Our youth cross country team had its best showing ever at this year’s Mayor’s Cup youth races, as we had 29 personal records, 2 individual race winners, 4 team titles, 8 members who finished in the top 3 and 15 in the top 10 in their respective races.  Our 8-10 girls took the top 3 places to secure the team title with Michaela Jones in 1st with a PR 7:19, Alana Winston-Khan in 2nd with a PR 7:28 and Einat Gavish in 3rd with a PR 7:30 and Lillian Joyce in 5th with a PR 7:37.  Our 11-12 girls finished first with Leah Brams in 1st with a PR 6:43, Zoe Gompers in 5th with a PR 7:08 and Gabby Vandendries in 13th with a PR 7:20.  The 13-14 girls won with Kaitlin McCauley in 2nd with a PR 6:30, Maddy McLaughlin in 3d with a PR 6:32 and Sonya Jampel in 4th with a PR 6:33.  The closest race of the day came with our 11-12 boys, who took 1st by one point.  Michael O’Donoghue was 3rd, Daniel O’Donoghue was 4th and Jacob Jampel was 6th, all with PR times of 6:30, 6:33 and 6:41 respectively.  Other notable performances were achieved by Calvin Perkins (3rd place in the 8-10 boys with a PR 6:40), Olja Rapaic (10th in the 13-14 girls with a PR of 6:45) and Gavin McEwen (9th in the 13-14 boys with a PR 6:11).