2009 XC Race Schedule/Results....

COMPETITIONS 

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SEASON REVIEW

Meet: West Genesee vs. Central Square, 9/9/09

Meet Results

Boys Varsity

Score:  WG - 15, Central Square - 48

Dual Meet Record:  1 - 0

	Runner:	Place:	Time:
1	William Gabriel	1	17:32.0
2	Sam Reedy	2	18:04.0
3	Martin Leff	3	18:38.0
4	John DeLallo	4	18:39.0
5	Matthew Gonnella	5	18:39.0
6	Matt Serrao	7	19:04.0
7	Jay Paika Rawling	8	19:26.0
8	D.J. Campbell	9	19:35.0
9	Tom Brogan	11	19:42.0
10	Brett Smith	12	19:47.0
11	Mark Reilly	14	19:57.0
12	Luke Potash	16	20:02.0
13	Matt Byrne	17	20:09.0
14	D.J. Klaczko	19	20:31.0
15	Mike Schrank	20	20:42.0
16	Tim Sprague	21	20:42.0
17	Zack Lafaver	24	20:51.0
18	Tyler Halsey	28	21:05.0
19	Scott Pietruniak	30	21:21.0
20	Xander Pedrosa	31	21:34.0
21	Jonathan Welch	33	21:34.0
22	Alex Cuttler	34	21:44.0
23	Nick Hayes	37	22:19.0
24	Nick Garty	38	22:24.0
25	Will Johnson	41	22:27.0
26	Mike Pizzari	43	22:51.0
27	Brandon Mills	45	24:01.0
28	Mitch Brink	49	25:23.0
29	Mike Waters	50	26:47.0
30	Mike Wells	51	26:56.0

Girls Varsity:

Score: WG - 20, Central Square - 39

Dual Meet Record: 1 - 0

	Runner:	Place:	Time:
1	Laura Leff	1	21:39.0
2	Katie Bott	2	21:39.0
3	Anna Leo	3	21:56.0
4	Amy Hannahan	6	23:05.0
5	Kelly Powell	8	23:11.0
6	Katie Riley	9	23:20.0
7	Kaitlyn Richards	10	23:20.0
8	Abby Kastick	14	23:49.0
9	Jessica Emanuelli	15	23:56.0
10	Alex Incaudo	16	24:11.0
11	Alyssa Sherman	17	24:35.0
12	Alyssa Zeman	19	24:51.0
13	Lauren Brieant	20	24:55.0
14	Morgan Farmer	23	25:23.0
15	Sara Fisher	28	26:51.0
16	Diane Rotella	29	26:52.0
17	Sarah Plunkett	38	28:46.0
18	Amber Sweeney	39	29:12.0
19	Jamie Gonnella	40	29:13.0
20	Maureen McInerny	41	29:16.0
21	Jessica Boyce	43	30:30.0
22	Alicia Martin	45	31:03.0
23	Sarah Olson	46	31:07.0
24	Lauren Stummer	51	36:55.0

Meet Summaries

Boys:  Running a strong, well-paced team race, the 'cats took charge in mile 2 and never looked back. With the first 5 over the finish line and with 8 of the top 10 finishers, they enjoyed an excellent opening to the '09' season.

Girls: 8th grader Laura Leff proved she's competing on the right level. She led a 1-2-3 Wildcat finish for the automatic win. Right behind her, Katie Bott and Anna Leo ran strong, measured races. The 'cats took 7 of the first 10 places for an convincing victory.

Outstanding Performances

Boys: Team effort

Girls: Team effort

(Top)

Meet: Central Square Invitational, 9/12/09

Meet Results

Boys Varsity

Team Place:  2 of 15

Girls Varsity:

Team Place: 1 of 15

Boys Junior Varsity:

Team Place: 2 of 11

Girls Junior Varsity:

Team Place: 2 of 7

Meet Summaries

Boys:  It was a good preliminary invitational outing for the boys. They ran the kind of race they'd been trained for so far, going out smartly, building through the middle mile and finishing strong. Second only to CNS by 7 points with a top-5 five runner on the sidelines, the they know a solid season lies ahead. The JV race offered further evidence of a good season ahead as they placed five in the top-12 including a big step-up performance by first-year runner Mark Reilly. All systems will be go for next Saturday's Chittenango Invitational.

Girls: This team entered the meet with some unanswered questions. With top runner Katie Bott temporarily on the sidelines, the rest stepped it up and answered the call as they girls defeated rival CNS to bring home the big trophy. As with the boys, the day is best described as an all-out team effort. The girls opened conservatively, as planned, then proceeded to reel in their CNS competitors who had gone out hard. Only Laura Leff established herself as a front runner from the gun(as planned), where she dualed with CNS freshman ace, Nicole Watterud(10:30 3000m as an 8th grader), survived a wrong turn and powered home to win individual honors by a full ten seconds. What a debut for the diminutive but feisty and talented 8th grader. The girls JV race included just a bunch of absurdly incredible improvements by front-runners(1 to 2 minutes) on times they had established only three days earlier in their dual meet. With lots of work still to be done, this was a great way to start.

Outstanding Performances

Boys: Varsity team effort/Mark Reilly

Girls: Varsity team effort/Alex Incaudo/Lauren Brieant/Alyssa Zeman

(Top)

Meet Results

Boys Varsity

Score: WG-15, Auburn-48

Dual Meet Record: 2 - 0

Girls Varsity:

Score: WG-15, Auburn-47

Dual Meet Record: 2 - 0

Meet Summaries

Boys:  The boys handled the business of the day, taking themselves out smartly, then working the middle mile to set up a solid final mile and a 1-5 finish. It was a disciplined pace by front-runners Reedy, Gabriel and Houghmaster, with Gonnella and Leff coming on strong at the end. The boys now enjoy a 2 -0 dual meet start to the season. 

Girls: Following their game plan almost to perfection, the girls duplicated the boys' effort with a 1-5 finish that required a little heroics from surprising Kelly Powell. Powell, the #11 runner from the 2008 squad, has zoomed into the top echelon of this year's team with much improved performances. Eighty meters off the #1 Auburn runner with a mile to go, Kelly 'notched up,' caught her opponent with 300 meters to go and powered away at the finish. Also making a statement for herself is junior Jessica Emanuelli, who finished 8th for the team. The season will be a work in progress for this group, but the work so far has been encouraging.

Outstanding Performances

Boys: Matt Byrne/Alex Cuttler

Girls: Jessica Emanuelli/Sara Fisher

(Top)

Meet: Chittenango Invitational, 9/19/09

Meet Results

Boys Varsity

Team Place: #2 Race - 2 of 16(Merge: 5 of 60)

Girls Varsity:

Team Place: #2 Race - 2 of 15(Merge: 4 of 52)

Boys Junior Varsity:

Team Place: 4 of 21

Girls Junior Varsity:

Team Place: 4 of 13

Meet Summaries

Boys:  The boys were treated to an eye-opener by a fine Baldwinsville performance, whose team put three runners ahead of Wildcat leader Billy Gabriel. B-ville won the #2 race and finished #1 in the meet merge while the 'cats came in 2nd and 5th in the overall merge.  But the team ran well, with a number of personal records  and athletes meeting their seasonal 5k performance goals early. Scorers Martin Leff and John DeLallo had outstanding races. Those who met their performance goals will have to 'adjust' expectations upward as the team now enjoys a long stretch of training with only one dual meet prior to their trip west to Rochester's McQuaid Invitational.

Girls: The girls were nipped by Tully 56 - 58 in their #2 race as they placed 4th in their meet merge, but they registered the fastest team time(100:56.3) and average runner time(20:11.3) of all 56 entered teams. A lost shoe to Kelly Powell as she was running well in the #5 team position spoiled a potentially excellent individual effort and dropped her out of the team scoring. That hurt team scoring. 8th grader Laura Leff remained undefeated on the young season. She simply ran away from the field, clocking the best WG time ever on the Jamesville Beach 5k championship course(18:26.9) and the third fastest of the meet behind state-class runners Allison Lasnicki of Canastota and Christine Driscoll of Geneva, who locked up in a dual in the #4 race. Katie Bott returned from a knee injury to run her best Jamesville course time(20:12.3), followed closely by freshman Anna Leo(20:28.8) and Abby Kastick(20:33.8). A young and building team, they will have time to double-knot and check those shoe laces as they train in preparation for the McQuaid Invitational.

Outstanding Performances

Boys: Martin Leff/John DeLallo/Mark Reilly/Zack Vohs

Girls: Laura Leff/Jessica Emanuelli/Alyssa Zeman/Morgan Farmer/Maureen McInerny

(Top)

Meet Results

Boys Varsity

Score: WG-15, Nottingham-50/WG-15, Corcoran-50

Dual Meet Record: 4 - 0

Girls Varsity:

Score: WG-15, Nottingham-49/WG-16, Corcoran-46

Dual Meet Record: 4 - 0

Meet Summaries

Boys:  On their tough home course, the boys continued to roll, capturing the first seven places to 'pitch' a XC shut-out against both Nottingham and Corcoran. With their 1-5 gap under control and closing, they train for the McQuaid Invitational on October 3rd.

Girls: Laura Leff took the green light and led start to finish with a wide lead and the course her only adversary as she demolished the previous course record by almost 40 seconds with her 19:20.7 clocking. Despite missing runners, the Wildcats put the first four across the finish line and seven of the top ten for automatic wins. Like the boys, the girls now turn to training in preparation for the McQuaid Invitational.

Outstanding Performances

Boys: Team Effort

Girls: Laura Leff(Course Record: 19:20.7)/Allison Reichel

(Top)

Meet: McQuaid Invitational, 10/3/09

Meet Results

Boys Varsity

Team Place: 5 of 13

	Runner:	Place:	Time:
1	Billy Garbriel	13	15:46.4
2	Steve Houghmaster	18	15:52.2
3	Sam Reedy	32	16:15.3
4	Martin Leff	37	16:21.1
5	John DeLallo	41	16:27.7
6	Matt Gonnella	66	17:00.6
7	Ethan Wojcik	73	17:11.3
8	Mark Reilly	76	17:13.6
9	Matt Serrao	81	17:24.1
10	D.J. Campbell	95	17:47.9

Girls Varsity:

Team Place: 13 of 14

Boys Junior Varsity:

Team Place: 3 of 26

Girls Junior Varsity:

Team Place: 5 of 29

Meet Summaries

Boys:  A solid step forward for the boys, who improved their team cumulative time by over 2 minutes. Four of the scoring five ran WG top-10 McQuaid times. In the important merge of all seeded races, the 'cats stayed solid, placing 5th and beating significant Class A and B teams. The team is building....

Girls: The day was a team disaster. Top runner Katie Bott, fighting injury, was unable to race at full force and did not score for the team. Laura Leff, racing in 2nd place at the 800 meter mark, had to drop out. Several other struggles and that 'was all she wrote.' They will try to regroup this week in preparation for Manhattan.

Outstanding Performances

Boys: Team Effort

Girls: Lauren Brieant/Anna Leo/Abby Kastick

(Top)

Meet Results

Boys Varsity

Score: WG-15, Oswego-50

Dual Meet Record: 5 - 0

Girls Varsity:

Score: WG-17, Oswego-46

Dual Meet Record: 5 - 0