Leo Shostal of Warwick Valley High School was named the top sophomore boys cross country runner in the state, as selected by the website New York MileSplit.
Shostal won the Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association championship at Bear Mountain in 15 minutes, 27.80 seconds, and followed with a win in the Section 9, Class A meet in 15:42. He set a personal best of 15:23.90 over 5,000 meters (3.1 miles) to place seventh at the state Class A meet at Queensbury. he capped the season by placing 17th at the state Federation meet at Bowdoin Park.
Section 9 had two additional first-team selections to the MileSplit team: juniors Jackson St. Lawrence of Goshen and Luke Potter of Cornwall. There were four second-team choices, five third-team choices and two honorable mentions.
The Section 1 schools from Dutchess County had four second-team picks, one third-team pick and two honorable mentions.
MileSplit also named all-state teams by class.
The top-all-state awards went to Claudel Chery of North Rockland (overall); Ben Berman of Bronx Science (senior); Ethan Owen of Burnt Hills (junior); Jackson Majewski of Burnt Hills (freshman); and, Rory Mattimore of Mepham (middle school).
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).
MileSplit named its all-stars through a data-driven process. It is the first year that Milesplit has named all-state teams, ahead of an upcoming all-national team.
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New York MileSplit all-state teams
(Mid-Hudson honorees)
Boys first team
Leo Shostal ***, Warwick, Sophomore, 15:23.90 at state championships
Jackson St. Lawrence **, Goshen, Junior, 15:31.30 at OCIAA championships
Luke Potter **, Cornwall, Junior, 15:36.00 at OCIAA championships
Boys second team
Joseph Mullan *, Washingtonville, Senior, 15:37.20 at state championships
Owen Powers *, Haldane, Senior, 15:40.60 at Section 1 Northern Counties
George Soyka *, Roy C. Ketcham, Senior, 15:42.80 at Section 1 Northern Counties
Owen Shaffer-Sermini *, Rondout Valley, Senior, 15:43.00 at state championships
Griffin Kinahan *, Our Lady of Lourdes, Senior, 15:47.00 at Saugerties Invitational
Zavier Durandisse *, Arlington, Senior, 15:47.80 at Section 1 Northern Counties
Anis Abidar, Arlington, Senior, 15:49.10 at Section 1 Northern Counties
Michael Falsetta, Our Lady of Lourdes, Senior, 15:53.00 at Admiral Harrier Invitational
Boys third team
Nathaniel Diemoz **, Wallkill, Junior, 15:55.20 at state championships
Colin Lewis ***, Cornwall, Sophomore, 15:58.20 at OCIAA championships
John Weinman ***, Arlington, Sophomore, 16:01.00 at Admiral Harrier Invitational
Daniel McPherson, Pine Plains, Senior, 16:03.90 at Queensbury Pre-States Invitational
Jonah Althouse **, Ellenville, Junior, 16:04.00 at Saugerties Invitational
Nicholas Doran, Monroe-Woodbury, Senior, 16:04.80 at state championships
Boys honorable mention
Matthew Kowalczyk, Roy C. Ketcham, Senior, 16:10.60 at Section 1 Northern Counties Championship
Brian Pelusio, Arlington, Senior, 16:12.20 at Section 1 Northern Counties Championship
Shaun Brenner **, Goshen, Junior, 16:13.40 at Queensbury Pre-States Invitational
Rocco Maggio, Our Lady of Lourdes, Senior, 16:14.00 at Saugerties Invitational
Boys additional all-class
Leonidas Gowrie ***, Monroe-Woodbury, Sophomore, 16:24.00 at OCIAA championships
Santiago Martinez ***, Minisink Valley, Sophomore, 16:30.10 at OCIAA championships
Eamon Curley ***, John Jay-East Fishkill, Sophomore, 16:34.00 at Admiral Harrier Invitational
Bryce Bressler ****, Sullivan West, Freshman, 16:40.00 at Saugerties Invitational
Jameson Beesmer ****, Kingston, Freshman, 16:46.30 at OCIAA championships
Aven Mietus ****, James I. O’Neill, Freshman, 17:08.40 at state championships
Richard Scott ****, Mount Academy, Freshman, 17:13.70 at MHAL championships
Anson Digiacomio ****, F.D. Roosevelt, Freshman, 17:14.90 at MHAL 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: Warwick’s Leo Shostal earns top sophomore cross country award: MileSplit
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