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.