Pittsford Mendon Boys and Webster Thomas Girls 3-peat!

Glavin runs faster than Lawler, Palotti runs faster time than Watson, who would have won head-to-head?

Merged Results:

BOYS: They didn’t run against each other, but season leaders Donny Glavin, Nathan Lawler and Dawson Bathgate all ran the same course today and Glavin’s 15:57 nipped Lawler’s 15:59 for the fastest of the day, Bathgate was off the leaders pace today as his 16:30 only placed 5^th in merged results with Isaac Goodman and Paul Dellinger getting the 3^rd and 4^th fastest times of the day.

In merged team results Pittsford Mendon blew away all classes with 58 points to McQuaid Jesuit’s 123 and Honeoye Falls-Lima’s 145.  For the small schools (class C, D, DD), the top merged finisher was Addison followed by Bath-Haverling and Marcus Whitman.

Here’s the roster for Pittsford Mendon, the best boys team in Section V (and two-time defending State Champion):  Nathan Lawler 15:59.2, Isaac Goodman 16:20.6, Griffen Hess 16:40.8, Henry Burton 17:07.5, Sam Trawick 17:12.5, Casey Woodward 17:16.5, Conor Fitzgerald 18:21.7.

GIRLS: Haleigh Palotti 18:56 became the first Section V girl to run faster than Sammy Watson 19:01 this season, although not in a head-to-head race.  Anna Kostarellis 19:13 and Amanda Vestri 19:14 battled it out for 2^nd Class A, 3^rd in merged.  And then came Canandaigua’s freshmen duo of  Clancy Rhede and Katie Cobos who swept the first two spots of Class B and took 5^th and 6^th merged.

In merged team results, Webster Thomas held off Honeoye Falls-Lima 89 – 109, with Rush-Henrietta in 3^rd at 146.   For the small schools the top merged finisher was Livonia followed by Addison and Harley-Allendale-Columbia.

Here’s the roster for Webster Thomas, the best girls team in Section V:  Amanda Vestry 19:14.4, Ellie Songer 19:32.4, Claire Ashton 19:43.6, Natalie Neamtu 20:26.3, Kate Welch 20:30.4, Taylor Zeigler 20:32.9, Alex Carpenter 20:40.36 (yep, their 7^th girl ran a 20:40.6)

HIS and HERS: Combining boys and girls programs in merged results, Honeoye Falls-Lima did best taking 2^nd girls and 3^rd boys.  For small schools Addison was 1^st in boys and 2^nd in girls.

Section V Champions:

Class A  Boys Team: McQuaid Jesuit    Individual: Donny Glavin

Class A Girls Team:  Webster Thomas    Indvidiual: Sammy Watson

Class B  Boys Team:  Pittsford Mendon    Individual:  Nathan Lawler

Class B Girls Team: Honeoye Falls-Lima    Individual: Clancy Rheude

Class C Boys Team: Bath-Haverling    Individual: Austin Miller

Class C Girls Team: Livonia    Individual: Hayleigh Palotti

Class D Boys Team:  Honeoye Central    Individual: Alex Hogue

Class DD Boys Team:  Addison  Individual: Dawson Bathgate

Class D Girls Team: Harley-Allendale-Columbia    Indvidual: Eileen Reinhardt (HAC)

Class DD Girls Team:  Addison    Individual: Chloe Weaver (Red Creek)

Top Boys Merged:

1. Donny Glavin, McQuaid Jesuit, 15:57.0

2. Nathan Lawler, Pittsford Mendon, 15:59.2

3, Isaac Goodman, Pittsford Mendon, 16:20.6

4, Paul Dellinger, Brighton, 16:26.9

5, Dawson Bathgate, East Rochester, 16:30.0

6, Caleb Covell, Eastridge, 16:33.0

7, Jackson Tate, Honeoye Falls-Lima, 16:35.8

8, Luke Robbins, Pittsford Sutherland, 16:38.4

9, Griffin Hess, Pittsford Mendon, 16:40.8

10, Liam Lyle, Honeoye Falls-Lima, 16:47.1

Top Girls Merged:

1, Hayleigh Palotti, Livonia, 18:56.8

2, Sammy Watson, Rush-Henrietta, 19:01.0

3, Anna Kostarellis, Churchville-Chili, 19:13.0

4, Amanda Vestri, Webster Thomas, 19:14.4

5, Clancy Rheude, Canandaigua, 19:14.8

6, Katie Cobos, Canandaigua, 19:24.4

7, Claire Miller, Penfield, 19:24.9

8, Sydney McDaniel, Honeoye Falls-Lima, 19:27.2

9, Payton Reed, Honeoye Falls-Lima, 19:27.2

10, Ellie Songer, Webster Thomas 19:34.2

Photos by Ron Kalasinskas at www.RochesterForKids.com

Article by Reg Henderson 3 at www.HendersonFinancialAdvisors.com