Bainbridge-Guilford senior Chris Burnett won the Class D boys title Thursday during the Section Four Cross Country Championships at Chenango Valley State Park.
Burnett covered the 5-kilometer course in 16 minutes, 35.9 seconds for B-G, which competed as an incomplete team. Burnett, who finished third last season in 17:03, qualified for the Nov. 14 State Championships at SUNY Plattsburgh, along with fellow seniors Justin Osorio of Edmeston and Jesse Hamway of Oneonta High.
Osorio placed fourth in the Class D boys race in 17:43.1 for the Panthers, who also fielded an incomplete team. Spencer-Van Etten won the Class D team title with 40 points. Delhi finished third among the six scoring teams with 74 points.
Hamway placed sixth in the Class B boys race in 17:21, 32 seconds behind winner Mike Buchanan of team champion Windsor. OHS coach Dan Forbes said all members of the winning team in each class qualify for states, along with the top five runners not affiliated with the championship squad. Minus Buchanan and Windsor teammate David Bates (third, 17:03.4), Hamway had the fourth-best time in Class B.
"He just ran a steady race," Forbes said of Hamway, who overcame a rolled left ankle at the beginning of the season to qualify for states for the first time. "He was probably in the six or seven spot the whole race, but the last mile, he picked up two spots right at the end."
Hamway finished 36th in 19:54 at last year's sectional championships, when former OHS teammate Nick Madison qualified for states. Madison, who runs for Oneonta State, placed 15th at the state meet last season after winning the Section Four Class A title.
The Black Knights won the Class B sectional crown with 38 points. OHS finished fifth out of seven Class B teams with 125 points.
Delhi's Gabriella Rollo and Walton's Kristine Reed qualified for the girls state finals. Edison's Sarah Palmer won the Class D race in 20:24 for team champion Thomas A. Edison, which had 36 points to beat runner-up Delhi by 11.
Rollo placed fifth in 21:02 and Reed finished sixth in 21:13.4. Each moved up one spot in qualifying for states as Palmer was the only Edison runner in the top six.
Kim Scofield (16, 22:14) and Fable Booker (18, 22:19) paced Oneonta's girls, who had 122 points to finish fifth out of six Class B teams. Owego and Maine-Endwell tied in the Class B team scoring with 44 points. Forbes said Owego won the team title, though, because the Indians' sixth-place runner finished higher that Maine-Endwell's.
Section Four Championships
at Chenango Valley State Park
5 kilometers
BOYS
Class AA
Team scores: Ithaca 16, Corning 47, Binghamton 81.
Winner: Andris Groncarovs (I) 16:29.2.
Class A
Team scores: Vestal 32, Union-Endicott 44, Maine-Endwell 68, Horseheads 86, Elmira Southside 121.
Winner: Cal Michaels (V) 16:17.3.
Class B
Team scores: Windsor 38, Owego 57, Elmira Free Academy 61, Susquehanna Valley 116, Oneonta 125, Johnson City 131, Norwich 185.
Winner: Mike Buchanan (W) 16:49.
Oneonta: x-6, Jesse Hamway 17:21; 18, Zach Rabeler 18:15; 22, Levi Anderson 18:50; 38, Josh Moss 20:51; 41, Aki Shastri 21:57.
Class C
Team scores: Newark Valley 54, Chenango Valley 59, Lansing 69, Trumansburg 120, Watkins Glen 122, Chenango Forks 132, Waverly 138, Southern Springs 189.
Winner: Max Straneva (CV) 16:49.3.
Class D
Team scores: Spencer-Van Etten 40, Thomas A. Edison 49, Delhi 74, Tioga 96, Groton 97, Harpursville 166.
Winner: Chris Burnett (B-G) 16:35.9.
Afton: 9, Chris Anthony 18:10.3; 20, Andy Sanford 18:54.7; 42, Cory Mohrien 20:40.6.
Delhi: 8, J.J. Padovani 17:59.9; 15, Evan Putrycz 18:39.5; 21, Sol Eagleroad 19:04.6; 29, Sean Kline 19:41.9; 30, Noah Apthorpe 19:47.2; 35, Alexx Mason 20:12.9; 46, Ben Sayman 21:01.9.
Edmeston: x-4, Justin Osorio 17:43.1; 17, Zack Dockstader 18:45.9; 65, Brandon Kline 26:55.0.
Hunter-Tannersville: 44, David Sandler 20:50.8; 55, Joachim Koka 21:57.0; 66, Jay Amodia 26:56.4.
Walton: 68, Michael Freeman 32:29.0.
Windham: 54, Peter Rasmussen 21:47.7; 62, Alex Brabazon 24:57.9.
x-qualified for states
GIRLS
Class AA
Team scores: Ithaca 20, Corning 38.
Winner: Mary Carroll (I) 18:36.3.
Class A
Team scores: Vestal 33, Union-Endicott 48, Horseheads 86, Elmira Southside 92, Susquehanna Valley 103.
Winner: Sydney Williams (SV) 19:06.6.
Class B
Team scores: t-Owego 44, Maine-Endwell 44, Johnson City 79, Elmira Free Academy 109, Oneonta 122, Windsor 127.
Winner: Lauren Mullins (J) 18:26.
Oneonta: 16, Kim Scofield 22:14; 18, Fable Booker 22:19; 26, Zuzana Hola 23:14; 32, Erin Mushtare 23:50; 33, Lisa Deemer 23:58.
Class C
Team scores: Newark Valley 25, Chenango Forks 67, Watkins Glen 108, Lansing 113, Chenango Valley 127, Trumansburg 131, Waverly 139.
Winner: Jenna Cupp (NV) 20:14.
Unatego: 31, Alyssa Mazzarella 24:01; 45, Michaela Reynolds 25:49; 48, Meghan Cuozzo 27:12.
Class D
Team scores: Thomas A. Edison 36, Delhi 47, Walton 63, Marathon 81.
Winner: Sarah Palmer (TAE) 20:24.0.
Afton: 29, Carman Myers 24:54.7; 45, Courtney Fouquet 32:31.5.
Delhi: x-5, Gabriella Rollo 21:02.9; 7, Bethany Althaus 21:20.2; 14, Joanna Wheatley 22:21.0; 26, Dia Miskovitz 24:35.0; 30, Kyrra Howard 24:55.5; 31, Anna Padovani 25:02.4; 36, Julie Higbie 26:20.7.
Downsville: 28, Amber White 24:43.3.
Hunter-Tannersville: 44, Claire Skerrity 31:16.4; 46, Kathleen Farrell 34:51.3.
Walton: x-6, Kristine Reed 21:13.4; 11, Lauren Schuppel 22:01.7; 17, Jesse Jacob 22:32.8; 35, Cortney Miller 26:16.0; 37, Samantha Dumond 26:31.0; 38, Tabitha Snider 27:17.5; 41, Erin Marshall 29:29.6.
Windham: 24, Cayley Woodbeck 24:18.2.
x-qualified for states
t-won team title via overall finish by team's sixth-place runner
