Cross country: Third-place finishes lead Section 4 runners at New York state meet
Ithaca freshman Tsadia Bercuvitz and Lansing sophomore Trent Thibault each finished third Saturday to lead Section 4 runners at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association cross country championships at Vernon Verona Sherill High School.
Bercuvitz posted a time of 18 minutes, 30.8 seconds in the girls Class A race on the 5,000-meter course. Saratoga Springs' Emily Bush won in 17:34.3, followed by William Floyd's Zariel Macchia in 17:44.3.
Thibault competed in boys Class C and finished in 16:34.3. James Tette of Penn Yan won in 16:13.5, with East Aurora's Owen Rung second in 16:26.6.
Among the eight Section 4 championship teams, Delhi/South Kortright's girls led the way with a runner-up showing in Class D. South Lewis had a winning score of 53, with Delhi/SK just behind at 57.
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Section 4 Boys Results
Class A
Team scores: 1-Saratoga Springs 58 (won tiebreaker over Monroe-Woodbury for title), 6-Ithaca 139.
Individuals: 1-Nolan McGinn (Fayetteville-Manlius) 15:48.7; 33-DJ Cornfield (Corning) 16:47.3; 37-Riley Hubisz (Ithaca) 16:48.8; 44-Crosby Woods (Ithaca) 16:57.5; 50-Noah Hilker (Ithaca) 17:00.8; 61-Sebastien Boutwell (Corning) 17:08.2; 68-Everett Shaw (Ithaca) 17:14.3; 71-Andor Nadasdy (Ithaca) 17:22.2; 72-Jaxyn Mahoney (Corning) 17:23.9; 74-Zoltan Nadasdy (Ithaca) 17:27.2; 84-Gregory Homa (Corning) 17:41.4; 85-Nicholas Ferratella (Corning) 17:41.8; 98-Will Boscia (Ithaca) 18:17.2.
Class B
Team scores: 1-Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake 53, 7-Vestal 204.
Individuals: 1-Will Tempest (Pittsford Sutherland) 16:09.3; 46-Nicholas Luti (Union-Endicott) 17:42.4; 60-Joshua Mayer (U-E) 17:56.5; 66-Sullivan O'Donnell (Owego) 18:08; 67-Andrew Herceg (Vestal) 18:08.4; 68-Sebastian Coulton (Vestal) 18:09.7; 80-Jacob Sonner (Maine-Endwell) 18:29.3; 83-Takumi Guay (Vestal) 18:31.9; 84-Frank Consolazio (Vestal) 18:32.1; 85-Javan Belokur (Owego) 18:32.6; 94-Oliver Parsons (Vestal) 19:02.9; 96-Thomas Ciaravino (Vestal) 19:15.3; 97-Alex Parsons (Vestal) 19:17.7.
Class C
Team scores: 1-East Aurora 49, 8-Oneonta 197.
Individuals: 1-James Tette (Penn Yan) 16:13.5; 3-Trent Thibault (Lansing) 16:34.3; 31-Michael Doyle (Chenango Valley) 17:25.5; 32-Colin Fletcher-Foster (Oneonta) 17:26.5; 51-Jackson Forbes (Oneonta) 17:52.5; 73-Caden Sitts (Lansing) 18:25.7; 86-Connor Little (Chenango Forks) 18:34; 97-Gabriel Rissberger (Oneonta) 18:41.6; 101-Brighton Logue (Oneonta) 18:45.1; 106-Keyon Ziaie (Oneonta) 18:53.0; 112-Donovan Lema (Oneonta) 19:00.3; 122-Conway Mallory (CF) 19:44.4; 127-William Cooper (Oneonta) 20:19.5.
Class D
Team scores: 1-Pine Plains 38, 5-Trumansburg 122.
Individuals: 1-Van Furman (Tri-Valley) 15:58.3; 9-John Garrison (Spencer-Van Etten) 16:48.6; 34-Andrew Edsall (Marathon) 17:49.6; 36-Zayne Howley (Trumansburg) 18:05.4; 38-Nolan Scholes (Trumansburg) 18:09; 48-Latham Gielskie (Delhi/South Kortright) 18:27.7; 56-Adam Arco (Trumansburg) 18:41.1; 57-Johnny VanScoyk (Watkins Glen) 18:44.1; 65-Noah Pain (Unadilla Valley/GMU) 18:58.8; 66-John Feenan (Trumansburg) 18:58.9; 76-Jake Taves (Trumansburg) 19:34.9; 102-Jesse Robertson (Trumansburg) 20:37; 109-Xander Vakkas (Trumansburg) 20:51.4.
Section 4 Girls Results
Class A
Team scores: 1-Saratoga Springs 24, 8-Corning 170.
Individuals: 1-Emily Bush (Saratoga Springs) 17:34.3; 3-Tsadia Bercuvitz (Ithaca) 18:30.8; 17-Sarah Lawson (Corning) 19:11.6; 65-Avery Whittaker (Ithaca) 20:37.4; 68-Ella Grinnell (Corning) 20:42.9; 69-Mackenzie Baker (Horseheads) 20:43.8; 85-Meghan McLaughlin (Corning) 21:14.2; 87-Faith Tubbs (Corning) 21:15.7; 88-Lauren Roche (Corning) 21:29.6; 89-Ella Devlin (Elmira) 21:26; 90-Olivia Murch (Corning) 21:29.6; 93-Sadie Beres (Corning) 21:43.5; 97-Maren Golden (Ithaca) 21:59.1.
Class B
Team scores: 1-Sayville 41, 7-Union-Endicott 207.
Individuals: 1-Sophia McInnes (Bayport-Blue Point) 18:00.5; 8-Jaelyn Chrysler (Owego) 19:19.6; 43-Dakota Limbert (U-E) 20:40.6; 65-Cassandra Burt (Maine-Endwell) 21:13.5; 71-Madison Buckley (U-E) 21:20.9; 79-Bianca Ortiz (Vestal) 21:38; 80-Wyoming Trudeaux (U-E) 21:41.7; 86-Hellen Zhang (Vestal) 21:53.9; 95-Stella Palladino (Owego) 22:25.7; 96-Sadie Limbert (U-E) 22:31.3; 106-Allison Mariano (U-E) 24:21.3; 107-McKenna Buck (U-E) 24:34.3; 108-Reese Dimon (U-E) 24:44.4.
Class C
Team scores: 1-East Aurora 22, 7-Afton/Harpursville/Bainbridge-Guilford 187.
Individuals: 1-Emilia O'Leary (East Aurora) 18:42.7; 9-Ethne Degan (AHBG) 19:49; 44-Elizabeth Vaughn (Waverly) 21:25.7; 45-Evelyn Jackson (Lansing) 21:29.4; 59-Maddie Ingham (AHBG) 21:54.4; 66-Kathleen Sullivan (Lansing) 22:04.1; 75-Vanessa Brazee (AHBG) 22:22.9; 89-Mayla Falank (Thomas A. Edison) 22:50; 98-Grace Harkness (Chenango Forks) 23:11.1; 101-Lelaenia Baldwin (AHBG) 23:26.5; 115-Laila Williams (AHBG) 24:00.4; 116-Jalyn Winans (AHBG) 24:13.4; 130-Sage Pruskowski (AHBG) 26:53.4.
Class D
Team scores: 1-South Lewis 53, 2-Delhi/South Kortright 57.
Individuals: 1-Brynn Bernard (South Lewis) 18:56; 12-Gretel Hilson-Schneider (D/SK) 20:23; 18-Ellie Lees (D/SK) 20:40.2; 20-Olivia Genson (Moravia) 20:41.4; 26-Harley Switzer (Newark Valley) 21:03.1; 35-Lilly McGonigal (D/SK) 21:26.8; 36-Aurelia Comer (D/SK) 21:27.1; 39-Mirabella Sanford (Deposit-Hancock) 21:39.2; 50-Gracie Williamson (Seton Catholic Central) 22:07.5; 53-Libby Foster (Trumansburg) 22:26.1; 56-Elsa Marigliano (D/SK) 22:44.3; 71-Abi Tessier (D/SK) 23:33.4; 95-Zara Houshmand (D/SK) 25:31.4.
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