Scholastic Roundup: PSAL cross country is off and running

The PSAL Cross Country season got rolling as 705 student-athletes took to the hills of Van Cortlandt Park last week.

The Flying Dragons of the High School for Math, Science and Engineering at CCNY โ€“ boys and girls โ€“ made some timely statements by capturing the Group Run team titles. The young women of Math, Science and Engineering ran a team average of 23:01 and were led by strong performances from Phoebe Estep, 21:49 and Bo Bernard, 22:47.

The young men of Math, Science and Engineering were led by Henry Dahl, 18:06 and Brendan Hofmann, 18:13. Two young freshmen runners turned in good performances in the 1.5m run โ€“ Aisha Wajid โ€“ DeWitt Clinton, 10:16; and Colin Toung โ€“ Manhattan Center, 9:17.

Here are the winners of each race class and the varsity team winners:

Freshman Girl (1.5) โ€“ Aisha Wajid, DeWitt Clinton, 10:16
Freshman Boy (1.5) โ€“ Colin Toung, Manhattan Center, 9:17

Sophomore Girl (2.5) โ€“Noa Yirmiyahu, Hunter High School, 16:20
Sophomore Boy (2.5) โ€“ Reed Argiropoulos, Bronx Science, 15:20

Varsity Girl (3.1) โ€“ Ella Cohen โ€“ Hunter High School, 19:09
Varsity Boy (3.1) โ€“ Ramsey Hansen, Bard High School, 17:38

Varsity Girls Team โ€“ High School for Math, Science (65 pts.), Beacon (73 pts.), Francis Lewis (114 pts.)
Varsity Boys Team โ€“ High School for Math, Science ((37 pts.), Bard (100 pts.), Bronx Science (136 pts.)

The PSAL Borough Cross Country Championships are set for Saturday, October 26th at Van Cortlandt Park.

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Speaking of cross country, Pratt Instituteโ€™s womenโ€™s team placed three runners in the top 20 and took home the team title at the Queensborough CC Invitational, Sunday at Van Cortlandt Park โ€“ the men placed 12th overall.

In her first collegiate meet, Ela Segrave-Daly posted a time of 21:53.8 on the 5-kilometer course to lead the Cannoneers and take fifth overall. Giovanna Lisa crossed in 23:16 in 13th place and Sarah Cawley rounded out the three medalists in 17th place finishing in 23:54.3. Leona Bergin was 26th…

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