Monroe County Championships - Girls Preview

WARNING (or plea): DO NOT PARK ON THE GRASS AT PARMA PARK!

Although Penfield is only ranked one spot behind Canandaigua in the NY State rankings (#4 vs. #3), it is clear that Canandaigua has a large advantage in runners 3 thru 5, and should win comfortably.  In fact, the computer analysis slides not only HF-L (#4 in Class B), but R-H (#9 in Class A) ahead of Penfield as well.  Mendon (9th in Class B) is expected to round out the top five.  As with the boys, it will be interesting to see which teams may decide to sit this one out.

1. Canandaigua 84 
2. Honeoye Falls Lima 100 
3. Rush Henrietta 121 
4. Penfield 127 
5. Mendon 165 
6. Schroeder 197 
7. Fairport 216 
8. Hilton 229 
9. Thomas 232 
10. Victor 258 
11. Irondequoit 261 
12. Sutherland 308 
13. Brighton 318 
14. Churchville Chili 405 
15. Athena 423 
16. Brockport 433 
17. East Irondequoit 488 
18. Odyssey 522 
19. Batavia 581 
20. Spencerport 625 
21. Gates Chili 663 
22. East Rochester 705 
23. Arcadia inc 
24. Olympia inc  

The individual race could be quite interesting.  The Penfield duo of Leila Mantilla and Katie Lembo have looked like the best all year, until the final league meet against Canandaigua, when they were split by Meghan McCormick and Kennedy Jensen.  While Leila just destroyed the Parma course record set by Meghan last year (18:28 to 19:03), Katie was 30 seconds back.  But last Saturday, Katie was the winner at the Clarence invitational, winning by 23 seconds in a very fast 18:55.

The top 40 girls look like this:

1. Mantilla, Leila Penfield 
2. Lembo, Katie Penfield 
3. McCormick, Meghan Canandaigua 
4. Jensen, Kennedy Canandaigua 
5. Palermo, Val Schroeder 
6. Paratore, Amanda Schroeder 
7. McCormick, Kate Canandaigua 
8. Hallock, Allison Mendon 
9. Engel, Katie Honeoye Falls Lima 
10. O'Neill, Karli Churchville Chili 
11. Cole, Hannah Honeoye Falls Lima 
12. Tuttle, Georgia Irondequoit 
13. Albrecht, Autumn Brockport 
14. Steinke, Ruth Honeoye Falls Lima 
15. Bubie, Nicole Odyssey 
16. Sedita, Erin Fairport 
17. Wagner, Robin Brighton 
18. Hughes, Ashton Fairport 
19. Tate, Tiffany Irondequoit
20. O'Hara, Eileen Thomas 
21. Lawler, Maggie Victor 
22. Douglas, Riley Honeoye Falls Lima
23. Greiner, Lizzie Rush Henrietta 
24. MacDonald, Alana Rush Henrietta 
25. O'Hara, Shannon Thomas 
26. Williams, Jenna Honeoye Falls Lima 
27. Griffin, Tishae Rush Henrietta 
28. Quinn, Siobhan Rush Henrietta 
29. Keene, Haley Hilton
30. Heyer, Lindsay Penfield 
31. Palmeri, Amanda Hilton 
32. Bailey, Alaina Schroeder 
33. D'Amore, Lauren Canandaigua 
34. Greiner, Becky Rush Henrietta
35. Ryan, Kylie Mendon 
36. Yancey, Colleen Mendon 
37. Dehm, Olivia Victor 
38. Bourcy, Abby Penfield 
39. Schnaufer, Illana Penfield 
40. D'Amore, Kendall Canandaigua

Monroe County Championship - Boys Preview

First, here is some important information about the meet.

• It has been moved to Parma Park, directions from Schroeder are here:

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• The meet schedule is as follows:

11:15  Modified Girls 

11:45  Modified Boys 

1:00  JV Girls (all non-varsity Schroeder girls running here)

1:30  JV Boys (all non-varsity Schroeder boys in grades 9/10 running here)

2:00  Varsity Girls 

2:30  Varsity Boys 

3:00  Varsity “B” Girls 

3:30  Varsity “B” Boys (all non-varsity Schroeder boys in grades 11/12 running here)

• Wear waterproof footwear; it will be very wet/muddy in the best spectator areas

Now, for the predictions - today will be the Boys Varsity race.  This is difficult, because it is quite possible that some teams will not run their varsity this week, with more concern about Sectionals and beyond, and not wanting to risk something happening this weekend, given the conditions.

Rush-Henrietta is the overwhelming favorite, if they choose to participate.  Otherwise Mendon would likely be favored over HF-L (another team that may not appear on the starting line), despite losing to them in the dual meet last week, 26-29.  HF-L's 4th runner did not compete, but several of Mendon's runners did not seem to be putting forth a full effort.  Brighton would also have a decent shot, and Victor and Irondequoit could not be ruled out.  There are clear break points after the top 10 teams and after the top 15 - expect to see much movement within the three "groups" of teams, but not much across the boundaries (except where teams decide not to play).  Here is what the computer says:

1. Rush Henrietta 49
2. Mendon 91
3. Brighton 117
4. Victor 146
5. Honeoye Falls Lima 161
6. Irondequoit 177
7. Sutherland 189
8. Thomas 198
9. Fairport 212
10. Hilton 232
11. Penfield 337
12. Athena 365 
13. Batavia 377
14. Schroeder 379
15. Gates Chili 402
16. Canandaigua 470
17. Arcadia 502
18. Churchville Chili 527
19. Olympia 582
20. Brockport 639
21. Spencerport 650
22. Odyssey 670
23. East Rochester 672
24. East Irondequoit 688  

As for individuals, I think Mike Anvelt from Sutherland is the man to beat.  I think it is likely that the guys most likely to have a shot at beating him, Nate Kozyra, Andrew Sweeney and Mickey Burke from R-H, and Cooper Roach from HF-L, are the guys most likely to back off, or skip the race entirely.  M.J. Erb from Victor is a potential challenger, and I imagine Travis Jordon from Gates will be there to race.

If everyone runs, the top 40 could look like this (I have not added times to the prediction this year, because of the variability in the likely conditions at race time):

1. Anvelt, Mike Sutherland 
2.  Kozyra, Nate Rush Henrietta 
3.  Roach, Cooper Honeoye Falls Lima 
4.  Sweeney, Andrew Rush Henrietta 
5.  Burton, Will Mendon 
6.  Erb, M.J. Victor 
7.  Jordon, Travis Gates Chili 
8.  Burke, Mickey Rush Henrietta 
9.  VanVleck, Matt Mendon 
10.  Wesley, Jack Mendon 
11.  Ranke, Tyler Hilton 
12.  Raymond, Alex Rush Henrietta 
13.  Hayward, Connor Victor 
14.  Pavia, Corey Mendon 
15.  Goldstein, Josh Thomas 
16.  Scott, Jack Fairport 
17.  Dyrland, Josh Irondequoit 
18.  Phelan, Will Sutherland 
19.  Mullen, Andrew Brighton 
20.  Mulcahy, Collin Batavia 
21.  Ronchetti, Will Brighton 
22.  Burke, Colby Rush Henrietta 
23.  Andrievsky, Sasha Thomas 
24.  Moran, Mitch Penfield 
25.  Stahl, Eric Brighton 
26.  Roth, Corey Hilton 
27.  Kassu, Mintesinot Athena 
28.  Brunett, Joe Honeoye Falls Lima 
29.  Koss, Nick Irondequoit 
30.  Green, Connor Mendon 
31.  Paganelli, JT Honeoye Falls Lima 
32.  Tarduno, Matthew Brighton 
33.  Root, Brennan Rush Henrietta 
34.  Bigenwald, Eric Irondequoit 
35.  Shanahan, Luke Victor 
36.  Tshibangu, Raphael Olympia 
37.  Young, Robert Mendon 
38.  Burgin, Will Schroeder 
39.  White, Jimmy Fairport 
40.  Strang, Alex Sutherland  

Girls predictions coming tomorrow...

Venue Change for Counties

It is highly likely that the Monroe County Championships will not be held at Genesee Valley Park this year.  Due to the course condition (after McQuaid, plus a college meet two weeks ago) and with more rain in the forecast before Saturday, it appears that would not be a safe course for the runners.

Stay tuned, but it appears that Parma Park will be the location.  We have had good success on that course in recent years, so this should be a positive change from the mud pits of Genesee Valley!

Back in Black

Our final week of the league meet schedule brings us back to Black Creek Park, where last week, Val and Amanda went under the course record time.

Today, the girls will face a tough challenge from a Sutherland team that stands between them and a record 18 wins for the season.  The Sutherland girls don't have a front runner that will lead the way, but they do arrive to the finish quickly as a group.

The boys face two serious challengers in Batavia and Gates-Chili (the Sutherland boys are quite good, and should take top honors today).  Neither team has been able to generate a 5th runner, which will really hurt them in large championship races, but they can be a force in dual meets.  Defeating both teams, along with East Rochester, would allow the boys to finish the season at 12-11, for a third consecutive winning season!

Top Girls

 van der Sloot, Kate Sutherland 21:02
 Mizes, Alicia Sutherland 21:03
 Mulroy, Jessica Sutherland 21:28
 Jacobson, Audrey Sutherland 21:45
 Smith, Rachel Sutherland 21:57
 Visca, Mary Sutherland 21:59
 Holmes, Alexandra Sutherland 22:10
 Masood, Raisa Sutherland 22:43
 Kindig, Alexis Batavia 22:49
 Walter, Jennifer Sutherland 22:59
 Filbert, Tiara Batavia 23:31
 Eastridge, Emma Batavia 23:43
 Mulroy, Casey Sutherland 23:56
 Wagner, Emily Batavia 24:18
 Burke, Shannon Sutherland 24:43
 Austin, Michaela Batavia 25:18
 Quinn, Kennedy Gates Chili 25:32
 Boy, Virginia East Rochester 25:35

Top Boys

 Anvelt, Mike Sutherland 16:10
 Jordon, Travis Gates Chili 16:29
 Phelan, Will Sutherland 16:53
 Mulcahy, Collin Batavia 16:57
 Strang, Alex Sutherland 17:16
 Laird, Jon Batavia 17:21
 Cove, Zach Sutherland 17:31
 Moore, Weston Gates Chili 17:51
 Huot, Marco Sutherland 18:03
 Tobey, Kevin Gates Chili 18:07
 Demmer, Ty Batavia 18:15
 Ernst, Mitch Batavia 18:2
3 Ding, Alex Sutherland 18:25
 Black, Ryan Sutherland 18:26
 Ferrante, Christian Gates Chili 18:36
 Demay, Tyler East Rochester 18:38
 Hanns, Jacob East Rochester 18:40

Week 5 Recap

Another interesting week of Monroe County XC!

Black Creek


Let's start things off with the Course Record of the week.  Our very own Valerie Palermo edged teammate Amanda Paratore, 19:33 to 19:34, as both were under the 19:35 course record for Black Creek Park.  They received a strong challenge from Karli O'Neill of Churchville, who finished in 19:38.  Alaina Bailey completed a 1-2-4 finish for Schroeder, clinching victories over Victor and Hilton.

Victor won the boys meet easily, sweeping the top 3 places.  Hilton was running without their top runner, sophomore sensation Tyler Ranke, but still managed to edge Schroeder, 27-28.

Center Park


This was a race of pairs: Katie Lembo and Leila Mantilla went 1-2, yet again, to lead Penfield to convincing wins over Fairport and Thomas.  Fairport's Erin Sedita and Ashton Hughes went 3-4, ahead of the O'Hara sisters from Thomas, and Fairport prevailed, 26-29.

The Thomas youngsters were no match for Fairport's veteran boys and they lost, 23-33.

Basil Marella


Domination.  That was the word of the day for Canandaigua.  Running without their #1, Meghan McCormick again (is she injured?), they still went 1-2-3 and took 6 of the top 10 spots to even beat Irondequoit, 19-38.  Irondequoit's newcomer, Tiffany Tate, who had set the Black Creek course record earlier this year, has now slipped back to third on the team.

Irondequoit's boys were almost as impressive - not as loaded up front, but deeper - and they grabbed 8 of the first 14 places for four easy wins.

Seneca Park


HF-L's big three: Hannah Cole, Ruth Steinke and Katie Engel now own 11 of the top 25 times at Seneca Park.  Their latest adds were compliments of a 1-2-4 finish over Rush-Henrietta and led to a 23-32 win, in the battle between NY state's 3rd-rated Class B team and 9th-rated Class A team.

In the boys race, R-H seriously took the day off, losing to HF-L (15-49), Brighton (22-33) and even Batavia (24-33).

Northampton Park


This was a long way to travel to hold the battle of Pittsford!  The Mendon girls were solid, taking 5 of the top 11 spots, and defeated their cross-town rivals, 21-34.

And what a battle on the boys side!  Sutherland went 1-2, with Mike Anvelt winning again.  But Mendon went 3-4-5 (by 4 seconds) and 7 (by 7 seconds) and 9-10-11 (by 8 seconds), to capture a 28-29 win, with all 7 of their runners coming into play.  The Pittsford teams combined to take the top 10 places.

Construction Alert!

Regarding today's meet at Black Creek Park (and next week's meet at the same location)...

The bridge over Black Creek on Union St is closed. The posted detour requires a left onto 33A, which really backs up, so I would suggest getting off at the Chili Center (Rt 386) exit and taking 33A west to the detour. Those directions are reflected in the following Google Maps rendition:


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Scouting Report - Week 5

The girls run first again this week.  This week, although the Victor girls are a strong team, we only face one state-ranked team, #25 Hilton, which is strange because the computer expects Victor to beat Hilton, 27-30.  Here are the top individuals that we face:

O'Neill, Karli Churchville Chili 20:12
Lawler, Maggie Victor 20:43
Keene, Haley Hilton 21:01
Palmeri, Amanda Hilton 21:19
Dehm, Olivia Victor 21:25
Griffiths, Monica Hilton 21:34
Wojnowski, Stephanie East Irondequoit 21:41
Fries, Aly Victor 21:42
Bellinger, Megan Victor 21:54
Wojnowski, Veronica East Irondequoit 22:05
Cammillaci, Zoe Hilton 22:15
Erickson, Kate Victor 22:20
Roman, Christine Churchville Chili 22:29
Bellavia, Maria Victor 22:34
Mazza, Lydia Victor 22:44
Brown, Megan Churchville Chili 22:45
Calderon, Brianna East Irondequoit 22:50
Kunigan, Mary Hilton 22:53
Sealy, Krista Hilton 23:04
Ruhland, Genevieve Churchville Chili 23:15
Monroe, Abigail Churchville Chili 23:20

On the boys side, Victor is not ranked, but the computer still has them slightly better than #14 Irondequoit.  Hilton also has a solid team.  Here are the boys to look for near the front tomorrow:

Erb, M.J. Victor 16:48
Ranke, Tyler Hilton 17:09
Hayward, Connor Victor 17:22
Roth, Corey Hilton 17:40
Shanahan, Luke Victor 17:47
Steiger, Aidan Victor 18:03
Mertens, George Victor 18:14
Buri, Josh Hilton 18:17
Mizma, Mitch Hilton 18:21
Smathers, Mike Victor 18:27
Viggiani, Dan Churchville Chili 18:32
Wright, Rob Hilton 18:33
Erickson, Jack Victor 18:38
Mertens, Ben Victor 18:39
Whitmarsh, Ryan Hilton 18:43
Spitzer, Matt Victor 18:43
Mikols, Eric Churchville Chili 18:57
Glavin, Donovan Hilton 19:03
Peerenboom, Cam Hilton 19:16
Goebel, Mike Victor 19:20
Graham, George East Irondequoit 19:24

Week 4 Recap

There were certainly some exciting races around the Monroe County XC League yesterday.  Some of the top action was at our meet.  Here is a look around the County...

Basil Marella
Rush-Henrietta's depth was the story of the girls race.  Despite Val and Amanda going 1-2 and Fairport's Ashton Hughes and Erin Sedita going 3-4, R-H was able to defeat Schroeder, 27-30 and Fairport, 26-31.  Val and Amanda led wire-to-wire in posting the 8th and 9th best times on the course.  We showed that the McQuaid results were no fluke in edging Fairport, 26-29.  Yesterday, the latest State Rankings came out, with Webster Schroeder at #17!  That marks the first time the Schroeder girls have been ranked since 19??.  R-H is ranked at #8 and Fairport #24, joining a total of 6 Monroe County teams ranked in the top 25 (plus 3 others in Class B).

In the Boys race, R-H held out several of their top runner in between McQuaid last weekend and Manhattan this coming weekend, but still fended off a tightly-grouped Fairport team, 25-30.  In a very exciting dual, we edged Athena, 26-31 in a tight race that went back and forth a couple of times.  The suprise overall winner of the Boys race was Athena's XXX.  I did not see the finish, so I'm not sure when he made his final move to win.

And I was able to chat a bit with a former college teammate, whose son is the top runner for Spencerport.

Mendon West
Canandaigua, with the McCormick sisters getting a day off, still edged Sutherland, 27-28, as Sutherland just couldn't get a 5th runner to the finish line in time.  But in the meet against Brighton, Sutherland got not only a 5th runner to the line, but a 6th ahead of Brighton's 5th as well, to win the meet on the tiebreaker at 28-28.

In the Boys race, Sutherland and Brighton were tied after 4 runners each, but Brighton's 5-6-7 came in as a pack, ahead of Sutherland's 5th, for a 27-30 win.  Sutherland's Mike Anvelt, who is having a great year, picked up another win.

Seneca Park
It looks like the HF-L troika did not try to challenge Irondequoit's Georgia Tuttle for the win, but their team managed to take places 2-3-4-7-8 overall for convincing wins over all opponents, most notably Hilton.

The Irondequoit boys had an impressive showing, with a 1-5 spread of just 23 seconds, led by 3rd place finisher, sophomore Josh Dyrland.  That was enough for a 24-34 win over HF-L.

Webster Park
The Thomas girls put on a nice performance on their home course, including a win by Eileen O'Hara, but couldn't keep up with Mendon, losing 24-32.  They did win easily over Victor, 23-34.

The Boys race was a story of Sophomores, 9 of the top 21 finishers were 10th graders, showing that Mendon, Thomas and Victor will be strong for a couple more years.

Northampton Park
Penfield breezed through the Girls race, taking 7 of the top 9 spots.  Leila Mantilla and Katie Lembo went 1-2 in 18:50 and 18:51, crushing the former course record of 20:02 on this lesser-used (and new in 2009) course.

The Penfield Boys also won all 4 of their meets in a convincing manner.

Back to Basil

Sorry I haven't had time to write up anything about McQuaid yet. What an exciting day - the weather was unable to dampen my enthusiasm with the performances that I saw! For now, you can find complete results for 2011. And I will write more later.

Today's meet features a return to Basil Marella Park in Greece, site of our opening meet this year. You can find directions in the article that talked about the first meet. This time, the Girls run first, at 4:30, then the Modified race, then the Boys (probably starting between 5:15 and 5:25).

The girls race features the Fairport team that was ranked #14 in the state, going into McQuaid. We managed to beat them there, and I imagine they will be looking for revenge today. The Rush-Henrietta girls are outstanding - they were accidentally ranked in Class B last week, and they beat us by 49 points at McQuaid, averaging only 7 seconds faster per runner than us. The top runners:

Greiner, Lizzie Rush Henrietta 20:22
Sedita, Erin Fairport 20:29
Griffin, Tishae Rush Henrietta 20:40
MacDonald, Alana Rush Henrietta 20:45
Quinn, Siobhan Rush Henrietta 20:47
Hughes, Ashton Fairport 20:48
Greiner, Becky Rush Henrietta 20:54
Jones, Emma Rush Henrietta 21:11
McElligott, Meghan Fairport 21:35
Lafferty, Courtney Athena 21:43
Bucci, Loryn Fairport 21:46
Glitch, Kristina Rush Henrietta 21:46
Rosenthal, Jane Fairport 21:51
Lenhardt, Carly Fairport 21:59
Handley, Janelle Athena 22:19
Nortz, Heather Fairport 22:23
Butler, Sarah Athena 22:24
Ward, Brittany Athena 22:31
Hope, Mabel Spencerport 22:33

The R-H Boys are between big invitationals, but even their JV team is very strong. Fairport has a good group of runners and is ranked #8 in Section V. Athena is coming of a McQuaid Championship - winning the unseeded medium school race. So, we have 3 formidable opponents (Spencerport is a little down this year). Here are the top runners:

Kozyra, Nate Rush Henrietta 16:39
Sweeney, Andrew Rush Henrietta 16:52
Burke, Mickey Rush Henrietta 17:01
Raymond, Alex Rush Henrietta 17:30
Scott, Jack Fairport 17:33
Burke, Colby Rush Henrietta 17:43
Kassu, Mintesinot Athena 17:43
Root, Brennan Rush Henrietta 17:46
White, Jimmy Fairport 17:52
Schantz, Mike Rush Henrietta 18:05
Penner, Andy Fairport 18:11
Razavi, Mike Fairport 18:14
Wolf, Josh Fairport 18:18
Lauria, Mike Athena 18:21
Staveski, Adam Fairport 18:26
Larkin, Mike Rush Henrietta 18:28
Aiken, Pat Rush Henrietta 18:29
Greiner, Johnny Rush Henrietta 18:35
Shenal, Patrick Rush Henrietta 18:37
Koenig, Ethan Athena 18:40
Pease, Keith Athena 18:42
Ceiply, Mike Fairport 18:58
Miller, Jon Rush Henrietta 19:02
Hale, Zack Athena 19:02
Grouse, David Fairport 19:03