Anna Furman of Tri-Valley High School, Molly Pool of Arlington and Dylan Friedman of New Paltz were first-team choices for the inaugural all-state team, selected by the website New York MileSplit.
The junior Furman won the Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association at Bear Mountain with a personal-best 17 minutes, 33.10 seconds over 5,000 meters (3.1 miles). She followed with a win in the Section 9, Class C meet at Warwick’s Sanfordville Elementary in 17:49. She won the state championship at Queensbury in 18:06.90. She placed 20th at the state Federation meet at Bowdoin Park and 26th at the Brooks Northeast meet, also at Bowdoin.
The junior Pool won the Section 1 Northern Counties Championship at Hudson Valley Sportsdome with a personal-best 18:03.80 over 5,000 meters. She placed second at the Section 1, Class A championships at Bowdoin, 25th at states and 41st at the Fed meet.
The senior Friedman won the Mid-Hudson Athletic League meet with a personal-best 18:05.90 over 5,000 meters at the SportsDome, won the Section 9, Class B meet at Sanfordville, placed eight at states at Queensbury and 36th at Feds at Bowdoin.
Section 9 had four second-team choices, seven third-team choices and four honorable mentions.
The Section 1 schools from Dutchess County had one second-team pick and one third-team pick.
MileSplit also named all-state teams by class.
The top all-state awards went to Leyla Bhusri of Shenendehowa (overall); Sloan Wasserman of John Jay-Cross River (senior); Tsadia Bercuvitz of Ithaca (junior); Riley Lynch of Shenendehowa (sophomore); Fiona King of Northport (freshman); and, Amelia Pilon of Marcellus (middle school).
New York MileSplit all-state teams
(Mid-Hudson honorees)
Girls first team
Anna Furman **, Tri-Valley, Junior, 17:33.10 at OCIAA championships
Molly Pool **, Arlington, Junior, 18:03.80 at Section 1 Northern Counties Championships
Dylan Friedman *, New Paltz, Senior, 18:05.90 at MHAL championships
Girls second team
Olivia Heim **, Monroe-Woodbury, Junior, 18:10.60 at Saratoga Invitational
Violet Bliss *, Pine Plains, Senior, 18:26.50 at Section 9 championships
Hazel Lewis **, Kingston, Junior, 18:27.00 at OCIAA championships
Kirsten Anastasio *, Arlington, Senior, 18:30.90 at Section 1 Northern Counties Championship
Charlotte McFarland **, Kingston, Junior, 18:32.50 at Saratoga Invitational
Girls third team
Caitlyn Murphy *, Wallkill, 18:44.50 at MHAL championships
Sydney Lozza ***, Washingtonville, Sophomore, 18:45.40 at OCIAA championships
Hannah Chapin **, Rondout Valley, Junior, 18:54.40 at Saratoga Invitational
Elizabeth Walsh ***, Pawling, Sophomore, 18:55.10 at Section 1 Northern Counties Championship
Chloe Goessl *, Beacon, Senior, 18:55.40 at Section 9 championships
Lily Post **, Monroe-Woodbury, Junior, 18:56.10 at OCIAA championships
Andrea Sassatelli ***, Millbrook School, Sophomore, 18:57.00 at Canterbury Invitational
Maeve Paul **, Kingston, Junior, 18:57.50 at OCIAA championships
Sky Appleton ***, Cornwall, Sophomore, 18:59.60 at OCIAA championships
Girls honorable mention
Gypsy Wish, Rondout Valley, Senior, 19:05.20 at Saratoga Invitational
Noemi Goitia **, Cornwall, Junior, 19:11.20 at OCIAA championships
Kassandra Enos ***, Cornwall, Sophomore, 19:15.10 at OCIAA championships
Olivia Cibirka, Cornwall, Senior, 19:15.90 at OCIAA championships
Girls additional all-class
Isabella Williams ****, Goshen, Freshman, 19:31.00 at OCIAA championships
Stella Sheehan ****, Port Jervis, Freshman, 19:40.10 at OCIAA championships
Note: * – made all-senior team; ** – made all-junior team; *** – made all-sophomore team; *** – made all-freshman team
This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: Furman, Pool, Friedman top Mid-Hudson girls cross country state stars
Reporting by Ken McMillan, Middletown Times Herald- Record / Times Herald-Record
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