Week Two Recap
- Sep 15, 2025
- 3 min read
Girls
Regis Invitational
Varsity A Race (17 teams)
Two PSAL schools fielded incomplete teams. John Jay Campus was led by sophomore Matilda Quinn’s impressive 17:01 over the 4k course. Their second finisher was Midwood transfer (and Prospect Park teammate) Mika Ohashi who ran 19:30
HS for Construction had two girls finish, Kassandra Albanese Vasque (119th) and Camila Palma (122nd)
Top 20 finishes: Matilda Quinn (John Jay Campus) 5th
Varsity B Race (11 teams)
4th – Stuyvesant (also 4th in the merge)
5th – Townsend Harris (8th in the merge)
The Clinton School’s Melia Murphy won the race in 15:38, which was the 2nd fastest time of the day.
Top 20 finishes: Melia Murphy (The Clinton School) 1st, Emma Savonije (Stuyvesant) 8th, Amanda Lee (Stuyvesant) 11th, Natalia Piszczatowski (Townsend Harris) 17th, Kanchanok Zhang (Stuyvesant) 20th
Jim Smith Invitational
LaGuardia ran 5 girls over 3 races on the difficult Sunken Meadow course. Naomi Douglas ran 19:13, Genevieve Backus ran 21:37, Virginia Begley ran 22:07 and Sigrid Lussier ran 22:54.
Nora Kosta-Cetin of WESS ran 25:16 to finish 27th in the Junior girls race.
Boys
Regis Invitational
Varsity A Race (9 teams)
5th – Brooklyn Tech
Top 20 finishes: Giuseppe Gambino (Construction) 9th, Abraham Wilchins (Brooklyn Tech) 12th, Jackson Mailer (Brooklyn Tech) 16th
Varsity B Race (8 teams)
1st – MSIT
5th – John Jay Campus
8th – Stuyvesant
Stuyvesant’s Raphael Ramot won the race in 13:03, which was the fastest time of the day.
Top 20 finishes: Raphael Ramot (Stuyvesant) 1st, Simon Saffeyeh (MSIT) 5th, Adam Zarrilli (6th), Scott Kelly (MSIT) 13th, Gavin Ashe (John Jay Campus) 14th, Wilson Margolis (John Jay Campus) 15th, Matthew Fasanella (MSIT)
When you merge all of the class races together, you get a clearer picture of the team results.
Boys Merge Results (31 teams)
4th - MSIT
7th - Brooklyn Tech
15th - John Jay Campus
16th - Stuyvesant
17th - Hunter
Jim Smith Invitational
Wyatt Weller of LaGuardia ran 19:16 for 5th place in the Sophomore race.
Noah Katz of WESS ran 20:32 to finish 26th in the Sophomore race.
BHXC PSAL Rankings – After Week Two
Girls
1. Fiorello LaGuardia - four high-quality early season performances make them the clear team to beat thus far.
2. Susan Wagner - will open up at a PSAL Grand Prix this week.
3. Brooklyn Tech - open up on Staten Island this weekend
4. Bronx Science - they were entered at Regis until the last minute, but ended up withdrawing.
5. Beacon
6. Tottenville
7. Stuyvesant - decent effort at Regis this past weekend. Seems like they’re searching for some back-end runners.
8. Townsend Harris - solid pack effort 1-4, only a :53 spread. The emergence of a 5th girl would jump them up these rankings.
9. James Madison
10. Hunter
11. Francis Lewis
12. HSMSE
13. RKA
14. CSIHS-McCown
Honorable Mentions: Dewitt Clinton, John Jay Campus, Bard, Bayside, MSIT, WESS
Boys
1. Bronx Science - will debut at Sunken Meadow this weekend.
2. MSIT - Finished an impressive 4th in the Regis merge. 1:33 spread will need to close, though.
3. Brooklyn Tech - Senior-heavy team - The appearance of Alexander Jones will propel them back up this list.
4. HSMSE - entered on Staten Island this weekend.
5. Academy of American Studies
6. Bard
7. John Jay Campus - solid 1-3, will need to find 4-5 to contend for Feds.
8. Hunter - solid pack 1-4, but missing a 5.
9. Stuyvesant - front-runner Ramot has won both of his races this season. Even having to basically count only 4 runners, they were still way down in the Regis merge.
10. LaGuardia
11. HS for Construction - only 4 runners competed this weekend.
12. RKA
Honorable Mention: Metropolitan Campus, HS for American Studies, Francis Lewis, Thomas Jefferson
Upcoming Meets…
Xavier Invitational @ Ocean Breeze
Bard, Brooklyn Tech, Curtis, LaGuardia, HS for Construction, HSMSE, John Jay Campus, Lab Museum, Manhattan Center, The Clinton School, Tottenville, Townsend Harris, WESS
Bob Pratt Invitational @ Sunken Meadow State Park
Bronx Science, Francis Lewis, RKA
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