2008 Girls Cross-Country Results
NYSPHSAA State Championships @ Sunken Meadow (5000 meters)
Saturday – November 8, 2008 (cloudy, drizzle, 63 degrees)

Bay Shore & Arlington Tie for Third @ NY State Championships

The Bay Shore Girls Cross-Country team continues to roll! Not expecting to even get to the States earlier in the season, we upset Northport in the Suffolk County Championships, and all of a sudden, we are right in the mix. We would place tied for third in the Class AA Championships with Arlington High School, which has been ranked in the top ten in NY State all season. Fayetteville-Manlius won and are the defending National Champions, and rated #1 in the United States again this year! Saratoga was second, and they are ranked #11 in the United States. Bay Shore is currently ranked #11 out of all the teams in NY, and #5 NYS Class AA. With our strong performance at the States, we have been invited to the NYS Federation Championships this Saturday at Bowdoin Park in Wappinger Falls, NY.
Kim Moran once again was Bay Shore and Suffolk County’s top runner. Kim would move up throughout the race, and was sixth with 800 meters to go. Kim would hold on to 11th place with another pb time of 19:21.30. Stephanie Barnes would place 38th with a time of 20:15.88. Kathryn Glynn would place 46th with a time of 20:33.24. Lindsay Arcuri would place 64th with a time of 20:53.55. Megan O’Donovan was 67th with a time of 20:58.34. Catherine Schmidt was 96th running 22:25.96. Shannon Christie would run 23:03.87 to place 101st. To get tied for third was another big accomplishment for this team. Only Kim Moran and Stephanie Barnes had any experience running in a State Championship. So we really felt that our runners did a great job!!! We will hope to break into the top ten this weekend, which could get us a ranking in the top 50 in the United States!!!

Kim Moran 11:10 19:21.30 11th place
Stephanie Barnes 11:41 20:15.88 38th place
Kathryn Glynn 11:49 20:33.24 46th place
Lindsay Arcuri 12:00 20:53.55 64th place
Megan O’Donovan 11:59 20:58.34 67th place
Catherine Schmidt 12:57 22:25.96 96th place
Shannon Christie 13:29 23:03.87 101st place

Team average: 20:24.47

The New York State Cross-Country Championships were televised on Cablevision Channel 18 or 118. It will be on at different times during the next week.

2008 Girls Cross-Country Results
Suffolk County Division Championships @ Sunken Meadow (5000 meters)
Tuesday – October 21, 2008 (pt. cloudy, windy, 62 degrees)

Kim Moran Wins Individual Title!!!

Coming off an excellent race at Brown, we needed to really focus and come back tough on the hilly Sunken Meadow course. Kim Moran set the tone, moving to the front early in the race, and never looked back. Kim was outstanding, winning the race with a pb time of 19:22.8. This moves Kim to #7 on the all-time list at Bay Shore, and she is now among the elite runners ever! It was a very exciting race, and Kim became only the second runner in Bay Shore history (Laura Cummings – 2004) to ever win the Individual Division Championships. The best two teams in every league in the county run in the Championship Race. The best individuals can also run in this race if they rank among the 50 fastest runners in the county. Kim Moran beat them all!!! Stephanie Barnes was also running the race of her life, as she moved up very well over the later stages of the race. Stephanie placed 5th with a pb time of 19:56.1. Sophomore Kathryn Glynn continues to run great, placing 9th with a time of 20:09.6. Eighth grader Lindsay became the second fastest eighth grader ever in Bay Shore (Laura Cummings – 19:53.2 in 2000), with a pb time of 20:43.1. Lindsay placed 19th overall. Because of injuries to key runners, we have been looking for our #5 runner all season. Megan O’Donovan has stepped into that spot, and runs better every meet! She did the same again, running a pb 21:19.3, placing 33rd. Her previous best was 23:45.76! What a terrific job Megan has done, and she is not done yet!!! Rounding out our top seven were Shannon Christie, who ran the best cross-country race of her life, with a pb time of 21:51.7. Her previous best was 23:03.40! Catherine Schmidt ran very well, pushing the pace throughout the race, but faded a little over the last 800 meters. Her time was 22:15.7. We did a terrific job! Team scores (Division 2): 1. Northport 29; 2. Bay Shore 32; 3.West Islip 93; 4. Bellport 123; 5. East Islip 162; 6. Connetquot 191; 7. Riverhead 201; 8. Walt Whitman 213; 9. North Babylon 236; 10. Eastport/South Manor 243. Overall (entire county) top ten team scores : 1. Northport 57; 2. Bay Shore 66; 3. Ward Melville 83; 4. Smithtown 103; 5. William Floyd 174; 6. Mount Sinai 203; 7. Commack 206; 8. Shoreham-Wading River 208; 9. Kings Park 246; 10. Bellport 265.

Division 2 Championship: 2nd place – 32 pts.
Kim Moran 19:22.8 1st place
Stephanie Barnes 19:56.1 3rd place
Kathryn Glynn 20:09.6 4th place
Lindsay Arcuri 20:43.1 10th place
Megan O’Donovan 21:19.3 14th place
Shannon Christie 21:51.7 20th place
Catherine Schmidt 22:15.7 26th place

All-Division 2 Selections
1st Team
Kim Moran Bay Shore 12
Stephanie Barnes Bay Shore 12
Kathryn Glynn Bay Shore 10
Lindsay Arcuri Bay Shore 08

2nd Team
Megan O’Donovan Bay Shore 11
Shannon Christie Bay Shore 11

Division Championship Race: 2nd place – 66 pts.
Kim Moran 4:40/11:15/16:20.2 19:22.8 1st place
Stephanie Barnes 4:48/11:42/16:48.7 19:56.1 5th place
Kathryn Glynn 4:49/11:48/17:12.7 20:09.6 9th place
Lindsay Arcuri 4:51/11:54/17:37.3 20:43.1 19th place
Megan O’Donovan 4:57/12:12/17:59.8 21:19.3 33rd place
Shannon Christie 5:07/12:44/18:41.1 21:51.7 53rd place
Catherine Schmidt 5:04/12:43/18:43.0 22:15.7 59th place

In the Individual Qualifier (JV) Race, the Bay Shore girls placed a very competitive 4th. With key runners such as Regina Peattie, Karina Gonzalez, Ashley Moran, Danielle Glynn, Michelle Traynor, Darleen Eiermann and Aasha Jackson all out with various injuries, we went very deep into the team to be competitive. The girls not running would be better than ¾’s of the varsity teams in Suffolk County! So to place fourth was a very nice accomplishment! Olivia Civardi, coming back from a foot injury, placed 6th with a time of 22:23.77. Olivia needs a week to get back into the swing of things. Eighth grader Melinda Czaja has been very impressive. Melinda placed 11th with a pb 22:38.76. Lindsey Beakes, running in her last cross-country race for Bay Shore, went out in style. Lindsey ran a pb 23:51.05 to place 34th out of 276 runners. Kathleen Kanaley has done a great job and is also someone that has run better every race. KK ran a pb 23:53.30 to place 36th. Vicki Tiedemann continues her comeback from being sick. She ran 23:58.62 placing 38th. Running pb’s were Wendy Leiva 24:44.82, Jenn Chitiva 24:48.01, Nicole Brancato 25:16.38, Gillian Swanson 25:20.18, Maureen Aromi 25:32.45,Jenn Halloran 26:49.61, Mariah Cummings 27:27.95, Johane Saint-Vil 27:47.67 and Genesis Miranda 28:09.42. Also running in her last cross-country race was Courtney Kayser, who ran 26:45.34. Team scores: 1. Northport 40; 2. Ward Melville 47; 3. Smithtown 67; 4. Bay Shore 117; 5. Kings Park 172; 6. West Islip 205; 7. Sayville 226; 8. Mount Sinai 257; 9. West Babylon 261; 10. East Islip 263. This team has achieved more than I ever expected from them!

Individual Qualifier (JV) Race: 4th place – 117 pts.
Olivia Civardi 5:05/12:45/19:07 22:23.77 6th place
Melinda Czaja 5:20/13:04/19:12 22:38.76 11th place
Lindsey Beakes 5:27/14:00/20:18 23:51.05 34th place
Kathleen Kanaley 5:27/14:00/20:20 23:53.3 36th place
Vicki Tiedemann 13:43/20:33 23:58.62 38th place
Wendy Leiva 14:11/20:57 24:44.82 55th place
Jenn Chitiva 14:12/20:59 24:48.01 57th place
Nicole Brancato 14:30/21:28 25:16.38 73rd place
Gillian Swanson 14:30/21:32 25:20.18 78th place
Maureen Aromi 14:51/21:44 25:32.45 84th place
Jennifer Halloran 15:35/22:54 26:49.61 149th place
Mariah Cummings 15:58/23:10 27:27.95 168th place
Johane Saint-Vil 16:14/23:40 27:47.67 176th place
Genessis Miranda 15:55/23:48 28:09.42 191st place
Kate Smith 38:15.31 275th place

Kim Moran
Suffolk County Division Champion – 19:22.8
@ Sunken Meadow - October 21, 2008

Bay Shore High School
2008 Girls Cross-Country Results
Manhattan Invitational @ Van Cortlandt Park (2.5 miles)
Saturday – October 11, 2008 (sunny, 68 degrees)

Bay Shore Places Third/Ranked #7 NYS Class AA!!!

The Manhattan Invitational is the biggest cross-country meet in the United States. We ran in the Varsity “C” Race, which had thirty-seven teams, from seven states, with 259 runners. Kim Moran once again led Bay Shore with a third place finish and a pb time of 15:21.53, which is the fourth fastest time ever by a Bay Shore runner. That moved Kim passed Sarah McCurdy, and is behind Bay Shore Legends Laura Cummings, Mary Liz McCurdy and Callie Hogan. Kim is in with some very fast company! Stephanie Barnes ran over a minute faster than her pb, placing 8th with a time of 15:34.88. Stephanie is now #7 on the Bay Shore all-time list, moving ahead of Kathy Pitcher, who was a Suffolk County Champion in X-C. Sophomore Kathryn Glynn ran 16:06.82, which is the sixth fastest sophomore ever at Bay Shore, and #11 on the all-time Bay Shore list! Lindsay Arcuri placed 45th with a time of 16:35.52. That is the third fastest eighth grader ever for Bay Shore. Olivia Civardi, coming back from a foot injury, did a very nice job running 16:56.07. Megan O’Donovan ran a pb 17:22.42, continuing her excellent running. Catherine Schmidt rounded out our top seven with a time of 17:26.60. The team placed third with 142 pts.
Team scores: 1. Oakton, Va. 101; 2. Cornwall 123, 3. Bay Shore 142; 4. Liverpool 156; 5. Brookwood, Ga. 178. In the jv races, Shannon Christie ran her best cross-country race ever, placing 5th with a time of 17:18:58. Melinda Czaja placed 13th with a time of 17:36.26. That is the fifth fastest eighth grade time ever at Bay Shore. Lindsey Beakes ran a pb 18:58.13. Kathleen Kanaley ran 19:15.47, with Wendy Leiva running 19:18.78. The JV “A” team placed 10th with a score of 268 pts. 54 teams ran from 11 states, with over 370 runners. Our JV “B” team was led by Jenn Chitiva 19:44.77, Gillian Swanson 19:45.20, Nicole Brancato 20:55.16, Mariah Cummings 20:56.36, and Maureen Aromi 21:24.21. The team placed 17th with 525 pts. 53 teams ran from 7 states, with over 360 runners.

Varsity “C” Race: 3rd place – 142 pts.
Kim Moran 15:21.53 3rd place
Stephanie Barnes 15:34.88 8th place
Kathryn Glynn 16:06.82 23rd place
Lindsay Arcuri 16:35.52 45th place
Olivia Civardi 16:56.07 63rd place team average: 16:06.97
Meagn O’Donovan 17:22.42 93rd place
Catherine Schmidt 17:26.60 98th place

Junior Varsity “B” Race: 10th place – 268 pts.
Shannon Christie 17:18.58 5th place
Melinda Czaja 17:26.26 13th place
Lindsey Beakes 18:58.13 74th place
Kathleen Kanaley 19:15.47 86th place
Wendy Leiva 19:18.78 90th place
Courtney Kayser 20:22.36 142nd place
Destiny Lalane 20:53.58 168th place

Junior Varsity “C” Race: 17th place – 525 pts. Junior Varsity “D” Race:
Jenn Chitiva 19:44.77 79th place Jenn Halloran 21:20.53 167th place
Gillian Swanson 19:45.20 80th place Genesis Miranda 25:05.23 212th place
Nicole Brancato 20:55.16 117th place
Mariah Cummings 20:56.36 119th place
Maureen Aromi 21:24.21 130th place
Johane Saint-Vil 22:14.19 149th place

Bay Shore High School
2008 Girls Cross-Country Results
Bay Shore 15 West Islip 43 @ Sunken Meadow State Park 4-1
Tuesday – October 7, 2008 (sunny, 62 degrees) (3 miles)

Bay Shore Wins Third Meet in a Row!!!

West Islip is one of the up and coming teams in Suffolk County. They have moved into the Top Ten in Suffolk, so we could not take them lightly. Kim Moran and Stephanie Barnes tied for first with a time of 19:09. This is a pb for Stephanie, who is running very well. Kim Moran is undefeated in the dual meets, and has placed in the top three in every invitational. A few strides back was sophomore Kathryn Glynn, who ran a pb time of 19:12. This is Kathryn’s first season of cross-country, and she has been superb! Eighth grader Lindsay Arcuri gets better with every meet. Lindsay placed 4th with a time of 20:05. Megan O’Donovan almost caught All-County runner Ali Foote (20:33), running a pb time 0f 20:34. Megan’s previous best was over a minute slower than she ran today! Catherine Schmidt had a very solid race, placing 9th with a time of 20:45. Shannon Christie was 10th with a pb time of 21:09. Another eighth grader Melinda Czaja, ran a pb 21:57 to place 13th. Melinda is improving dramatically! Lindsey Beakes ran very well with a time of 22:35, placing 16th. “KK” - Kathleen Kanaley placed 18th with a time of 23:05. Destiny Lalane placed 20th with a seasonal best time of 23:23. Wendy Leiva 23:42, Jenn Chitiva 23:54, Gillian Swanson 24:23, Nicole Brancato 24:27, Mariah Cummings 25:32, Johane Saint-Vil 25:34, and Maureen Aromi 26:45 all ran pb’s! Kate Smith ran her first race for Bay Shore, completing the grueling 3 mile course at Sunken Meadow in 36:59. Johane Saint-Vil ran 1:25 faster than she ever ran before! The final score was 15-43, to run our record to 4-1, with only Walt Whitman left on the league schedule.

Kim Moran 8:44/16:05 19:09 1st place
Stephanie Barnes 8:45/16:05 19:09 1st place
Kathryn Glynn 8:46/16:05 19:12 3rd place
Lindsay Arcuri 8:58/16:52 20:05 4th place
Megan O’Donovan 9:29/17:17 20:34 6th place team average: 19:38.0
Catherine Schmidt 9:22/17:12 20:45 9th place
Shannon Christie 9:29/17:47 21:09 10th place
Melinda Czaja 9:46/18:27 21:57 13th place
Lindsey Beakes 10:12/19:05 22:35 16th place
Kathleen Kanaley 10:30/19:20 23:05 18th place
Destiny Lalane 10:35/19:42 23:23 20th place
Wendy Leiva 10:34/19:51 23:42 22nd place
Jenn Chitiva 10:36/19:50 23:54 23rd place
Nicole Brancato 10:48/20:37 24:27 26th place
Courtney Kayser 11:05/20:52 24:45 32nd place
Beth Lindahl 11:10/21:05 25:11 33rd place
Mariah Cummings 11:50/21:33 25:32 35th place
Johane Saint-Vil 11:51/21:34 25:34 36th place
Maureen Aromi 11:48/22:05 26:45 38th place
Kate Smith 32:08 36:59 55th place

Bay Shore High School
2008 Girls Cross-Country Results
Bay Shore 15 Walt Whitman 50 @ Sunken Meadow State Park 5-1
Tuesday – October 2, 2008 (sunny, 62 degrees) (3 miles)

Bay Shore Wins Fourth Meet in a Row!!!

Bay Shore Girls won there fourth straight meet, taking the first seven places against Walt Whitman. We ended up in second place, with a record of 5-1 (having lost a close meet to Northport 27-30). Kim Moran completed the league meets undefeated, and was selected the League 3 Runner-of-the-Year. Kim Moran, Stephanie Barnes, Kathryn Glynn and Lindsay Arcuri tied for first with a time of 19:40. This was Lindsay Arcuri’s pb, and the second fastest time ever by an eighth grader at Bay Shore. Only Laura Cummings time of 19:16.6 is faster! Megan O’Donovan placed 5th with yet another pb – 20:27. Catherine Schmidt placed 6th with a time of 21:02. Shannon Christie was 7th with a time of 21:22. Melinda Czaja 22:12 helped pace Lindsey Beakes 22:14 and Kathleen Kanaley 22:16 to pb’s. Vicki Tiedemann ran her first race of the season, coming back from an illness. Vicki 23:23 helped pace Wendy Leiva 23:23 and Jenn Chitiva 23:24 to pb’s. Genesis Miranda ran very well, with a pb time of 26:41.
Upcoming Meets:
Saturday – October 18, 2008 Brown Invitational @ Goddard Park in East Greenwich, R.I. Everyone is excused after 3rd period. The bus will leave at 9:40am. We will be stopping at the University of Rhode Island to look at the campus. Then go to the hotel, and to Goddard Park to run the course. Races begin at 9:20am. The race is 5000 meters, and is the fastest course we run on! We are looking for pb’s by everyone!!!
Tuesday – October 21, 2008 Division Championships @ Sunken Meadow. The bus leaves at 11:45am. Everyone is excused after 6th period. We are in the Championship Race which begins at 1:55pm. The Individual Qualifier/JV Race begins at 3:45pm. This will be the last race for several of our runners. Only the top seven run at the Suffolk County Championships on October 31st. The Division & County Championship Races are 5000 meters.
Saturday – October 25, 2008 Frosh-Soph Championships @ Sunken Meadow. The bus is at 7:00am. The girls race starts at 9:30am. The varsity will practice at the course as soon as we get to Sunken Meadow. This will be a hill workout.

• We are looking to qualify for the NYSPHSAA State X-C Championships @ Sunken Meadow on November 8th.
• We also want to qualify for the NYS Federation Championships at Bowdoin Park on November 15th.This is critical for our final NYS, L.I. & Suffolk County Rankings.
• Anyone interested in running at the Foot Locker Regionals at Van Cortlandt Park on November 29th (5000m), must continue to train.
• Winter Track begins on Wednesday – November 19th. Those not running at Foot Locker should train until Thursday - November 13th, then take off!!!
• We would like to have an Awards Night either at someone’s house or go somewhere. Give out some team awards, letters, and just have a fun night. If everyone chips in, and/or we use some of the money we raised, it will not become a burden to anyone!!!
• We would like all uniforms, XC jackets returned within three days of your last meet. Place in a plastic bag with your name on it. Thanks!

Kim Moran 9:03/16:36 19:40 1st place
Stephanie Barnes 9:03/16:36 19:40 1st place
Kathryn Glynn 9:03/16:36 19:40 1st place
Lindsay Arcuri 9:03/16:36 19:40 1st place
Megan O’Donovan 9:03/17:04 20:27 5th place team average: 19:49.4
Catherine Schmidt 9:35/17:39 21:02 6th place
Shannon Christie 9:41/18:05 21:22 7th place
Melinda Czaja 9:58/18:49 22:12 11th place
Lindsey Beakes 9:58/18:49 22:14 12th place
Kathleen Kanaley 10:10/18:50 22:16 13th place
Vicki Tiedemann 10:27/19:47 23:23 15th place
Wendy Leiva 10:28/19:41 23:23 16th place
Jenn Chitiva 10:30/19:41 23:24 17th place
Destiny Lalane 10:59/19:57 25:04 19th place
Nicole Brancato 11:25/21:48 25:56 24th place
Beth Lindahl 11:33/21:51 26:12 25th place
Johane Saint-Vil 11:34/22:07 26:13 26th place
Jenn Halloran 11:51/22:35 26:34 27th place
Genesis Miranda 11:42/22:15 26:41 28th place
Maureen Aromi 12:1022:52 27:22 29th place
Kate Smith 16:08/31:25 37:33 30th place

Bay Shore High School
2008 Girls Cross-Country Results
Northport 27 Bay Shore 30 @ Sunken Meadow State Park
Tuesday – September 23, 2008 (cloudy, 65 degrees)

Bay Shore Loses a Heartbreaker to Northport!!!
The meet against Northport was for the League 3 Championship, as it has been for the last eight years. We usually go against them later in the season, so we had to get ready a little earlier than we normally had to. It was a meet that lived up to its billing. It was close the entire race. Kim Moran went right to the lead and was never challenged. Kim’s winning time was the fastest time by a Suffolk County runner this year – 18:48. Northport took the next two spots with Leanne Farber running 19:09, and eighth grader Sarah Zieve running 19:13. Stephanie Barnes ran a pb 19:24 placing 4th. Kathryn Glynn continued to impress with another pb – 19:37 to place 5th. Northport’s Sam D’Amato 19:54 and Kelly Abbate 19:55 would place 6th and 7th. Eighth grader Lindsay Arcuri would run a pb – 20:01 to place 8th for Bay Shore. Normally Regina Peattie would have already finished, but the All-County ninth grader felt a sharp pain in her foot coming down “Snake”, and we pulled her from the race. Turns out she broke her foot and is out for the season. That would be the break Northport needed to win the meet! We will really miss Regina, who is a terrific young runner! Northport would take the next three spots before Olivia Civardi, who ran a pb time of 20:33, placing 12th. Tough to lose such a close race, and lose one of our top runners as well. Overall the team ran very well, and we will have a chance to beat Northport in the County Championships on Halloween!!! Karina Gonzalez ran a pb – 21:16, as well as Kathleen Kanaley – 22:56; Wendy Leiva – 23:50; Gillian Swanson – 24:50; and Maureen Aromi – 26:22. Catherine Schmidt was sick, but still managed to run 21:25 placing 17th. Shannon Christie 21:29 and Megan O’Donovan – 22:01 ran very well.

The New York State Rankings have Bay Shore #11 overall, and #8 in the Class AA (Large Schools), #2 on Long Island and #2 in Suffolk County (behind Northport)!

Next meet: Double dual meet against East Islip & Connetquot @ Sunken Meadow on Thursday – October 2, 2008. Bus leaves Bay Shore at 2:40pm. We will run sometime between 4:00-4:30pm.

Kim Moran 8:26/15:37.4 18:48 1st place
Stephanie Barnes 8:51/16:11.5 19:24 4th place
Kathryn Glynn 8:52/16:23.6 19:37 5th place
Lindsay Arcuri 16:48.3 20:01 8th place
Olivia Civardi 9:08/17:04.6 20:33 12th place
Karina Gonzalez 17:53.5 21:16 16th place
Catherine Schmidt 17:43.5 21:25 17th place
Shannon Christie 9:44.9/17:59.0 21:29 18th place
Megan O’Donovan 9:48/18:20.9 22:01 19th place
Melinda Czaja 9:52/18:37.5 22:06 22nd place
Lindsey Beakes 19:11.4 22:55 25th place
Kathleen Kanaley 10:22/19:05.4 22:56 26th place
Destiny Lalane 19:35.4 23:21 31st place
Wendy Leiva 10:52/20:08.5 23:50 34th place
Jenn Chitiva 20:06 24:12 38th place
Courtney Kayser 10:56/20:36.5 24:28 40th place
Nicole Brancato 11:02/20:56.0 24:48 44th place
Gillian Swanson 11:08/20:57.0 24:50 45th place
Maureen Aromi 11:51/22:10.5 26:22 51st place
Mariah Cummings 12:18/22:24 26:24 52nd place
Beth Lindahl 11:56/22:26 26:59 55th place
Johane Saint-Vil 12:04/22:39.5 26:59 56th place
Cynthia Foster 12:04/23:39.5 28:37 61st place
Allison Motschwiller 11:45.2

Bay Shore High School
2008 Girls Cross-Country Results
Bob Pratt Invitational @ Sunken Meadow State Park
Saturday – September 20, 2008 (sunny, 68 degrees)

Kim Moran Wins Second Consecutive Invitational!!!

The Bob Pratt Invite is named after the longtime Smithtown Track and Football Coach. After a very good week of training, Bay Shore easily won the Varsity “B” Race, placing seven runners in the top ten.
Team scores: 1. Bay Shore 17; 2. Canton Central 77; 3. Mount Sinai 83; 4. Hasting 97; 5. Walt Whitman 139. Kim Moran again led Bay Shore with a convincing win running a very fast 19:47.04. Stephanie Barnes placed 2nd with a pb time of 20:35.04. Stephanie is in great shape and running better then ever! Kathryn Glynn ran another terrific race, placing 3rd with a pb time of 20:49.88.This is only her third cross-country race ever! Regina Peattie placed 6th with a time of 21:21.04. This ninth grader has continued where she left off a year ago, when she was selected to the All-County team! Olivia Civardi ran a pb 21:41.62 to place 6th. Olivia continues to run better on the hills, and will look to close the gap on our 2-3-4 runners! Catherine Schmidt improved almost 50 seconds from a week ago, running 22:04.90 to place 8th. Rounding out the top seven was eighth grader Lindsay Arcuri, who ran 22:11.38 to place 10th. Terrific meet for us. We should move up from our current ranking - #11 in NYS, after our strong performance. We will be ready for Northport on Tuesday – September 23, 2008.
In the jv race, we placed third behind Warwick and Queensbury. Team scores: 1. Warwick 20; 2. Queensbury 40; 3. Bay Shore 61; 4. Mount Sinai 134; 5. Sayville 165. 108 runners completed the race. Karina Gonzalez continued her fine running to lead Bay Shore placing 7th with a pb time of 22:27.64. Shannon Christie placed 11th with a time of 23:02.73. Shannon will look to keep Karina company in our next invitational. Megan O’Donovan continues her terrific comeback, with a time of 23:06.83 to place 13th. Eighth grader Melinda Czaja is also running very well to place 14th with a time of 23:20.57. Lindsey Beakes is ready for a breakout race. Lindsey has run very consistent, placing 16th with a time of 23:51.34. Kathleen Kanaley has done a very good job, and has been fun to watch. KK ran 24:06.39 to place 17th. Rounding out our top seven, Destiny Lalane looked really good to place 23rd with a time of 25:25.00.
Next Meet: Bay Shore Vs. Northport @ Sunken Meadow on Tuesday – September 23, 2008. The bus will leave Bay Shore at 2:40pm.

Varsity “B” Race: 1st place – 17 pts.
Kim Moran (6:22.1) 19:47.04 1st place
Stephanie Barnes (6:37.6) 20:25.04 2nd place
Kathryn Glynn (6:42.3) 20:49.88 3rd place
Regina Peattie (6:52.4) 21:21.04 5th place
Olivia Civardi (6:59.0) 21:41.62 6th place
Catherine Schmidt (7:06.5) 22:04.90 8th place
Lindsay Arcuri (7:08.6) 22:11.38 10th place

Junior Varsity Race: 3rd place – 61 pts.
Karina Gonzalez (7:13.8) 22:27.64 7th place
Shannon Christie (7:25.1) 23:02.73 11th place
Megan O’Donovan (7:26.4) 23:06.83 13th place
Melinda Czaja (7:30.8) 23:20.57 14th place
Lindsey Beakes (7:40.7) 23:51.34 16th place
Kathleen Kanaley (7:45.6) 24:06.39 17th place
Destiny Lalane (8:10.9) 25:25.00 23rd place

Courtney Kayser 25:59.22, Wendy Leiva 26:02.79, Nicole Brancato 26:09.70, and Gillian Swanson 26:18.71 all placed in the top 40 in the race, and won t-shirts! Mariah Cummings 27:32.21, Johane Saint-Vil 28:18.50 and Maureen Aromi 29:52.94 all had good races. Newcomers Jenn Halloran 28:56.20 and Cynthia Foster 29:34.63 did a nice job in there first cross-country race for Bay Shore.

Courtney Kayser (8:21.9) 25:59.22 30th place
Wendy Leiva (8:23.1) 26:02.79 31st place
Nicole Brancato (8:25.3) 26:09.70 36th place
Gillian Swanson (8:28.2) 26:18.71 38th place
Mariah Cummings (8:51.8) 27:32.21 51st place
Johana Saint-Vil (9:06.7) 28:18.50 59th place
Jennifer Halloran (9:18.9) 28:56.20 68th place
Cynthia Foster (9:31.2) 29:34.63 75th place
Maureen Aromi (9:37.1) 29:52.94 79th place

In the freshman race, all three girls set pb’s! 165 runners competed.

Allison Motschwiller (7:36.9) 11:25.25 88th place
Gabi Bruno (7:43.6) 11:35.30 98th place
Genesis Miranda (7:49.4) 11:44.07 103rd place
Kathryn Schulz (8:06.3) 12:09.39 117th place

Bay Shore High School
2008 Girls Cross-Country Results
Jim Smith Invitational @ Sunken Meadow State Park
Saturday – September 13, 2008 (sunny, warm, humid, 80 degrees)

Kim Moran Fastest Long Island Runner at Jim Smith Invite!!!

The Jim Smith Invitational has separate races for freshman, sophomores, juniors and seniors. Instead of counting the top five runners, they only count the top three. In the freshman race, Regina Peattie place fourth with a time of 8:55.73 for the 1.5 mile race. This is one of the fastest 1.5 mile times in Bay Shore history. Eighth grader Lindsay Arcuri was seventh running 9:12.54. Another eighth grader Melinda Czaja was twenty-third with a time of 9:56.67. Genesis Miranda 12:29.98, Gabi Bruno 14:12.7 and Allison Motschwiller 14:13.1 rounded out the freshman team that placed second (twenty-five teams competed).
In the sophomore race, newcomer Kathryn Glynn ran a terrific race (especially since this was her first ever cross-country race), placing fifth with a time of 21:36.37. Catherine Schmidt placed fifteenth with a time of 22:51.77. Karina Gonzalez was thirty-third with a time of 24:06.06.Kathaleen Kanaley 25:34.27 and Jenn Chitiva 26:21.27 rounded out our sophomore team. Gillian Swanson ran one of the best races of her career! They place third out of twenty-three teams.
In the junior race, we placed twenty-second out of thirty teams. In fairness to the juniors, we are not anywhere near full strength. Out with injuries or illness include Danielle Glynn, Vicki Tiedemann, Darleen Eiermann, and Shannon Christie. They are our top four juniors! Top junior was Megan O’Donovan. Megan ran very well as a freshman and appears to be on the road back; looking like her old self recently! Megan ran 24:57.55 to place fifty-fifth out of 157 runners. Daestiny Lalane ran 26:54.13, and Maureen Aromi ran 29:26.81.
In the senior race, we would place a close second to powerhouse Suffern, with twenty-three schools competing. Kim Moran had the fastest time of any Long Island runner, placing second running 20:20.72. Stephanie barens placed third running 20:55.78. Olivia Civardi placed thirteenth with a time of 22:26.26. Lindsey Beakes ran 25:13.69, with Courtney Kayser running 26:19.63.
It was a good season opener for us, but we have work to do. If you combined all the classes, and projecting what the freshman would have run for the 5000 meter race, we could very well have been the best team at the meet. We will find out next weekend at the Bob Pratt Invitational at Sunken Meadow.
Next Meet: Bob Pratt Invitational @ Sunken Meadow. The meet starts at 9:00am, with the bus leaving Bay Shore High School at 7:15am

Freshman Race: 2nd place – 30 pts. (184 runners/25 teams)
Regina Peattie 5:48.0/8:55.73 (5:57.2) 4th place
Lindsay Arcuri 5:55.5/9:12.54 (6:08.4) 7th place
Melinda Czaja 9:56.67 (6:37.8) 23rd place
Genesis Miranda 7:53.9/12:29.98 (8:20.0) 148th place
Gabi Bruno 9:03.5/14:12.7 176th place
Allison Motschwiller 9:03.5/14:13.1 177th place

Sophomore Race: 3rd place – 43 pts. (149 runners/23 teams)
Kathryn Glynn 12:34.3/18:21.5/21:36.37 (6:57.3) 5th place
Catherine Schmidt 13:06.2/19:26.3/22:51.77 (7:21.6) 15th place
Karina Gonzalez 13:33.9/20:24.4/24:06.06 (7:45.5) 33rd place
Kathleen Kanaley 14:46.6/21:47.4/25:34.27 (8:13.9) 49th place
Jenn Chitiva 15:09.3/22:20.9/26:21.27 (8:29.0) 62nd place
Wendy Leiva 16:03.8/23:49.2/27:34.08 (8:52.4) 79th place
Gillian Swanson 15:37.7/23:39.7/27:44.71 (8:55.9) 81st place
Nicole Brancato 17:10.1/26:08.0/30:11.59 (9:43.1) 109th place

Junior Race: 22nd place – 206 pts. (157 runners/30 teams)
Megan O’Donovan 14:05.2/21:11.1/24:57.55 (8:02.1) 52nd Place
Destiny Lalane 15:25.7/22:46.1/26:54.13 (8:39.6) 82nd place
Maureen Aromi 17:08.1/25:07.0/29:26.81 (9:28.7) 114th place

Senior Race: 2nd place – 17 pts. (116 runners/23 teams)
Kim Moran 11:37.9/17:10.9/20:20.72 (6:33.0) 2nd place
Stephanie Barnes 12:15.6/17:55.2/20:55.28 (6:44.1) 3rd place
Olivia Civardi 12:37.6/18:55.1/22:26.26 (7:13.4) 13th place
Lindsey Beakes 14:16.1/21:26.2/25:13.69 (8:07.2) 41st place
Courtney Kayser 15:05.3/22:31.6/26:19.63 (8:28.5) 58th place
Johane Saint-Vil 24:36.4/29:22.88 (9:27.5) 90th place