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by John Dye
The Manhattan Invitational will host a huge number of top teams
and individuals from the Northeast region in its 13 varsity races.
Heading the list is Saratoga Springs NY, the number one girls team
in the country in Marc
Bloom's The Harrier rankings just updated this week. The deep
Saratoga squad is probably too good to lose the Eastern States Girls
Championships, run as part of this meet, but there will be two familiar
teams giving it a try -- US#19 Colonie NY and Northeast #8 Columbia
NY, both members of the same league and section as Saratoga. Two
years ago, Colonie scored a memorable 2-point victory over Saratoga
here.
The seven boys varsity races are given balanced seeding, so there
are no matchups with national significance. The two highest ranking
teams are in different races: US#17 Old Bridge NJ in Varsity F and
US#21 Bishop Hendricken RI in Varsity B.
Overall, the meet includes 7 of The Harrier's Northeast top 10
boys teams, five of the Northeast top 10 girls teams, 15 of the
top 20 New York Class A boys teams in the New
York Sportswriters poll, 6 of the top 10 New Jersey boys teams
in Conrad Haber's
New Jersey Top 10, and the top two Division I boys teams in
Massachusetts in The
Klim Poll. Individually, there are seven girls and five boys
who are listed in DyeStat's
Foot Locker Favorites for the Northeast region.
Here are the leading teams and individuals in the 13 varsity races:
Boys
Varsity A - Cherokee NJ, NJ#5; St. John's Prep MA, Northeast
#6 and MA#1; Amherst MA, Northeast #9 and MA#2. Cherokee NJ sr Marc
Pelerin. Amherst MA sr Owen Washburn.
Varsity B - Bishop Hendricken RI, US#21, Northeast#5; Liverpool
NY, NY-A2; St. Anthony's NY, NY-A20; Horace Greeley NY, NY-B4; Scotia
Glenville NY, NY-B10.
Varsity C - Chaminade NY, NY-A6; Ithaca NY, NY-A7; Don Bosco
NJ, NJ#4; Saratoga Springs NY, Northeast #10, NY-A3.
Varsity D - Christian Brothers Academy NJ, NJ#6; Starpoint
NY, NY-B5; Shenendehowa NY, NY-A5; Red Bank NJ, NJ#10.
Varsity E - Shaker NY, NY-A4; Cicero North Syracuse NY, NY-A11;
Hunterdon Central NJ, NJ#3.
Varsity F - Old Bridge NJ, US#17, Northeast #2, NJ#1; Fayetteville-Manlius
NY, NY-A10; Syosset NY, NY-A14. Old Bridge NJ sr Dan Harding; Bloomfield
NJ sr Kevin Fortkiewicz.
Varsity G - Commack NY, NY-A15; Kellenberg NY, NY-A16; Danbury
CT, Northeast #8; Warwick Valley NY, NY-A9; South Shore NY, NY-A19;
Cornwall NY, NY-B6. Sayville jr Brian Dalpiaz.
Girls
Eastern States - Saratoga Springs NY, US#1, Northeast #1;
Columbia NY, Northeast #8; Colonie NY, US#19, Northeast #5. Saratoga
8th grader Nicole Blood and soph Amanda Meyer; Fayetteville-Manlius
sr Laurel Burdick; Starpoint sr Angela Kudla; Passaic Valley NJ
jr Jesse Mizzone; Quince Orchard MD sr Karen Pulliam; and Homer
sr Tracey Brauksieck.
Varsity A - Bronxville jr Catha Mullen.
Varsity B - North Penn PA, Northeast #7.
Varsity C - Tri Valley soph Heather Iatauro.
Varsity D - Shaker NY, Northeast #9. Niskayuna NY soph Catlin
McTague.
Varsity E - Pearl River NY.
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