Webster Distance Runners: Section V Preview

It is Sectional Eve and time to post the preview of our races.

Girls A

Canandaigua has looked solid all year, but won by "only" 15 points at Counties. Given that their top 3 runners can't score much lower, it will be up to the D'Amore twins to put the meet away. R-H, on the other hand, while running quite well at Counties, had 12 points available within 2 seconds of their 3-4-5 pack, which would have made it a 3-point meet. Meanwhile Penfield, 10 points behind R-H, was running without their #4, which likely cost them about 14 points. So, there are three teams with a legitimate shot at advancing to the State meet. Here is the prediction:

Canandaigua 66
Rush Henrietta 82
Penfield 90
Schroeder 142
Hilton 157
Fairport 158
Victor 169
Thomas 172
Irondequoit 196
Athena 283
Brockport 289
Churchville Chili 293
Spencerport 415
Gates Chili 448
Edison inc
Monroe/Wilson/Jeff inc

As for individuals, this race is loaded: 26 of the top 32 girls from the Monroe County Championships are in this race! I expect a repeat of Counties at the very top, with Meghan McCormick holding off Katie Lembo and Leila Mantilla. Here is a look at the possible top 50:

McCormick, Meghan Canandaigua 18:20
Lembo, Katie Penfield 18:28
Mantilla, Leila Penfield 18:33
McCormick, Kate Canandaigua 19:00
Palermo, Val Schroeder 19:07
Paratore, Amanda Schroeder 19:08
Jensen, Kennedy Canandaigua 19:10
Albrecht, Autumn Brockport 19:15
O'Neill, Karli Churchville Chili 19:29
O'Hara, Eileen Thomas 19:33
Greiner, Lizzie Rush Henrietta 19:35
Tuttle, Georgia Irondequoit 19:35
MacDonald, Alana Rush Henrietta 19:47
Sedita, Erin Fairport 19:52
Lawler, Maggie Victor 19:52
O'Hara, Shannon Thomas 19:58
Griffin, Tishae Rush Henrietta 19:59
Tate, Tiffany Irondequoit 20:00
Hughes, Ashton Fairport 20:01
Quinn, Siobhan Rush Henrietta 20:02
Greiner, Becky Rush Henrietta 20:02
Heyer, Lindsay Penfield 20:07
Palmeri, Amanda Hilton 20:08
Keene, Haley Hilton 20:17
D'Amore, Lauren Canandaigua 20:21
Schnaufer, Illana Penfield 20:21
Dehm, Olivia Victor 20:26
Camillaci, Zoe Hilton 20:28
D'Amore, Kendall Canandaigua 20:36
Jones, Emma Rush Henrietta 20:41
Griffiths, Monica Hilton 20:41
Fries, Aly Victor 20:43
Bailey, Alaina Schroeder 20:44
Adams, Laura Thomas 20:46
McElligott, Meghan Fairport 20:48
Garbinski, Dana Canandaigua 20:49
Cok, Sarah Penfield 20:51
Lafferty, Courtney Athena 20:53
Bourcy, Abby Penfield 20:53
Roose, Serena Brockport 20:56
Wagner, Clara Irondequoit 20:58
Glitch, Kristina Rush Henrietta 21:00
Rosenthal, Jane Fairport 21:04
Miller, Hayley Canandaigua 21:05
Bellinger, Megan Victor 21:05
Yurksaitis, Sarah Schroeder 21:08
Lenhardt, Carly Fairport 21:09
Fahrenholz, Tori Penfield 21:09
Bucci, Loryn Fairport 21:09
Erickson, Kate Victor 21:14

Boys A

The boys team race should be all R-H. They scored 30 points at Counties, and actually won a dual meet against the other 23 schools in the county by taking the top 3 spots! Irondequoit has a good team, ranked 19th in the state, but Thomas was only 11 points back at Counties, while Victor did not seem to be racing hard (MJ Erb and Connor Hayward back in 23-24), and could also challenge for second.

Rush Henrietta 25
Irondequoit 105
Victor 113
Thomas 115
Hilton 146
Fairport 152
McQuaid 202
Athena 226
Penfield 239
Schroeder 254
Gates Chili 267
Canandaigua 316
Churchville Chili 356
Brockport 415
Spencerport 444
Edison 505
Monroe/Wilson/Jeff inc

The boys individual race will also feature R-H. Only 21 of the top 32 from Counties are in the A race this weekend - not as lopsided as the girls race, and 6 of them are from R-H. Travis Jordan from Gates-Chili and MJ Erb from Victor are the only guys with a reasonable shot of preventing another 1-2-3 finish by R-H. The battle for the individual state meet slots will be intense. The computer sees as many as 6 runners within 4 seconds battling for the final spot. This has been the year of the Sophomore, and behind Mickey Burke, there are 3 more with a good chance to be on the bus for the state meet: Tyler Ranke from Hilton, Josh Dyrland from Irondequoit and Thomas's Josh Goldstein. In all, 12 of the top 36 spots could be Sophomores in this race.