MOUNT MARKHAM – Tradition for the Fayetteville-Manlius cross country teams usually meant going to the Section III Class A championships and using it as a stepping stone for state and national honors.

And the Hornets would find success at this year’s edition of the sectional meet at Mount Markham High School, though not quite in the manner of years past.

In the girls sectional Class A race past champion Izzie Sullivan put up a time of 18 minutes 3.5 seconds, but that left third behind Auburn’s Kyleen Brady (17:38.2) and Liverpool’s Taylor Page (18:03.5).

Jordan Giannetti finished seventh in 18:26.9, grabbing the fifth and final individual spot for the sectional All-Star team for this Saturday’s state championships at Queensbury as F-M, team-wise, was third with 75 points, trailng a close battle at the top where Liverpool (49 points) edged Auburn (50 points) for the title.

Behind Sullivan and Giannetti, the Hornets had Camille Ryan take 10th place in the team standings and 11th overall in 18:52.9. Claire McDonald, in 19:23.9, also finished inside the individual top 20 as Catie Edwards went 20:37.5.

Before this, there was the Class A sectional boys meet where Will Ditre and Kevin Heller both earned trips to the state meet as Ditre finished fifth in 15:49.5 and Heller was right behind, getting sixth place in 15:53.7.

They will join two Nottingham runners, Henry Zhe-Heimerman and Coen Fierke, along with Liverpool’s Josh Vang on the sectional all-star team at the state meet.

Team-wise, F-M was fourth with 102 points behind Auburn, Liverpool and Baldwinsville. Freddy Hunt took 21st in the individual standings in 17:11.3, with Ben Prendergast 28th in 17:21.1 and Alex Domaszczynski posting 17:52.2.

East Syracuse Minoa was also in the Class A sectional meet, finishing seventh on the girls side and 10th on the boys side. Rachael Burt led the girls Spartans getting 17th place in 19:17.9, with Abigail Burt 22nd in 19:30.3 as Jaelyn Jordan posted 20:25.4 for 35th place.

On the boys side for ESM, Brandon Cerlanek had, by far, the best showing, making it to 30th place in 17:24 flat. No other Spartan cracked the top 50, though Elijah Evelyn (18:15.4) and Bryce Oviedo (18:21.8) came close.

Jamesville-DeWitt ran in Class B, finishing fifth in the girls division as Rebecca Mendez Squier finished just outside the top 10, taking 11th place overall in 20:40.4 as Emma Rukavena finished 15th in 21:10.3.

The boys Red Rams were sixth out of 13 teams in Class B in large measure due to the work of Ryan Carter, who made his way to 10th place posting a time of 17:15.9. Peter Drew finished 35th in 18:16.8, the only other J-D runner inside the top 40.

In the Class C sectional meet Christian Brothers Academy had Vivaan Shah do well, getting to 13th place in a clocking of 17:25 flat as James Cass got 19th place in 17:43.9.

Manlius Pebble Hill earned ninth place in a 21-team boys Class D field with Johnathan Howard finishing 27th among team runners (35th overall) in 18:29.7.