The underclassmen will take center stage at Van Cortlandt this weekend at the PSAL Freshman and Sophomore City Championships. Earlier this month these championships were held for each borough, but now everyone will come together to crown a city champion for each grade. The Freshman championship is always interesting because 95% of these freshmen have only been running for 2 months. It’s really just a good indicator of which schools have gotten the most talent infused into t

Manhattan Varsity Boys HSMSE takes home its first ever Cross Country Borough Championship and did so with ease. Wren Hansen grabbed the win, running 16:38, one of the fastest times of the day. Projected Top 4 Teams: 1. HSMSE ✅ 2. Stuyvesant ✅ 3. Hunter ✅ 4. Bard ❌ Actual Top 4 Teams: 1. HSMSE 2. Stuyvesant 3. Hunter 4. Lab Museum Ten Runners to watch: Wren Hansen (HSMSE) 1

Manhattan Varsity Boys – 9:00 AM This has typically been the most competitive and difficult to predict of all the borough championships. This year, however, #4 HSMSE seems to be head and shoulders above the rest of the Borough. The battle for second between #6 Hunter College Campus and #8 Stuyvesant could be very close. The individual race is up for grabs as well, and there are any number of boys who are capable of winning it. Jasper Graham (Hunter), Marco Arrojo (#9 Lab Muse

The final weekend before PSAL championship season begins is now behind us. SIHST&FA Varsity/JV Island Championships - Clove Lakes State Park MSIT defeated Monsignor Farrell 30-45 to win the Island Championship. Adam Zarrilli and Scott Kelly went 2nd and 3rd in 15:58 and 16:15, respectively. MSIT had a 1-5 split of 1 minute. Susan Wagner finished 3rd, without Andrea Gallina. Curtis was 5th with Marcos Penaranda recording a top ten finish. Finishing 7-8-9 were Tottenville,

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