Three days after a tough home defeat to Liverpool, each of the Baldwinsville cross country teams were in the Bronx, competing in the annual Manhattan Invitational — where its boys team would win again.
Competing in the Varsity E division, the Bees had 72 points, beating Methuen (90 points) for that top spot.Nate McCabe led the charge, finishing second among individuals in a time of 12:53.42.
Shaun Thompson worked his way to sixth place, in 13:01.66, while Adam Pacheck took ninth place in 13:12.37. Further back, Chris Wicks was 19th (13:45.90) as Ethan Pacheck ran to 39th place (14:01.62) and Connor Martin 48th place (14:09.26). Pat Colligan (14:35.76) was 78th.
The B’ville girls team finished 13th in the Varsity F division at Manhattan, with Annie Peterson posting the best time of 17:12.55.
Ashley Shaheen (17:12.79) was close behind as Jaimee Balloni (17:20.56), Kristen Biedermann (17:32.04) and Nicole Fecco (18:02.96) followed.
Back home, the Bees will take on Rome Free Academy Wednesday before going to Long Branch Park on Saturday for the Liverpool Invitational — and a rematch with the Warriors.
