CENTRAL NEW YORK – League competition continued for the Cazenovia boys cross country team with another winning effort last Wednesday against the Phoenix Firebirds.
The Lakers’ 18-40 decision included a sweep of the top three spots, led by Branden McColm, who in 18 minutes, 20 seconds was ahead of the field by more than a minute.
Eddie Comeau, in 19:29, beat out Jake Woolbert (19:38) for second place, and Will Austin earned his own top-five finish in a clocking of 20:03.
Also finishing within the top 10, Garrett Lounsbury took seventh place in 20:49, beating out the eighth-place 20:55 posted by Kooper Wilmot.
Chittenango faced Mexico last Wednesday, with the boys Bears seeing Caleb LeBlanc finish first among individuals in a time of 18:35.
However, the Bears lost, 25-30, to the Tigers, who grabbed five of the top eight spots. Kaleb Toscano finished third in 19:14, with Manu Tipa seventh in 21:16. Logan Rogers (21:42) beat out Jacob Neupert (21:53) for ninth place.
Chittenango’s girls team competed Saturday in the East Syracuse Minoa Invitational, finishing sixth out of 16 teams in the field with 175 points as Cicero-North Syracuse (16 points) got the top spot.
Laura Powers, in a time of 22:23.2, finished 30th among team runners, one spot ahead of Bears teammate Bailee Burton (22:24.5) as Sophia DeGennaro was 32nd in 22:36.1. Evelyn Wynkoop, in 23:28.1, was two spots ahead of Ani McCarthy’s time of 23:41.8.
