Friday November 6 saw two Ward Melville cross country runners qualify to be Suffolk County Class AA runners in next weeks New York State Championship. They wil travel to Plattsburg NY for the event along with other individuals who also qualified.
It was a cold windy day at Sunken Meadow State Park, but the conditions were good for the runners. The Class AA encompasses the largest number of schools for Cross Country, surpassing the total number of schools in Classes A, B, C and D, combined. The latter three classes are small on Long Island, but populous in upstate New York. Today's qualifing event was to qualify a team of seven and five individuals in each class for both boys and girls.
Quinn Raseman won the Class AA race in 16:18.82, outrunning his closest rival by nearly 17 seconds. In the girls race. Caroline O'Hea was fourth in 19:21.40 and teammate Mary Kate Anselmini was fifth in 19:22.50. Both will run next week in the state race. Northport's girls and Sachem East's boys will send seven person teams to Plattsburg.
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