Team Eeva, CCF Walk- A- Thon

The Somers XC Community is encouraged to support our team member and his family.

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Please join us on Saturday October 2nd when the Children’s Cancer Fund will host its 13^th annual walk to raise money in support of its efforts assisting children and their families who have been impacted by childhood cancer. 

This 5K Walk-a-thon will start at 10 AM at the FDR Park in Yorktown Heights, NY. We are walking to honor the memory of our courageous and beloved daughter and sister, Eeva. The meeting place is at the swimming pool parking lot by the staircase to the tents @9:15AM (follow the signs once you enter the Park). Additional details are on the CCF website, www.childrenscancerfund.org.

If you cannot come to the walk, you can send your donation to the CCF with a note of “In the Memory of Eeva Crannell”. You can register via website or prior to the walk on Oct, 2^nd. Eeva’s friends at the Somers High, please send this note to your ‘thousands of FB friends” and others, too.

 Thank you!

 Outi, Rick and Kai Crannell

Dual Meet canceled

Today's dual meet scheduled for Carmel has been canceled.  Practice will be held at Primrose.

Coach Fulton places 6th in Vermont 50K

Running his 2nd Ultra race, coach Tim Fulton placed 6th overall in the 51K/32 Mile race at Mt. Ascutney in Vermont.  It was a 43 minute personal best.  His time of 4:48.40 was good enough for 4th in the 30-39 age group and was only 22 minutes behind the 2nd place overall finisher.

The course had 6,000 feet of elevation change, single track trails, switchbacks, and some serious climbs.  Over 1200 people competed in the 50 mile run, 50K run, and 50 mile Mt. Bike races.

NYS Class A Rankings: Girls 15th, boys 4th!

Week 2 rankings came out for NYS Cross Country and the Somers girls debuted at number 15 in Class A.  The Somers boys remained at number 4 despite racing without Scott Friedman.  With Friedman back the Tuskers hope to make a run at top Burnt Hills, Vestal, and McQuaid.

COMPLETE BOYS RANKINGS - COMPLETE GIRLS RANKINGS

Girls win Galway Invitational 37-55 over Scotia-Glenville

It was a pack effort as The Somers Tuskers traveled to Section 2 for the Galway Invitational.  Maggie Hashmall led the way in 4th place and the 5th Tusker, Crosby Tillman, was 10th in 19:29.  That's a 24 second compression and the best in school history.  Eve Marenghi was 6th in 19:15, Sarah Corning was 8th in 19:24, freshman Bene Abbate was 9th in 19:27.  After a slow start to the year the girls are running better than ever.

Sophomore Jackie Kruger was 17th overall in 20:40, actually beating Scotia's 5th girls, as did first time XC runner Kat Delandri who placed 36th in 22:28.

The Somers boys also won their race, beating Glens Falls 26-58 with a 15:30 average even though they ran without the 2nd man from Big Red, Scott Friedman, who will be back next race.  Charles Conway was 2nd again, this time in 15:07 on the 2.82 mile course.  Sophomore Justin Zorn was the 2 man in 15:18.  Zorn actually took the lead at the 2 mile mark and then hung on for 4th.  Isaac Shelby was 5th in 15:25 and David Sammel was 7th in 15:34.  Shelby's race was his best XC ever and a step in the right direction.  5th man on the day was Ryan Matsumoto who ran 16:05 to place 9th while Kai Crannell was 13th in 16:22, both very good race for them.

COMPLETE MEET RESULTS

Boys Athlete of the Meet:  Justin Zorn
Girls Athlete of the Meet: Sarah Corning

JFK Invitational:  Boys JV and girls freshman teams win.  More to come...

Squads splits, will tackle JFK and Galway

The varsity top seven boys and girls headed to Hagaman, NY for the Galway Invitational while the JV and freshman teams will tackle the familiar courses at JFK HS in Somers.

In Galway, the teams will face off against a very good Guilderland team who's girls are ranked #5 in NYS Class AA and who's boys are ranked #17.  The girls will also race #16 NYS Class A Scotia Glenville.

Girls roll at Yorktown, average 21:29

Instructed to stay together, run 90% early and then bring it home a little bit faster, the girls varsity team handily beat Yorktown and John Jay CR to win their first 2 duals of the season.  The top five girls place 3-4-5-6-7 overall as Maggie Hashmall, Eve Marenghi, Bene Abbate, Crosby Tillman, and Sarah Corning ran 21:21-21:23, 21:31, 21:34, and 21:38 for a fantastic average of 21:29.

All the girls looked good but Hashmall especially looked smooth and relaxed.  And how about the 5K debut for freshman Bene Abbate?  Running her first race for the Tuskers at the HS level, Bene's 21:30 was the best 5K debut for a Tusker since Mary Alice Howard in 2002 (Howard's Result's here)

The boys, running without their top 11 runners, gave John Jay a race but still wound up losing both meets.  Mike Maloney led the way in 18:50 with Ben D'Urso and Mike Polvere right behind him.  Larry Courtien and Dan Carleton rounded out the scoring 5, who average 19:35.
COMPLETE SOMERS RESULTS HERE - COMPLETE MEET RESULTS HERE

Somers boys debut at #4 in NY State rankings

After a strong race at The Big Red Invitational the Somers Tusker boys debuted at #4 in the NY State Rankings this week.  McQuaid, from Section 5 Rochester area, is ranked #1 with Burnt Hills and Queensbury, both from Section 2 north of Albany, at 2nd and 3rd.  Rounding out the top 5 is Pittsford Sutherland from Section 5.

Brewster is ranked 11th.  The only reason they are that low is because they did not run a full squad last weekend, which dropped them down.  Once they are full strength they are expected to climb back into the top 5 with ease.

FULL NY STATE RANKINGS HERE

Tusker boys win Big Red with 17:06 average

Led by senior Captain Charles Conway the Tuskers won their home invitational 31-109 over New Fairfield, CT.  Somers put all 5 scorers in front of New Fairfield's number one runner.

Conway placed 2nd in 16:36.0, which was 45 seconds faster than last year.  Next in was Scott Friedman in 5th place at 17:02 (28 seconds faster), Dave Sammel in 7th at 17:08 (38 seconds faster), sophomore Justin Zorn in 8th at 17:22 (frosh race last year), and Isaac Shelby in 9th at 17:23 (38 seconds faster). 

Ryan Matsumoto had his best race ever placing 12th overall in 17:34 (1:58 faster).  He clearly is going to be a player for the top 5 all season long.  7th man on the day Kai Crannell ran 18:16 to place 24th.

Brendan McDonnel was 30th in 18:36 to win the JV title on the day.  It was a lifetime best for McDonnel after dealing with numerous injuries.  He led the JV team to victory.  The top 6 JV runners beat all other teams JV runners (McDonnell, D'Urso, Persic, J. Courtien, Maloney, Polvere) and Dan Carleton was 8th in JV scoring. The JV team averaged 19:01.

Top freshman included Larry Courtien's 7th place finish in 9:04.  The team was 2nd to Warwick Valley, who's varsity team is ranked in the top 15 in the country.  Jesse Rinaldi was 17th, Matt Maliniak was 20th,  Craig Dammeyer was 48th, Zach Handzer was 59th, Jack Beresford was 70th, Matt Trujillo 86th, and Garret Shor 99th.  116 boys finished the race. 

The girls varsity was missing a few runners but still placed 4th with a 22:50 average.  Eve Marenghi (16th, Maggie Hashmall (19th), Sarah Corning (29th), Michala Donnelly (43rd), Jackie Kruger (53rd), Kristi Licursi (59th), and Sarah Barr (71st) were the varsity 7 on the day.  The team looks forward to getting Crosby Tillman, Claire Roediger, Bene Abbate, and Kat Delandri back next week.

The girls freshman team saw Andie Simon and Christine Nolan place 15th and 18th to earn T-Shirts.  Jenna Fulton was 37th and Taylor Heanue 68th.  75 girls finished the race.

FULL SOMERS RESULTS

Journal News Xc Preview

Brewster boys set for another title run

Bronxville girls younger but better

First White Loops ("Dubs") of season goes well

Even though the boys were told to stay smooth and run "2-3% less effort then usual" the boys varsity team ran very well on the historic workout here at Somers.  Their 3:52 average for the 1130m hilly woods loop was just 1 second off the 3rd best time ever even though they were missing 7th and 8th men Mike Persic and Kai Crannell. 

Not only does the varsity boys team looked poised for great things this year but the JV and freshmen teams also look very deep.  FULL WHITE LOOPS HISTORY HERE

Boys Group 1 finishes tough workout in dark

LINK TO FULL SIZE VIDEO

With the temperature soaring all week the boys varsity group 1 and 2 met at 7pm on the track to complete their evening workout, instead of 5pm with everyone else.  The task at hand: 25x400m

Group 1 consisted of Charles Conway, Scott Friedman, Isaac Shelby, David Sammel, Kai Crannel, and Ryan Matsumoto.  Their goal was 5 x (5x400m).  Break was 45 seconds between each 400 and 3 minutes between sets.  The pace was declining, so they started at 85 and went 80-75-70-65.

The group stayed very close together throughout the workout, hitting their splits with Isaac Shelby setting a great pace.  The last set saw Charles Conway continue to look better than ever and all of the boys finished in the 64-70 range.  Watching Dave Sammel charge down the backstretch to close in the 67 second area signified just how far this group has come in a year.

Group 2 had Brendan McDonnell, Mike Persic, Alex Fusco, and Mike Maloney.  They did 4x (5x400) at 90-85-80-75.

Overall it was one of the best workouts the team has every done and should give us confidence as we move forward and get ready to start our season.

Practice Schedule through 9/11

September 2nd-6th (all at Primrose)
8am Thursday - Varsity and JV boys
5pm Thursday - Everyone
9am Friday - Everyone
5pm Friday - Varsity and JV boys
9am Saturday - Varsity and JV boys, varsity girls, anyone who needs the practice to be able to compete at Big Red on 9/11.

11am Saturday - TEAM BREAKFAST at Austin and Andie Simon's house after practice.
Check back here and with captains to see what you will need to bring



5pm Sunday - Varsity boys
8am Monday - Varsity and JV boys
3pm Monday - Everyone

PRACTICE WILL BE AT 2:45PM AT PRIMROSE ON ALL SCHOOL DAYS
Athlete celebrating the Jewish Holidays are excused as needed

Thursday, September 9th at Primrose
8am Practice - Varsity and JV boys
3pm Practice - Everyone

Friday, September 10th at Primrose
9am Practice - Everyone
10am-1pm - XC Course Cleanup (parents needed)
1pm-7pm - Big Red Set Up (parents needed)
6pm - Team Pasta Dinner at Eve Marenghi's house.  Check back here and with captains to see what you will need to bring

Saturday, September 11th at Primrose - BIG RED INVITATIONAL
Our home meet with over 35 HS teams attending.
7:30am - Concessions Set Up (Parent Volunteers needed)
8:00am - All Athletes meet at Primrose
9:00am - Parent Volunteers/Course Marshalls meet at Concession Stand
9:25am - Freshman Boys Race
9:40am - Freshman Girls Race
10:00am - Varsity/JV Boys Race
11:00am - Varsity/JV Girls Race
12:00pm-1:00pm - CLEAN UP AND COOL DOWN