WAYNE — Mayfield’s Madison Relyea, Johnstown’s Julia Sarullo and Amsterdam’s Olivia Lazarou all turned in top 10 finishes at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association cross-country championship meet Saturday at Wayne Central High School.
Relyea, a freshman, led the trio with a seventh place finish in the Class D race, touring the 5K course in a time of 20:40.7. Sarullo, a senior, hit the chute in 21:15.6 for a 10th place finish in the Class C race.
Lazarou, a senior, turned in a time of 20:52.2 to place 10th in the Class B race.
With her seventh-place finish, Relyea earned a spot to compete in the New York State Federation Championships on Nov. 18th at Bowdoin Park in Wappingers Falls along with Ballston Spa’s Faith DeMars and Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake’s Rory Graham.
Picking up overall girls championships at the meet were Katelyn Tuohy of North Rockland (Class A) in 17:51.4; Katherine Lee of Shoreham Wading River (Class B) in 20:07.9; Hayleigh Palotti of Livonia (Class C) in 19:24.6 and Brooke Rauber (Class D) of Tully in 18:51.6.
Fayetteville-Manlius of Section III won the Class A girls title with 24 points, while Section IIs Shenendehowa was second with 79 points. The Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake girls placed sixth in the Class B championships with 144 points. John Jay-Cross River of Section I won the Class B title with 57 points. In Class C CBA-Syracuse won the team title with 62 points, while Schuylerville of Section II was eighth with 195 points.
In Class D Section II champion Greenwich was edged by Section III champion South Lewis 62-65 for the state championship.
On the boys side, Section II champion Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake won the Class B team championship with 25 points, well ahead of runner-up Pittsford Mendon of Section V with 91 points.
Niskayuna placed third in the Class A meet with 88 points, while Section IV champion Corning won the title, edging Section IIIs Fayetteville Manlius 38-40.
In the Class C meet, Mount Academy won with 50 points, while Albany Academy placed seventh with 153 points.
Section III’s Beaver River won the Class D team title with 48 points, while Section II champion Maple Hill placed 5th with 119 points.
Section II Class A girls
2. Kelsey Chmiel (Saratoga Springs), 18:32.2; 7. Hannah Reale (Shenendehowa), 19:24.8; 16. Abigail Spiers (Niskayuna), 20:16.3; 19. Rachel Hodge (Bethlehem), 20:23.5; 27. Olivia Lomascolo (Shenendehowa), 20:42.8; 31. Hannah Belleville (Shenendehowa), 20:51.2; 38. Carley Vetter (Saratoga Springs), 21:05.3; 40. Faith DeMars (Ballston Spa), 21:07.6; 41. Charlotte Hartman (Shenendehowa), 21:09.7; 50. Luccabella Hotaling (Shenendehowa), 21:21.9; 66. Jada Dennis (Shenendehowa), 21:48.5; 99. Taylor Leggett (Shenendehowa), 23:28.6.
Section II Class B girls
10. Olivia Lazarou (Amsterdam), 20:52.2; 13 . Rory Graham (Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake), 21:04.2; 32. Emily Atamanchuk (Queensbury), 21:44.5; 40. Kate Sherman (Mohonasen), 21:54.1; 48. Emily Berg (Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake), 22:05.0; 59. Kristin McAlonen (Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake), 22:27.0; 60. Juliana Geniti (Scotia-Glenville), 22:29.9; 76. Monica Jerry (Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake), 23:09.2; 77. Madison Smith (Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake), 23:11.0; 79. Madison Whited (Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake), 23:16.3; 84. Anna Sherman (Mohonasen), 23:28.9; 106. Jessica Landry (Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake), 25:16.3.
Section II Class C girls
8. Jennifer Skeeter (Duanesburg), 21:12.4; 10. Julia Sarullo (Johnstown), 21:15.6; 12. Sunni Labounty (Schuylerville), 21:19.9; 13. Elaine Atanasova (Duanesburg), 21:21.3; 25. Katie Culliton (Glens Falls), 21:41.3; 49. Anya Vautrin (Schuylerville), 22:22.9; 91. Mariem Sayahi (Voorheesville), 23:49.6; 97. Teghan Murray (Schuylerville), 24:08.6; 98. Emma Grace O’Rourke (Schuylerville), 24:08.7; 99. Claire Barton (Schuylerville), 24:09.5; 123. Camilla Brown (Schuylerville), 26:56.2; 126. Lily Neher (Schuylerville), 27:12.0
Section II Class D girls
2. Brynne Wright (Greenwich), 20:00.1; 7. Madison Relyea (Mayfield), 20:40.7; 21. Emma Cronin (Greenwich), 21:30.5; 27. Teagan Wright (Greenwich), 21:43.2; 28. Michelle Puzulis (Berne-Knox-Westerlo), 21:48.5; 34. Emily Skiff (Greenwich), 22:14.3; 36. Carolyn Burnell (Hoosic Valley), 22:17.0; 42. Annabel Gregg (Greenwich), 22:30.6; 43. Quinn Collins (Greenwich), 22:35.8; 49. Angelina Pusateri (Maple Hill), 22:52.2; 55. Madison Lilienthal (Mekeel Christian), 22:58.4; 57. Brooke Wright (Greenwich), 23:03.4
Section II Class A Boys
10. Jack Huber (Bethlehem), 16:38.2; 11. Shea Weilbaker (Saratoga Springs), 16:41.2; 12. Maazin Ahmed (Schenectady), 16:41.4; 13. Colin Ross (Niskayuna), 16:42.6; 15. Donnovan Tucker (Niskayuna), 16:46.0; 24. Matt Cavaliere (Bethlehem), 16:57.6; 31. Marty Dolan (Niskayuna), 17:03.7; 0. Joseph Quinn (Niskayuna), 17:17.7; 58. Tim Dwyer (Ballston Spa), 17:35.4; 79. Joseph Hale (Niskayuna), 17:57.7; 80. Thomas Ragone (Niskayuna), 17:58.4; 100. Dominick Favata (Niskayuna), 18:24.0.
Section II Class B Boys
3. Aidan Gillooley (Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake), 16:19.0; 4. Tyler Berg (Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake), 16:20.1; 12. David Metacarpa (Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake), 17:00.3; 15. Francisco Beltran (Schalmont), 17:03.2; 16. Evan Brennan (Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake), 17:04.3; 17. Michael Messere (Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake), 17:05.4; 28. Antonio Beltran (Schalmont), 17:33.6; 35. Nick Hunziker (Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake), 17:39.9; 41. Brian Beyerbach (Queensbury), 17:48.4; 44. Kevin Board (Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake), 17:50.6; 61. Kevin Bouyea (Queensbury), 18:11.2; 70. Frank Triolo (South Glens Falls), 18:21.1
Section II Class C boys
1. Chris Hughes (Glens Falls), 16:52.7; 6. Alex Foyt (Albany Academy), 17:18.5; 18. Evan Ensslin (Voorheesville), 17:38.7; 57. Joe Yusaitis (Stillwater ), 18:32.9; 64. Nick Graziano (Albany Academy), 18:44.8; 74. Vishal Hada (Albany Academy), 18:53.5; 80. Ethan Burch (Schuylerville), 19:01.9; 83. Conners O’Brien (Albany Academy), 19:04.7; 87. Marcus O’Leary (Albany Academy), 19:09.6; 103. Chris Verstandig (Albany Academy), 19:48.3l; 106. Spencer Daley (Catholic Central), 19:55.0; 123. Trevor Gulock (Albany Academy), 20:54.3
Section II Class D Boys
13. Henry Goca (Rensselaer), 17:34.3; 15. Brandon Olden (North Warren-Johnsburg), 17:35.2; 26. Kevin Cronin (Saratoga Catholic), 17:56.2; 27. Andrew Drescher (Duanesburg), 17:58.2; 31. Kenneth Mulvey (North Warren-Johnsburg), 18:11.5; 33. Noah Albanese (Maple Hill), 18:13.0; 35. Nate Mannion (Maple Hill), 18:14.9; 45. Matthew Riordan (Maple Hill), 18:26.7; 52. Quinn Pratico (Maple Hill), 18:40.6; 62. Thatcher Deyoe (Maple Hill), 19:06.0; 85. Reese Steele (Maple Hill), 19:58.8; 98. Nathan Shader (Maple Hill), 20:45.8
