CENTRAL NEW YORK – Continuing to solidify its place atop the OHSL Liberty National division, the Cazenovia boys cross country team swept a tight three-team meet with Skaneateles and Hannibal last Tuesday afternoon.
The Lakers edged the Warriors 27-30, and held off Skaneateles 24-34 in a race where Branden McColm went 18 minutes, 36 seconds, behind the Hannibal duo of Noah Meltia (17:23) and Gavin Griffin (17:37).
Will Austin fnished in 19:28 as he and Eddie Comeau (19:44) were ahead of Hannibal’s third runner, Sean Taylor (19:58). But it took Jake Woolbert finishing in 20:45 and Garret Lounsbury posting 20:58 ahead of the Warriors’ fourth and fifth runners to hang on to the top spot.
In the Varsity Small School division of Saturday’s 70th annual Baldwinsville Invitational, Cazenovia finished 10th in a 29-team field as McColm made his way to 19th place in 18:13.7. Austin got 39th place in 19:05.6 as Comeau was 55th in 19:24.8 and Woolbert finished in 19:45 flat.
As for Chittenango, the boys defeated Christian Brothers Academy 23-36 last Wednesday afternoon, led by Caleb LeBlanc, whose time of 18:20 beat out the 18:31 from the Brothers’ Joe McMahon.
Kaleb Toscano was fourth, in 19:37, with Manu Tipa taking fifth place in 19:45. Dan Mahle’s sixth-place 20:38 was followed by Logan Rogers (21:05) in seventh, Jacob Neupert (22:01) in ninth and Andrew Bielicki 10th in 22:22.
Chittenango’s 20-41 win over CBA in the girls meet featured the Bears claiming the next five spots after the Brothers’ Mary Sullivan won in 22:15.
Laura Powers led that group, second in 22:39, while Bailee Burton (23:30) held off Sophia DiGennaro (23:36) for third place. Natalie DiGennaro was fifth in 24:19 and Evelyn Wynkoop sixth in 24:34 as Mariah Stewart (24:47) and Emily Judd (25:07) also were in the top 10.
When it ran Saturday in the Baldwinsville Invitational, Chittenango’s girls finished fourth, led by Powers, who was 25th among team runners in 22:37.4. Burton was close behind in 22:43.4 as Sophia DiGennaro finished in 22:53.5 and Natalie DiGennaro went 23:10.3. Wynkoop finished in 23:29.2.
