Section 1 XC on the road for Invitationals
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Randolph Invitational: At Freedom Park in Randolph, N.J., late Friday night, the Pearl River and Bronxville girls each won their respective divisions. Pearl River narrowly edged out A.L. Johnson by one point to win the Division 2 race. Chelsea Kushner took fourth place with a time of 19:52. Ursuline’s Katie Sullivan was second with a time of 19:31, while the Koalas took third place. Bronxville’s Caitlin Hudson finished second and led the Broncos Division 1 win. Hastings finished in third place.
My Thoughts: Bronxville coach Jim Mitchell said it was a unique experience for his girls to run in a night race. Throw in some fog, rain through the woods and it’s quite trip. Pearl River’s win was impressive, especially with a very good Ursuline team in the field.
Suffern boys finishes second in Shaker Invitational: At the Shaker Invitational in Latham, Suffern’s boys cross country team finished second with 46 points. Queensbury, the third-ranked team in the state finished first with 35. Shenendehowa, the second-ranked team in the nation finished third with 99 points, but was racing with an incomplete team.
Suffern’s Mike Pereira finished third in the 3.04 mile race in 16:25. Other Suffern finishers were Kevin McKenna (8th, 16:46), Johnny Mitchell (10th, 16:51. Aidan Galasso (12th, 16:54) and Terrence Galasso (13th, 16:55).
“We went up there specifically to take a loss and we almost stole the race,†Suffern coach Joe Biddy said. “This was a good race for us.â€
I’ll leave this one for Dan to comment on….
Jim Smith Invitational: At Sunken Meadow Park in Kings Park, the Suffern girls won both the junior and senior races. Suffern’s Shelby Greany won the senior race with a time of 19:10.1 in the 5K race. Her teammates Christy Goldmann and Carol Dugandzic finished fourth and sixth respectively. Suffern’s Ursula Svoboda won the mile and a half freshman race with a time eight minutes and 32 seconds. Suffern’s Samantha Randazzo was fifth in the junior race.
My Thoughts: A good showing by the Mounties at the site of this year’s state meet. Take a wild guess who holds the fastest current 5K time at Sunken Meadow?…Rhymes with “rainy”…Greany was only 1.3 seconds behind the record pace she set at the 2007 Suffolk Coaches Invitational.
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Dan Marra began working for the Journal News this past September. He graduated from Manhattan College in 2004 and from John F. Kennedy High School in 2000. While at Kennedy, he ran cross-country and track. He is excited to be covering the sport that he participated in throughout his four years in high school. Dan loves all sports, but has, what some may say, an unhealthy obsession with the New York Giants.
Matthew Ng has been with Varsity Central and The Journal News sports department for the past two years handling high school beats such as skiing, bowling, girls soccer and tennis. Ng is a 2004 graduate of Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School with his major in broadcast journalism.
Casey Tolfree spent her high school career playing Section 1 sports at Dobbs Ferry and is excited to have the opportunity to cover them for the Journal News. After graduating from St. John's University, Casey joined the Journal News staff in December 2007 and has covered a variety of sports including basketball, softball, and volleyball.
hickey did work at randolph, meet record and #4 all time. kids gonna tear it up this year