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Girls cross country
NYSPHSAA state meet team scores and top 5 individuals, 1975-1979

1975

At Elma Meadows Golf Course

 

Team

Class A: Syracuse Nottingham-3 19, Tri-Valley-9 50, Mahopac-1 58, Massena-10 107, Delhi-4 120.

 

Individual  (2.5 miles)

Class A: Kathy Mills (Fayetteville-Manlius-3) 14:39; 2. Erica Hagonlockor (Syracuse Nottingham-3) 15:26; 3. Linda Hash (Tri-Valley-9) 15:27; 4. Kim Sharpe (North Syracuse-3) 15:32; 5. Carrie Pusch (Syracuse Nottingham-3) 15:38.

 

 

1976

At Bear Mountain State Park

 

Team

Class A: Baldwinsville-3 149, Columbia-2 165, Mahopac-1 207, Monroe-Woodbury-9 300, East Islip-11 313.

 

Individual  (3 miles)

Class A: 1. Kim Sharpe (North Syracuse-3) 17:33; 2. Barb Oesterlin (Columbia-2) 17:47; 3. Brenda Saunders (Clarkstown South-9) 17:53; 4. Fran Montes (East Islip-11) 17:56; 5. Lizette Hautau (Tappen Zee-9) 17:57.

 

 

1977

Malone Golf Course

 

Team

Class A: Valley Stream Central-8 55, Owego Free-4 78, Monroe-Woodbury-9 79, Baldwinsville-3 83, Yorktown-1 124, East Islip-11 134, Columbia-2 146, Hornell-5 201.

Class B: Queensbury-2 34, Somers JFK-1 84, Tri-Valley-9 91, Penn Yan-5 105, Delhi-4 112, New York Mills-3 126, Salmon River-10 139, Plattsburgh-7 164, Miller Place-11 N/A.

 

Individual  (3 miles)

Class A: 1. Kim Sharpe (North Syracuse-3) 17:27; Kelly Bowdy (Corning East-5) 17:48; 3. Fran Montez (East Islip-11) 17:54; 4. Eileen Casey (Kingston-1) 18:00; 5. Ann O’Hara (Baldwinsville-3) 18:04.

Class B: 1. Laura Whitney (Stony Brook-11) 18:14; 2. Kathy Amato (Pine Plains-1) 18:31; 3. Emily Wood (Skaneateles-3) 18:38; 4. Deanna Dennison (Cato-Meridian-3) 18:40; 5. Maureen Larkin (Pine Plains-1) 18:47.

 

 

1978

At James Baird State Park, Poughkeepsie

 

Team

Class A: Syracuse Nottingham-3 69, Valley Stream Central-8 91, Clarence-6 101, Harborfields-11 111, Newburgh-1 128, Monroe-Woodbury-9 132, Rush-Henrietta Sperry-5 133, Owego Free-4 137, Columbia-2 181.

Class B: Delhi-4 80, Queenebury-2 81, Malone Franklin-10 89, Somers JFK-1 91, Albertus Magnus-9 100, Onondaga-3 139, Miller Place-11 142, Penn Yan-5 192, Johnstown-2 195, Plattsburgh-7 234.

 

Individual  (5 kilometers)

Class A: 1. Beth Dwyer (Fairport-5) 18:03; 2. Linda Detlefsen (Sachem-11) 18:25; 3. Pia Palladino (Huntington-11) 18:33; 4. Margie Bessel (Grand Island-6) 18:35; 5. Erin McCarthy (Clarence-6) 18:40.

Class B: 1. Laura Whitney (Stony Brook-11) 18:35; 2. Emily Wood (Skaneateles-3) 18:44; 3. Colleen Hillery (Somers JFK-1) 18:57; 4. Janet Pietropaolo (Nanuet-9) 18:59; 5. Kristen O’Connell (Delhi-4) 19:06.

 

 

1979

At Green Lakes State Park, Syracuse

 

Team

Class A: Baldwinsville-3 79, Clarence-6 87, Pearl River-9 101, Valley Stream Central-8 107, Owego Free-4 131, Rush-Henrietta Sperry-5 132, Mepham-8 139, Niskayuna-2 160, Harborfields-11 174, White Plains-1 187.

Class B: Delhi-4, Queenebury-2 82, Skaneateles-3 95, Somers JFK-1 95, Albertus Magnus-9 110, Malone Franklin-10 120, Johnstown-2 174, Alden-6 177, Penn Yan-5 245, Bayport-11 270.

 

Individual  (5 kilometers)

Class A: 1. Sue Girard (Maine-Endwell-4) 19:56; Anita Kelly (Rush-Henrietta Sperry-5) 20:11; 3. Connie Riegelman (Cicero-3) 20:21; 4. Erin McCarthy (Clarence-6) 20:23; 5. Judy Parker (Bethlehem-2) 20:25.

Class B: 1. Laura Whitney (Stony Brook-11) 20:11; 2, Kristen O’Connell (Delhi-4) 20:26; 3. Emily Wood (Skaneateles-3) 20:36; 4. Sue Hillery (Somers JFK-1) 20:40; 5. Janice Cross (Port Jefferson-11) 21:06.

 

 


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