Coming Soon...

After almost two years of silence, I have decided to try to make time to do some posting about Cross Country.  Since my youngest son is now a Frosh on the Webster Schroeder squad, I have a rekindled interest in scouting and reporting, even though I won't be coaching.  Look for an update over the weekend that will preview the Monroe County match-ups scheduled for Tuesday, September 29th.

I will also pay some attention to the NCAA scene as we check up on some of the local runners that have moved on to the next level!

Happy Running!

Section V XC Championships - Info and Class A Preview

So, as many have heard, I am leaving Xerox after 26 years of service, to pursue a very exciting opportunity.  Since next Tuesday is my last day, I have been swamped at work, and have not been able to do more than the Class A analysis for now.  We'll see what tonight brings - we are hosting the pasta party which may be conducive to adding additional races, or not...

First, the basics for tomorrow.  The Section V Championship meet is once again at Genesee Community College, just outside of Batavia - you can see the map of how I get there at last year's info page.  DO NOT look at the start times on that page, because they shuffled things for this year.  Here is the race schedule for this year:

• 10:30 Boys Class C Race
• 11:00 Boys Class DD/D Race
• 11:30 Girls Class C Race
• 12:00 Girls Class DD/D race
• 12:30 Awards for Classes C, DD, D Races
• 1:30 Boys Class A Race
• 2:00 Boys Class B Race
• 2:30 Girls Class A Race
• 3:00 Girls Class B Race
• 3:30 Awards for Classes A, B

Now for the forecast - up first are the boys, so here is the computer's prediction for team scores (note - I have excluded the city schools because I am not sure which schools may have complete teams, and I have lost track of how the schools-within-the-schools alter the XC classifications):

Boys A

1	Thomas	58
2	Fairport	87
3	McQuaid	127
4	Irondequoit	132
5	Victor	152
6	Hilton	176
7	Penfield	180
8	Rush Henrietta	196
9	Schroeder	220
10	Canandaigua	243
11	Athena	284
12	Churchville Chili	297
13	Spencerport	314
14	Gates Chili	383
15	Brockport	411

McQuaid has not participated in the same races as Monroe County teams very often, so I tend to believe they will perform better than listed here and have a decent chance of getting by Fairport for second.

The top individuals, with some questionable time predictions (Mickey should be be able to break 15:40):

Rank	Name	Grade	School	Proj. Time
1	Burke, Mickey	12	Rush Henrietta	15:57
2	Dyrland, Josh	12	Irondequoit	16:10
3	Ciolkowski, Nick	11	McQuaid	16:10
4	Ranke, Tyler	12	Hilton	16:39
5	Johnson, Keith	12	Thomas	16:40
6	Howe, Nate	12	McQuaid	16:44
7	Shanahan, Luke	12	Victor	16:48
8	Neamtu, Nick	10	Thomas	16:51
9	Mertens, George	12	Victor	16:53
10	Kaukeinen, Britt	10	Irondequoit	16:58
11	Witt, Kevin	12	Thomas	17:01
12	White, Jimmy	12	Fairport	17:02
13	Goldstein, Josh	12	Thomas	17:05
14	Yost, Nathan	12	Victor	17:06
15	Grouse, David	12	Fairport	17:13
16	Kozlowski, Mike	12	Penfield	17:14
17	Kolankiewicz, Thomas	12	Athena	17:14
18	Mallow, Mike	10	Fairport	17:16
19	Plummer, Bailey	11	Spencerport	17:18
20	Hatta, Olivier	12	Fairport	17:18
21	Vestri, Justin	11	Thomas	17:19
22	Sargeant, Seamus	12	Fairport	17:25
23	Glavin, Donovan	10	McQuaid	17:27
24	Shoemaker, Jamie	9	Athena	17:34
25	Zugnoni, Josh	10	Rush Henrietta	17:34

Girls A

Here I forgot to include Mercy, and am out of time to add them in.  Penfield proved themselves last week, but the computer still thinks Thomas can win, if Ellie Songer is back in action, otherwise it will be Penfield.

1	Thomas	56
2	Penfield	69
3	Rush Henrietta	105
4	Fairport	109
5	Schroeder	111
6	Hilton	132
7	Canandaigua	211
8	Victor	244
9	Irondequoit	273
10	Churchville Chili	275
11	Brockport	318
12	Spencerport	335
13	Athena	357
14	Gates Chili	372

And the top individuals:

1	Lembo, Katie	12	Penfield	18:30
2	Jensen, Kennedy	12	Canandaigua	18:54
3	Albrecht, Autumn	11	Brockport	19:02
4	Cooper, Alex	11	Rush Henrietta	19:16
5	Quinn, Siobhan	11	Rush Henrietta	19:25
6	Vestri, Amanda	9	Thomas	19:36
7	Paratore, Amanda	12	Schroeder	19:56
8	Songer, Ellie	10	Thomas	20:04
9	Ashton, Claire	9	Thomas	20:07
10	Adams, Laura	12	Thomas	20:13
11	Sedita, Erin	12	Fairport	20:17
12	Kostarellis, Anna	9	Churchville Chili	20:18
13	Kunigan, Mary	11	Hilton	20:27
14	Leo, Trista	12	Penfield	20:33
15	Sedita, Megan	10	Penfield	20:33
16	Nortz, Heather	11	Fairport	20:37
17	Wiseman, Julia	11	Schroeder	20:39
18	Cok, Sarah	11	Penfield	20:40
19	Canessa, Kelsie	9	Schroeder	20:43
20	Swider, Katie	11	Fairport	20:57
21	Miller, Claire	10	Penfield	20:59
22	Fahrenholz, Tory	10	Penfield	21:00
23	Mechler, Brittany	11	Thomas	21:01
24	Horan, Shannon	11	Fairport	21:02
25	Watson, Sammy	9	Rush Henrietta	21:03

Monroe County Championships - Girls Preview

The girls race should be quite interesting tomorrow.  Thomas has not run that much, but when they have, they've been better than Penfield.  I expect a close meet, if they both run full strength this week, before doing it all again next week with the state meet berth on the line.  We have our work cut out, as Fairport has come on strong again after a quick start and a mid-season struggle.  Mendon is still an enigma, as they've had different performances all season long.  Here's how it looks:

1	Thomas	81
2	Penfield	91
3	Fairport	132
4	Mendon	136
5	Schroeder	148
6	Rush Henrietta	163
7	Hilton	188
8	Honeoye Falls Lima	205
9	Batavia	304
10	Canandaigua	314
11	Victor	335
12	Brighton	345
13	Irondequoit	401
14	Churchville Chili	413
15	Sutherland	419
16	Brockport	468
17	Spencerport	469
18	Odyssey	497
19	East Irondequoit	504
20	Athena	525
21	Gates Chili	540
22	Arcadia	640
23	Olympia	inc

The individuals favored for first team All County include the following:

Rank	Name	Grade	School
1	Lembo, Katie	12	Penfield
2	Jensen, Kennedy	12	Canandaigua
3	Albrecht, Autumn	11	Brockport
4	Cooper, Alex	11	Rush Henrietta
5	Quinn, Siobhan	11	Rush Henrietta
6	Paratore, Amanda	12	Schroeder
7	Vestri, Amanda	9	Thomas
8	Visca, Mary	11	Sutherland
9	Ashton, Claire	9	Thomas
10	Songer, Ellie	10	Thomas
11	Adams, Laura	12	Thomas
12	Barger, Mary	11	Mendon
13	Kostarellis, Anna	9	Churchville Chili
14	Nortz, Heather	11	Fairport
15	Mevorach, Martha	12	Honeoye Falls Lima
16	Sedita, Megan	10	Penfield
17	Yancey, Colleen	12	Mendon
18	Sedita, Erin	12	Fairport
19	Kunigan, Mary	11	Hilton
20	Wiseman, Julia	11	Schroeder
21	Canessa, Kelsie	9	Schroeder
22	Eastridge, Emma	10	Batavia
23	Cok, Sarah	11	Penfield
24	Fahrenholz, Tory	10	Penfield
25	Campbell, Alexa	12	Brighton
26	Swider, Katie	11	Fairport
27	Leo, Trista	12	Penfield
28	Gingello, Marissa	12	Penfield
29	Tuite, Kari	11	Mendon
30	Page, Shannon	11	Hilton
31	Douglas, Riley	11	Honeoye Falls Lima
32	Kindig, Alexis	12	Batavia
33	Wagner, Clara	12	Irondequoit
34	Peters, Lexi	8	Rush Henrietta

Monroe County Championships - Boys Preview

Here is a quick preview of the Varsity Boys race tomorrow.  First, the predicted team scores:

1	Thomas	71
2	Mendon	90
3	Fairport	114
4	Brighton	125
5	Irondequoit	196
6	Victor	212
7	Sutherland	216
8	Honeoye Falls Lima	260
9	Arcadia	270
10	Penfield	274
11	Hilton	279
12	Schroeder	341
13	Canandaigua	344
14	Rush Henrietta	353
15	Batavia	384
16	Athena	427
17	Churchville Chili	447
18	Spencerport	472
19	Gates Chili	543
20	Odyssey	568
21	Brockport	602
22	East Irondequoit	604
23	Olympia	728

Leading candidates for first team all-county:

Rank	Name	Grade	School
1	Burke, Mickey	12	Rush Henrietta
2	Dyrland, Josh	12	Irondequoit
3	Ronchetti, Will	12	Brighton
4	Johnson, Keith	12	Thomas
5	Shanahan, Luke	12	Victor
6	Neamtu, Nick	10	Thomas
7	Geraci, Matt	11	Honeoye Falls Lima
8	Ranke, Tyler	12	Hilton
9	Mertens, George	12	Victor
10	White, Jimmy	12	Fairport
11	Witt, Kevin	12	Thomas
12	Green, Connor	12	Mendon
13	Kaukeinen, Britt	10	Irondequoit
14	Doyle, Nathan	12	Mendon
15	Wesley, Jack	12	Mendon
16	Robbins, Luke	10	Sutherland
17	Goldstein, Josh	12	Thomas
18	Northrup, Brian	12	Arcadia
19	Schmitt, Drew	10	Brighton
20	Sargeant, Seamus	12	Fairport
21	Yost, Nathan	12	Victor
22	Mallow, Mike	10	Fairport
23	Dooley, Kevin	11	Mendon
24	Kozlowski, Mike	12	Penfield
25	Simpson, Zak	12	Brighton
26	Goodman, Isaac	10	Mendon
27	Feigel, Evan	11	Mendon
28	Grouse, David	12	Fairport
29	Demmer, Ty	12	Batavia
30	Hess, Griffin	10	Mendon
31	Roach, Coleman	10	Honeoye Falls Lima
32	Kolankiewicz, Thomas	12	Athena
33	Vestri, Justin	11	Thomas
34	Plummer, Bailey	11	Spencerport

Monroe County Championships

I've had even more than usual going on this month, and making time for blog entries ended up on the wrong side of the line between what I could get done and what I could not.  I did not want to get to the County Meet without getting online with my annual predictions.  First, let's cover the details about the meet tomorrow, then I will post a couple more entries today to cover the predictions.

The meet will be held at Parma Park (see directions at the bottom of this post - but keep driving east past "Point B" to the parking lot by the starting line).  The schedule is as follows:

• 11:15 Modified Girls
• 11:45 Modified Boys
• 1:00 JV Girls (no Schroeder entries)
• 1:30 JV Boys (9th and 10th graders only)
• 2:00 Varsity Girls
• 2:30 Varsity Boys
• 3:00 Varsity “B” Girls
• 3:30 Varsity “B” Boys
• 4:15 Awards in shelter past finish line

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Seneca Park Today

Our league meet schedule takes us to Seneca Park today to face Arcadia, Churchville-Chile, Hilton and Penfield.  On the girls side, this puts together 3 of the top 25 large schools in the state, as Penfield is #8, Schroeder is #16 and Hilton is #25, which is a rematch of last Friday's Penfield-Irondequoit invitational (results are here).  The boys will have the unusual opportunity to face the three teams ranked immediately ahead of them in the Monroe County computer rankings, as Schroeder is #12, Hilton is #11, Penfield #10 and Arcadia #9.

Scoring today's meet as an invitational, the computer predicts the following very close result:
Penfield 53
Arcadia 55
Hilton 62
Schroeder 63
C-C 112

So, expect to see several dual meets today that are 26-29, 27-28 or even 28-28 and the sixth runner will break the tie.

8-0!

The boys and girls teams combined to go 8-0 on Tuesday in our league meet with Rush Henrietta, Canandaigua, Batavia and Eastridge.  The girls race turned out to be a bit anti-climatic as RH chose to sit stars Siobhon Quinn and Alex Cooper, currently ranked 9th and 10th in the state, who were coming off fantastic races at McQuaid, allowing our girls to take the top 5 places against RH.  As Kennedy Jensen of Canandaigua was also sitting out after a late-night return from an Ivy college visit (I guess her brain moves as quickly as her legs), our girls were able to take 5 of the top 8 places overall (and it would have been 5 of 7, if not for Dana Garbinski's incredible speed down the stretch).

The boys had a tougher meet, but rose to the occasion as Kevin, Justin and Zach went 3-4-5, Ray cracked the top ten and Kade came on strong to fill in for Peter, who was still ill but made a strong effort to help out.  In the end, we had five runners in before anyone else had four, and managed surprisingly wide margins of victory over the much-improved Batavia team, and a solid Canandaigua team.  Mickey Burke also took the race off, coming off of his unbelievable record-setting race at McQuaid, where he ran 14:25, allowing us a comfortable win over RH as well.