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HCS Cross Country Takes Top Spots

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

HCS hosts cross country meet; Top Boy Runner Finishes in the Pink

HCS Cross Country Takes Top Spots

The race to find a cure for breast cancer has a very fast friend: Austin Hirsch, a Morrisville-Eaton Central Schools senior who runs for the HCS cross country squad.

Wearing a pink headband and pink socks, Hirsh blistered the course in 15:14 on Wednesday, to win the boy's division of HCS' lone home meet of the season on the trails at Colgate. Hirsh is wearing pink in races for all of October, which is breast cancer awareness month.

HCS Sage Hurta won the girl's race in a time of 17:35.

The top 10 runners in the boys race were:

1.Austin Hirsch, Hamilton, 15:14

2.Mike Boyce,  Cooperstown,15:58

3.Jacob Yallowitz,  Little Falls,16:08

4.Zachary Fanion, Cooperstown, 16:24

5.Jake Burnham, Cooperstown, 16:44

6.Trey Demeree, Little Falls, 16:54

7.Mitchell Lamb, Little Falls, 17:00

8.Nicholas Fanion, Cooperstown, 17:02

9.Matt Kennedy, Cooperstown, 17:11

10.Jimi Scafford, Cooperstown, 17:12

The top 10 runners in the girls race were:

1.Sage Hurta, Hamilton,17:35

2.Francesca LoRusso, Cooperstown, 20:11

3.Jaime Zoltick ,Cooperstown, 20:29

4.Emily Greenberg, Cooperstown, 20:45

5.Sara Breiten, Cooperstown, 20:51

6.Mary Kathryn Connolly, Little Falls, 21:03

7.Kate O’Handley, Cooperstown, 21:17

8.Rachael Demeree, Little Falls, 22:04

9.Hannah Bodnar, Hamilton, 23:11

10.Sarah Cornell, Old Forge, 23:39

The girls team results included:

COOPERSTOWN 20 HAMILTON 41

HAMILTON 15 OLD FORGE INC

HAMILTON 15  LITTLE FALLS INC

COOPERSTOWN 15  LITTLE FALLS INC

COOPERSTOWN 15 OLD FORGE INC.

The boys team results included:

COOPERSTOWN 15  HAMILTON INC

HAMILTON 10 OLD FORGE INC

LITTLE FALLS 15 HAMILTON INC

COOPERSTOWN 23 LITTLE FALLS 36

COOPERSTOWN 15 OLD FORGE INC

Before the race, Coach Rick Hanson recognized his four seniors, who were running their last home races Wednesday.

Seniors Austin Hirsch, Steve Gatuso, Gwyneth Davies and Hannah Parfitt.

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