Photos: Voorheesville Girls Run Away With The Title At Blackbird Invitational
On Saturday, Sept. 6, the Voorheesville cross-country team hosted their annual Blackbird invitational at Swift Town Park in New Scotland. Twenty one other teams competed. Voorheesville girls, taking the first four spots, won with 19 points, the boys’ fifth, Berne-Knox-Westerlo boys’ in 9th, and the girls didn’t qualify with two runners.
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Breaking away: Members of the Voorheesville and Berne-Knox-Westerlo girls’ cross-country team break from the starting line to start the varsity race on Saturday morning.
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Running away: Blackbirds’ Avery Grant looks at the gravel hill as she starts to pull away from the competition. Grant won with a time of 18:48.2.
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Picking up speed: Blackbirds’ Shayla Hyman pumps her arms as she starts to climb the hill on the first lap of the varsity race. Hyman finished third with a time of 20:51.1.
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Dominating the hill: Blackbirds’ Salma Sayahi pushes up the hill hard as she looks to stay close to her teammates just ahead of her. Sayahi finished fourth with a time of 20:59.3.
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Looking for an opening: Blackbirds’ Alannah McCarthy looks up the hill as she looks to make a pass past Schalmont’s Scarlett Gregg as they climb the hill. McCarthy finished 11th with a time of 22:58.9.
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Hard runner: Bulldogs’ Lillian Perkins speeds up as she starts to climb the hill as other runners follow her. Perkins finished 27th with a time of 25:11.3.
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Careful placement: Blackbirds’ Alice Viscio looks down at the ground so she doesn’t slip on any loose gravel as she starts up the hill. Viscio finished 30th with a time of 25:37.6.
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Eying her spot: Blackbirds’ Grace Coffey stares up the hill as she looks to get past Maple Hills’ Amalya Laplante as they ascend up the hill. Coffey finished 43rd with a time of 28:09.3.
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Going hard: Bulldogs’ Ava Murray looks down at the trail as she prepares to climb up the hill during the first lap. Murray finished 46th with a time of 28:46.6.
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Strong finish: Blackbirds’ Savannah Schmidt looks towards the finish line as she starts her finishing kick to sprint towards the line. Schmidt finished second with a time of 19:32.8.
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Elbow fight: Berne-Knox-Westerlo and Voorheesville’s boys cross-country squads break from the start line as they fight for early position.
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Battling back: After an early fall, Blackbirds’ Mason Curl gets around Ichabod Crane’s Joseph Stead as they climb up the hill. Curl finished fourth with a time of 18:04.9.
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Trail runner: Blackbirds’ Carter Ward runs along the outside of the trail to make sure he doesn’t trip over the raised roots. Ward finished 15th with a time of 19:08.2.
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Tightly surrounded: Bulldogs’ Miles Perkins starts up the hill as he is encased by Maple Hill and Mechanicville runners. Perkins finished 36th with a time of 21:04.4.
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Big exhale: Bulldogs’ Eric Bates takes a breath as he starts to climb up the hill trailing Taconic Hills’ Ben Dennis. Bates finished 47th with a time of 22:05.9.
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Long strides: Blackbirds’ Jake Molloy widens his stride as he makes the climb up the hill as Mechanicville’s Adeis Bugbee follows. Molloy finished 28th with a time of 20:30.7.
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Working together: Blackbirds’ Hayden Heckler (405) and Judah Buckley (398) run together as they prepare to go up the hill. Heckler finished 32nd with a time of 20:45.9 and Buckley finished 37th with a time of 21:08.3.
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In shock: Bulldogs’ Keegan Bates gets wide-eyed as he sees the hill he has to climb during his first lap. Bates finished 55th with a time of 23:15.5.
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Shoulder to shoulder: Bulldogs’ Henry Gumper (85) and Max Needham (89) run alongside one another as they climb the hill. Gumper finished 56th with a time of 23:41.2 and Needham finished 51st with a time of 22:26.7.
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Comfy jog: Blackbirds’ Joe Cocci runs along the path as he starts to look up at the hill during his lap. Cocci finished 58th with a time of 23:53.3.
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All by himself: Bulldogs’ Apollo Slingerland pumps his arms as he comes down the trail as he makes his way to the hill. Slingerland finished 63rd with a time of 25:08.9.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Final push: Bulldogs’ Patrick Lendrum comes down the final stretch as he sprints towards the finish line. Lendrum finished 37th with a time of 21:05.1.