WTC’s youth XC team had another great day in Queensbury, NY, this past Sunday.

Our 11-12 girls finished 2nd with 61 points. Gabby Vandendries was 7th (5th team) in 11:50, Clare Martin was 9th (6th team)11:53, Einat Gavish was 21st (12th team) in 12:08, Olivia Vernon was 30th (17th team) in 12:26, Catherine DeGroot was 36th (21st team) in 12:33, Alex Wolf was 49th (28th team) in 12:49, Rose Teszler was 59th (31st team) in 12:58 and Lillian Joyce was 68th (39th team) 13:25.

Our 11-12 boys were 1st with 64 points. Jacob Jampel was 6th (3rd team) in 11:02.98, Calvin Perkins was 1th (6th team) in 11:12.18, Daniel O’Donoghue was 13th (7th team) in 11:13.8, Michael O’Donoghue was 21st (14th team) in 11:24,16, Henderson Sykes was 57th (34th team) in 12:05.36, Andrew Mah was 65th (39th team) in 12:17.36, Sean O’Neill was 71st (41st team) in 12:22.8 and Steve Ingman was 78th (48th team).

The 13-14 girls title was a battle of the sprints over the final 200 meters of the race with Granite State’s Margaret Coogan and our own Rebecca Grusby, Lauren Ilsley and Sonya Jampel. Each traded leads at various points of the final 200. It appeared that we had opened a slight lead with about 50 to go, but a gutsy and determined last minute effort by Coogan allowed her to nip our three at the wire, with less than 64 hundredths of a second separating three of them. Despite our placing 4 in the top 10, it gave Granite State a 1 point win over us, 38-39. It was a classic cross country dual. Lots of fun to watch. Leah Brams was our top finisher in 4th place (3rd team) in 14:51.33, Rebecca Grusby was 6th (5th team) in 15:00.64, Lauren Ilsley was 7th (6th team) in 15:00.92, Sonya Jampel was 8th (7th team) in 15:03.96, Courtney Aylaian was 29th (18th team) in 15:39.44, Zoe Gompers was 54th (30th team) in16:32.66 (after falling in the first 400), Charlotte Sykes was 72nd (36th team) in 17:32.74 and Lindsey Mogan was 79th (40th team) in 18:04.

Individually, Blissie Vernon was 10th in the 7-8 age group race in 9:21.73 and Jack Cronin was 46th in the 9-10 boy’s race in 13:25.65.

Our 3 teams will now be moving on to the Nationals on December 10 in Myrtle Beach, SC. Full results may be found here.