This past week, the spotlight shone on the underclassmen, as each borough held its Borough Freshman and Sophomore Championships. Queens - Cunningham Park On the boys side, the Freshman Championship was won by HS for Construction, who was the only program to field a full team of five. Chase Clark of Metropolitan Campus won the race in 9:38. In the Sophomore race, Metropolitan Campus went 1, 2, 3, 8, but did not have a fifth finisher. Simon Bird won the race in 12:39. Francis

It was an exciting weekend of racing headline by the Manhattan Invitational at Van Cortlandt Park. All of the boys teams ranked in the top ten raced and all of the girls teams in the top 16 had either all or some of their girls race. Fordham Prep Developmental #2 - Van Cortlandt Park On Friday evening a few PSAL teams competed here. The top PSAL finisher was Dennis Jeffrey II of Townsend Harris. He finished 3rd, covering the 4K course in 15:40 and leading his team to vict

We’ll start this preview by acknowledging that we missed some results for John Jay Campus this past weekend and it skewed their ranking. It’s not a common occurrence that a team splits its varsity team to run at two different meets, so forgive us our trespasses. This weekend the region’s best teams will descend on Van Cortlandt Park for one of the largest Invitationals in the country: 37 races run over just over six hours. Here’s a preview to help you find your favorite PSAL

Unlike most weekends, all of the PSAL teams remained in the city for a meet at Van Cortlandt. And although many teams competed, it was also an SAT day, so many key runners were missing. It leaves us with more questions than answers. Girls PSAL Marty Lewis Borough Challenge – Van Cortlandt Park The day began with the Freshman race, won easily by Susan Wagner. They had the two fastest freshmen in the race, Genevieve Pantaleo (OB Waverunners), who ran 10:12 and Antonia Schnell

The weather robbed us of a fantastic weekend of racing all around the area. PSAL Group Run at Van Cortlandt Park - CANCELED Suffolk Coaches Invitational at Sunken Meadow State Park, Kings Park, NY - CANCELED Six Flags Wild Safari Invitational at Six Flags, Jackson, NJ - CANCELED Xavier Invitational at Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex, Staten Island, NY - CANCELED Bowdoin XC Classic at Bowdoin Park, Wappingers Falls, NY - The only meet contested. Bowdoin XC Classic – Bowdoin

Girls Suffern Invitational The Bronx Science girls traveled to New Jersey and turned in an impressive performance, finishing 1st of 3 teams in the Varsity A race. They were 3rd of 11 teams in the merge. You read that correctly, 11 teams were spread out over 3 varsity races. Sally Kramer finished 4th and Hazel Lyons-Baum was 6th to lead the way. New-to-XC Clara Grosso makes an immediate impact, finishing as their 3rd girl in 9th place. Their JV squad finished 3rd of 4 comple

After a few slow weekends, the invitational season really gets underway this weekend. Suffern Invitational - Mahwah, NJ Bronx Science Regis Invitational - Van Cortlandt Park Bayside, Brooklyn Tech, Curtis, HS for Construction, Hunter College Campus, MSIT, Midwood, Stuyvesant, Townsend Harris Bob Pratt Invitational - Sunken Meadow State Park, Kings Park, NY Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy, The Clinton School, West End Secondary, Francis Lewis A few weeks ago, we identifi