Week Six Recap

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 2^nd and 3^rd in 15:58 and 16:15, respectively. MSIT had a 1-5 split of 1 minute. Susan Wagner finished 3^rd, without Andrea Gallina. Curtis was 5^th with Marcos Penaranda recording a top ten finish. Finishing 7-8-9 were Tottenville, Port Richmond and CSIHS/McCown.

On the girls side, Maeve Heck of Tottenville won the race in 19:40. The girls from Susan Wagner won the Championship thanks to finishes of 3, 4, 5, and 6 by Melisa Davila, Riley Tefft, Genevieve Pantaleo and Alisa Kiliarska. Curtis was 4^th, with Zoe Arellano garnering a top ten finish. MSIT and Tottenville followed in 5^th and 6^th. New Dorp (8^th) and CSIHS/McCown (9^th) rounded out the team standings.

NYC XC Carnival - Van Cortlandt Park

Yousef Abdelhakim of Midwood won the Varsity B race in a very fast time of 13:16. Unfortunately, he only had three teammates run, so Midwood could not score as a team. Jaisimha Dattatreyan of Lab Museum, finished 3^rd in the race, running 14:40. Lab did not score as a team, either.

Francis Lewis finished 8^th of 10 teams in the Girls Varsity race. Sophia Wu ran 19:39 to finish 34^th. Mirabelle Threadgold of Lab Museum ran 21:34 to finish 71^st.

Section One Coaches Invitational - Bowdoin Park

Bronx Science finished 3^rd in the Varsity I race, but 2^nd in the overall merge. Their 1-5 spread was just over a minute. Three boys, Elijah Hernandez, Christopher Thom and Eliot Faith broke 17 minutes on the difficult Bowdoin course.

John Jay Campus finished 2^nd to Saint Anthony’s in the Varsity II race. Henry Bissell was 5^th in a very impressive 16:55. And although freshman boys don’t normally have an impact on the Varsity scene, Ethan Riordan ran an impressive 17:45. Without him, they certainly don’t finish 2^nd in this race. We might have to start tracking Fast Freshmen™ on the boys side, too. HS of American Studies finished 10^th of the 21 teams in the race. Senior Declan Olds ran 17:55 to finish 23^rd.

In the Varsity III race, HSMSE overcame a DNF from top runner Hansen to finish 6^th. Christian Higgins ran 17:27 to finish 14^th. Stuyvesant, also missing their top runner, finished 10^th. Tyler Horiuchi ran 18:06 to finish 29^th.

In the Boys Merge (62 teams):

2. Bronx Science

9. John Jay Campus

21. HSMSE

27. Stuyvesant

39. HS of American Studies

In the Girls Varsity I race, Bronx Science finished 9^th of 16 teams. Without top runner Sally Kramer, Hazel Lyons-Baum finished 42^nd in 21:53.

The most eye-opening race of the day belonged to John Jay Campus in the Girls Varsity II race. As a team they finished 9^th, but when you consider that their top freshman, Elizabeth Grogan, easily won the Freshman Race, you start to see their real potential. Matilda Quinn ran the 2^nd fastest time of the entire day, covering the course in 19:01 to grab the win. Her next three teammates all broke 23 minutes.

In the Girls Varsity III race, Stuyvesant and HSMSE finished 5^th and 6^th, respectively. Both squads were without a few of their top runners. Eliam Brody led Stuyvesant, running 20:48 to finish 16^th. Cameron Hetherington ran 21:07 to finish 25^th for HSMSE. The LaGuardia girls also had four girls in the race, led by Leah Belyavsky running 19:52 to place 4^th.

In the Girls Merge (44 teams):

19. Stuyvesant

21. John Jay Campus

23. Bronx Science

25. HSMSE

BHXC PSAL Rankings – After Week Six

Girls

1. LaGuardia - A solid top three has them clinging to this spot for dear life. A fast 4 and 5 have yet to emerge/hit their times from last year.

2. Susan Wagner - A very promising effort from their top four runners this weekend. There’s definitely some talent there capable of being a title-clinching 5^th runner… if they’re healthy

3. Brooklyn Tech - Did not race this weekend.

4. John Jay Campus - Another jump up the rankings, thanks largely in part to the performances this weekend of their would-be 3-4-5 runners: Ohashi, Kaye and Blagg.

5. Stuyvesant - Stays at this spot, thanks largely to their top two runners outrunning the top two of Bronx Science by quite a bit this weekend. Also missing girls and still beat Science in the merge.

6. Bronx Science - Missing top runner Kramer again. Times at Suffern now seem a little inflated.

7. HS for Math, Science and Engineering - Another great effort by sophomore Cameron Hetherington and solid runs by their 4 and 5.

8. Hunter College Campus - Did not race

9. Townsend Harris - Same results we’ve been seeing from them at Friday’s VCP meet.

10. Beacon - Did not race

11. Midwood - Did not race

12. Manhattan Center for Science and Math - Did not race

13. Columbia Secondary School - Did not race

14. The Clinton School - Did not race

15. DeWitt Clinton - Future star Mariam Wajid ran 15:28 for the 4K at VCP this Sunday, doesn’t help them much this year.

16. Bard - Did not race.

17. Queens High School Complex - Did not race.

18. Edward R. Murrow - Did not race.

19. Curtis - 4^th at Islands, seemingly the 2^nd best PSAL team in that Borough.

20. Francis Lewis - Arguably their best race of the year, placing five girls under 20 minutes for the 4K at VCP.

21. HS of American Studies - Did not race.

22. West End Secondary - Did not race.

23. MSIT - This group could be on the cut-line to qualify for Cities on time.

24. Tottenville - Even with Heck winning, they weren’t even the 2^nd PSAL team at the Island Champs, losing to both Curtis and MSIT.  Heck in danger of being relegated to the Individual Race at Cities.

25. Bayside - Did not race.

26. Lab Museum United - Only had two girls race.

27. Maspeth - Did not race.

Boys

1. Bronx Science - Pretty solid statement made at Bowdoin. Still the team to beat.

2. MSIT - Dominant showing at Clove Lakes, but Clove Lakes isn’t Bowdoin.

3. John Jay Campus - With the emergence of a Fast Freshman™ boy, they now have a very solid top five runners.

4. High School for Math, Science and Engineering - Another solid showing, even without their top runner.

5. Brooklyn Tech - Did not race.

6. Hunter College Campus - Did not race.

7. Susan Wagner - Three runners ahead of Stuy’s first, will have to close the gap between 3 and 4/5.

8. Stuyvesant - A good showing this weekend without their top runner, but still not fast enough as a team.

9. Lab Museum United - had a few boys race, nothing new.

10. Bard - Did not race.

11. Curtis -5^th at Islands, probably right where they should’ve finished.

12. HS of American Studies - Good effort at Bowdoin. Four boys under 20 minutes.

13. Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy - Did not race.

14. Metropolitan Campus - Did not race.

15. Francis Lewis - Did not race.

16. LaGuardia - Did not race.

17. Manhattan Center for Science and Math - Did not race.

18. HS for Construction - Did not race.

19. James Madison - Did not race.

20. West End Secondary - Did not race.

21. The Clinton School - Did not race.

22. Tottenville - 7^th at Islands

23. Port Richmond - 8^th at Islands.

24. CSIHS/McCown - Finished behind five PSAL teams at Islands this weekend.

Upcoming Meets…

Borough Championships this weekend at Van Cortlandt Park. Full preview out later this week.