 points. In the boys race, Shenendehowa finished 11th with 306 points. Individually, Jake Gurzler was the top runner finishing 20th in 17:18.6. The rest of the Plainsmen were Ryan Gaedje (40th,17:35.6), Hans Samaniego (69th,17:55.6), Alex Grout (88th,18:07.9), Phil Roach (89th,18:08.2), Scott Mindel (105th,18:15.3), and Stephan Wierzbitzky (118th,18:26.5). Mountain View, UT was the team winner with 125 points over Davidson Hilliard, OH who had 134 points. The Woodlands, TX was third with 158 points but has their top two runner DQ'd after the first five runners in the race after they took a wrong turn with 800 meters to go. Mountain View's Mike Steele was the official winner finishing in 16:51. Averill Park ran in the Division I race and finished 17th with 399 points. Running for the Warriors were Dan Razzano (67th,19:55.5), Joel Frost-Tift (84th,20:23.8), Joel Hitchcock (85th,20:26.5), Ben Levinn (94th,20:37.6), and Joel Thomas (110th,21:37.4). Also, in the J.V. I race, Shenendehowa finished a strong 3rd with 74 points behind Old Bridge, NJ and Mountain View, UT. Meet results from the Great American website Galway sweeps own Invy, Fonda boys, Ballston Spa girls take large Galway placed four in the top ten to take the girls small school title over runner-up Voorheesville 48-60. Galway was lead by Sarah Hotaling (3rd,19:52), Carly Page (6th,20:04), Kaitlin McMullen (8th,20:08), and Grace Poisant (9th,20:22). Voorheesville was lead by the runner-up finish by Kate Alpert (19:34) and Steffi Fried (5th,19:59). Mayfield Amber Shibley took the individual title in 19:01. In the large school race. Olivia Beane took the individual title in the fastest time of the day, 18:20, to lead her Ballston Spa teammates to the team title over Foothills rival Gloversville 47-65. Allison Marre (6th,19:47) also placed in the top 10 for the Scotties. Gloversville was lead by top ten finished by Rebecca Ellis (2nd,18:34) and Caitlyn Phillips (7th,19:49). Galway's Justin Daino took his third invitational in a row and helped his teammates to the small school title with 65 points. Daino finished in 15:36, the fastest time of the time, beating out Greenville's Kenny Hardin (16:00) by twenty-four seconds with teammate Joey Janack (7th,16:47) also finishing in the top ten for Galway. Duanesburg finished in second with 89 points lead by Dane DeCiero's (16:54) eighth place finish. Fonda-Fultonville was lead by a runner-up finish by Chuck Florence (16:19) to take the large school team title over Ichabod Crane 59-83. Mark Nare (10th,16:28) also finished in the top 10 as Ichabod Crane was lead by a third place finish by Geoff Phelan (16:16). Jason Torgue (16:01) of South Glens Falls was the individual winner moving up a place after last week's runner-up finish at Fort Plain. Team Results, Full results coming soon Guilderland, Burnt Hills impressive at McQuaid The Guilderland boys brought home the AAA unseeded team title with 143 points, just ahead of St. Joseph's of Buffalo (176 pts.) Colonie finished 5th in the same race with 226 points as Kyle Audi finished in 4th place with a time of 15:40.65. The Burnt Hills boys finished 4th in the AA seeded race with 156 points, just missing out on 3rd place by two points. More importantly for the Spartans was that defending Class B state champ and current #2 in the state, Honeoye Falls-Lima was in 6th place with 189 points. So would can hope for a good jump for Burnt Hills in the state rankings. Shaker boys were in the AAA seeded race and finished 12th with 308 points. Only top five individuals in each race were posted so I don't have all of the individual results. On the girls side, Guilderland finished a strong 4th in the AAA seeded race with 157 points, Just behind NYS Class A #12 Ithaca (134 pts.) and NYS Class A #11 Fairport (140 pts.), Also in the race behind Guilderland were NYS Class A #19 Clarence (6th, 175 pts), NYS Class A #15 Orchard Park (7th, 180 pts), NYS Class A #10 Hilton (8th, 182 pts), and NYS Class A #16 Irondequoit (10th, 229 pts). So there's a good possibility of an eighth Section 2 Class A girls team in the state rankings after this weekend. Meet results from armorytrack.com Shenendehowa girls dominate Red Raider Run As the Shenendehowa boys were down in North Carolina, the Shenendehowa girls went downstate to North Rockland and easily took the Girls Varsity 1 crown by placing their first five in the top eight and beat out Monroe-Woodbury 27-79. Sarah Rogers lead Shen by finishing third in a time of 19:59.9 on the 5K course. She wasn't far ahead the rest of her team with Susan Ashe (4th,20:35.8), Jamie Schulte (5th,20:51.3), Liz Morehouse (7th,21:12.4), and Laura Hickey (8th,21:28.1) right behind her. Shenendehowa also easily took the Frosh and J.V. races. LaSalle also took the trip downstate and finished in 9th in the Varsity 1 race with 248 points. Placing for the Cadets were Sean Green (45th,20:46), Glen Perry (46th,20:50), Chris Smith (47th,20:55), Jon Cunningham (54th,21:55), and Tim Martin (56th,22:02). LaSalle's frosh team finished a solid 4th with 148 points as C.B.A.-Lincroft easily took the title with 20 points. Meet Results from the Red Raider Website Strong Section 2 showing at Proctor Colonie placed three in the top ten as they repeated as Girls Varsity A champs with 63 points, leading a dominate performance by section 2 schools. Bethlehem finished second with 96 points and Shaker was a close third with 103 points. All three teams beating fifth place Cicero-North Syracuse, the NYS Class A #2 team (c'mon, no one really bought that around here, did they?) Colonie was lead by the trio of Anna Jankowski (5th,18:49.2), Eryka Perreault (7th,19:11.0), and Nicole Soblosky (8th,19:17.5). Ashley Couch (17th, 19:35.0) also finished in the top 25. Bethlehem finished with three runners in the top 25 with Emily Malinowski (3rd,18:45.4), Katie Parafinczuk (13th,19:28.9), and Taylor Jackson (16th,19:33.5). Shaker placed their top five between the 18th and 24th positions with Christine Snyder (18th,19:39.8), Samanatha Tibbitts (19th,19:46.1), Meg Ray (20th, 19:47.1), Angela Bernarde (22nd, 19:52.5) and Sara Ochs (24th,19:54.3). The individual race was won by Elizabeth Maloy of Holy Names finishing in 17:33.5, over a minute ahead of runner-up Lauren Moser of Beaver River. Her Holy Names team finished in 9th place with 195 points, only four points behind Fayetteville-Manlius. In the Varsity B race, Cobleskill-Richmondville finished in 3rd place with 72 points. Placing for the Bulldogs were Karyn Clements (8th,20:30.4), Andrea Kelchlin (13th,20:56.5), Jeanine Stoner (20th,21:39.2), and Amanda Haig (22nd,22:00.7). Cobleskill seemed to be missing their top runner Melissa Stoner. Since I only have the top 25 it seems that she didn't race or had a very bad race. Also in the race, Brittany Demarse of Cohoes finished in fourth with a time of 20:09.1. On the boys side, Bethlehem finished a strong fourth place with 119 points, no too far behind Class A ranked teams Cicero-North Syracuse (2nd, 74 pts), ranked ninth, and Fayetteville-Manlius (3rd, 90 pts), ranked sixteenth. Bethlehem was lead by Evan Savage (20th,17:01.2), Scot Sajdak (21st,17:01.9), and Mike Dineen (23rd,17:04.7), all placing in the top 25. Saratoga, who placed fifth with 132 points, was lead by individual winner Mike Foley, who took the title in 15:48.3. Twelve seconds ahead of Ben Dever of team champ Sauquoit Valley. Adam Bangert (24th,17:06.1) also finished in the top 25 for Saratoga. In the Varsity B race, Cobleskill-Richmondville finished in second place with 108 points, behind team champ Beaver River. The Bulldogs were lead by individual winner Jim Tillapaugh who finished in 16:22.2, six seconds ahead of Kane Seamon of Richfield Springs. Also finishing in the top 25 for Cobleskill were Colt Steiger (10th,17:40.7) and Brett Brimlow (11th,17:45.1). Matt Edwards of Cohoes (19th,18:29.2) also placed in the top 25.
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