Glover Invitational results: Berne-Knox-Westerlo wins Boys team title over Berlin 50-89. Catskill's Seth Bulich wins the boys individual title in 16:24, three seconds ahead of Berne-Knox-Westerlo's Sean Reynolds...Scotia-Glenville wins Girls team title over Berne-Knox-Westerlo 67-84. Courtney Tedeschi takes the girls individual title in 19:15, beating out Scotia-Glenville's Becky Celorio.

      Johnstown Invitational results: Broadalbin-Perth sweep varsity titles. Fonda-Fultonville is the runner-up in both races. Girls went down to the 6th person tiebreaker. Fonda-Fultonville's Matt Hoffman and Jamie Kasza win the individual titles. (Varsity results are up, sub-varsity results will be up late tomorrow.

October 4th

     October 4th dual meets are being updated through the night.

October 1st

   Grout Invitational Results: Division I: Bethlehem's Lucas Carpinello wins the individual title over Bayport-Bluepoints's Adam LaFemina by seven seconds to help his Bethlehem boys team win the team title over Washingtonville, the 16th ranked Class A team in the state, 49-61.  Shaker 8th grader Maryanna Lansing wins the individual title in 16:01, but it isn't enough as Connetquot took the next three places to edge out Shaker for the team title by one point 43-44.

 Division II: Albany High's Philo Germano wins the individual title over Broadalbin-Perth's Justin Ferguson by seven seconds, but Broadalbin-Perth, after running accidently running the first mile of the Division I race, bounces back to take the team title over Connetquot 44-62. Bayport-Bluepoint's Megan Snyder easily wins the individual title over her teammate Courtney Dooley by seventeen seconds, but Colonie, despite missing runners because of SAT's, show their depth to win the team title over Bayport-Bluepoint 37-50.

Division C: Fonda-Fultonville's Mike Scott runs the fastest time of the day in 13:44.58, beating out Rhinebeck's Johnny Marvin by three seconds to take the individual title. Fonda-Fultonville also edges out Rhinebeck for the team title by two points 49-51 as the 6th ranked Class C schools in the state beats out the 4th ranked Class C school.  Granville's Alicia Clark runs the fastest time of the day in 15:48.91 to easily win the girls individual title by 37 seconds over North Warren's Megan Erickson. Fonda-Fultonville, the 12th ranked Class C team in the state, beats out Rhinebeck, the 14th ranked Class C school, 55-61 for the girls team title.

   McQuaid Invitational: State Class A #3 Shaker edges out Class A #4 Rush-Henrietta 79-82 to win the Boys AAA seeded race and come out with the best average time of the day. Shaker's Mike Libruk also took the individual title in 15:28, three seconds ahead of Rush-Henrietta's Nate Kozrya. The Burnt Hills girls, the #2 Class B girls in the state took four out of the first seven spots to easily beat out East Aurora, the #3 Class B school, 28-59 for the girls seeded AA title, and the fastest average time of the day. Burnt Hills was lead by individual winner Dani Martino, who beat out East Aurora's Marta McLaughlin by eight seconds. The Burnt Hills boys placed third in the Seeded AA race missing out on second place by twelve points to State's #1 Class B team Pittsford-Mendon. Walsh Jesuit of Ohio won the team title. Burnt Hills' Buddy Herkenham was the top runner for the Spartans placing 3rd.

   Great American XC Festival: Saratoga Springs, #4 in the nation, was up against the nation's #5 team, Tatnall, Delaware, and it was as close as it was expected as Saratoga beat out Tatnall 64-72 for the Race of Champions title. Saratoga was lead by a 6th place finish by Estela Smith, finishing in 17:54.4. She was closely followed by Taylor Driscoll in 11th and Keelin Hollowood in 12th place to lead the team to the victory. The Saratoga boys were lead by a 2-3 finish by Jay Navin and Spencer Patterson to win the Varsity Boys Red race over Amherst Regional, MA 48-86. Brent Freestone also finished in the top 10, placing 9th. The Saratoga girls also won the Varsity Red race over Green Hope, NC 25-92. Spencer Hayes and Olivia Morrow went 1-2 to lead Saratoga.

September 27th

     September 27th dual meet results are updating all night with results that are sent to me. please email section2harrier@yahoo.com, fax machine is broken.

September 24th

     Queensbury Invitational: Boys: Arlington boys beat out Shaker for the second week in a row, 46-51. Shaker still was without Christian Delago and Ethan Hausamann. Shaker's Mike Libruk takes the individual title over his teammate Jon Vallecorsa. Ravena, led by Griffith Eddy's 3rd place finish, place four in the top ten to take the boys small school title over Glens Falls 40-63. Voorheesville's Joe Becker takes the individual title over Whitehall's P.J. Ferguson. Girls: Saratoga take the first four spots and seven out of the top nine places to easily take the girls large school division over Colonie 17-103. Saratoga's Taylor Driscoll took the individual title over teammate Estela Smith. Voorheesville was lead by a 3-4 finish by Sawyer Cresap and Michelyn Little to edge out Hoosic Valley for the small schools title 66-69. North Warren's Megan Erickson takes the individual title over her teammate Kiera Warner.

     E.J. Herrmann Invitational: Boys: Broadalbin-Perth and Niskayuna go 2-3 in the large schools race, Bishop Gibbons places 2nd in the small schools race. Broadalbin-Perth's Justin Ferguson places 2nd and Austin Becker places 4th in the large schools race, and Bishop Gibbons' Jordan Pantalone places 2nd and Matt Lange places 4th in the small schools race. Girls: Section 2 takes five out of the first six spots in the girls large schools race lead by Hole Names' win over Cicero-North Syracuse 37-50. All section 2 teams took the next four spots: Niskayuna, Bethlehem, Broadalbin-Perth, and Scotia-Glenville. Leah Triller of Holy Name took the individual title with teammate Catherine Maloy placing 3rd and Bethlehem's Lindsey Cheu placing 4th. Bishop Gibbons places 3rd in the small school race led by Talya Williams' 2nd place finish.

     Galway Invitational: Boys: Amsterdam places three in the top six to take the big schools race over league rival C.B.A. 60-103. Amsterdam was lead by a 4-5-6 finish by Nick Raponi, Matt Raponi, and Jon Nelson. Albany High's Philo Germano takes the individual title by 11 seconds over Gloversville's John Knox. Fonda-Fultonville places four out of the top six to easily take the small schools race over Mekeel Christian 26-98. Fonda-Fultonville's Michael Scott wins the individual title over Jacob Urys of Mekeel Christian. Girls: Asmterdam placed two in the top ten to edge out Gloversville 49-60 to win the girls big schools title. Amsterdam was lead by a 5th place finish by Megan Ottati and an 8th place finish by Deborah Johnson. Granville's Alicia Clark win the individual title over Gloversville' Kelly Lawton. Fonda-Fultonville wins the small schools race over Mechanicville 32-50. Fonda-Fultonville was lead by a 1-2 finish by Kimberly Geniti and Jamie Kasza.

September 22nd

September 20th

September 17th

     Fort Plain Invitational results. Bethlehem boys and Niskayuna girls win the large schools race. Berne-Knox-Westerlo sweeps the small school races.

     V-V-S Invitational results (section 2 races only). Holy Names, Greenwich, and Shenendehowa girls win division titles. Shaker boys and girls, Queensbury boys and Guilderland girls place 2nd. Queensbury girls, Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons and Fonda-Fultonville boys place 3rd.

September 14th

September 12th

     League Previews are starting. Like I promised, Suburban Council is first. Preview was done before this weekend's races.

 September 10th

     Blackbird Invitational-Results  Fonda-Fultonville sweeps varsity races. Boys over Berlin 35-87 and girls over Mechanicville 54-91. Stillwater's Victoria Hathaway wins girls individual title in 20:52, 28 seconds ahead of Fonda-Fultonville Kim Geniti. Voorheesville's Joe Becker wins the Boys title for the home team in 17:37, 8 seconds ahead of Fonda-Fultonville's Matt Hoffman.

     Guilderland Invitational-Results   Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake wins both large school titles. Girls win in a tough won over runner-up Shenendehowa 28-40, with Guilderland in 3rd with 54 points. Shen's Lizzie Predmore wins the individual title in 19:23, 59 seconds ahead of last year's champion, Dani Martino of Burnt Hills.  Buddy Herkenham of Burnt Hills wins the boys title in 17:07, 16 seconds ahead of Averill Park's Andrew Tario. Berne-Knox-Westerlo wins the boys small school title in a close three team race beathing Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons by 3 points, 58-61, and Broadalbin-Perth only a point behind with 62 points. Matt Lange of Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons takes the individual title in 17:32, one second ahead of his teammate Jordan Pantalone. Thousand Islands of Ontario wins the girls small school title (with a school enrollment of 1,000) edging out Broadalbin-Perth by 8 points 39-47. Berne-Knox-Westerlo's Courtney Tedeschi wins her fourth straight small school individual title in 20:40:, over a minute ahead of runner-tp Talya Williams of Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons.

     Springstead Invitational-Results   Shaker boys take the top two spots and four out of the top six to repeat has team champions beating out Queensbury 24-89. Shaker was lead by a 1-2 finish by Mike Libruk and Jon Vallecorsa. Libruk finished in 15:49, four seconds ahead of his teammate. Shaker's Christian Delago did not run. Niskayuna took the 5th through 8th spots to take the girls title in a mild upset over runner-up Colonie 66-78, with thrid place Queensbury one point behind. Queensbury's Jolie Navatka took the individual title in 18:39, 26 seconds ahead of runner-up Marianna Lansing of Shaker.