2007 Cross Country
Girls Team Standings

TUPPER'S KRIWOX, CANTON'S BEAUDETTE LEAD SECTION X

Canton’s Aimee Beaudette (1070) and Norwood-Norfolk’s Emily Cotey (1022) try and catch a Section V runner in the back woods along the Norwood-Norfolk course during the 2007 New York State Cross Country Championships.
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(Photos by Bob LaRue, Eric Foote and Harold Leroux)

Ogdensburg’s Megan Morrison (1075) runs alongside Malone’s Sarah Marlowe (1016).

Tupper Lake’s Emily Kriwox (1036) runs between two runners from Section V.  Kriwox delivered Section X's best finish, a 13th place spot in the Class D competition.
 

COTEY COUSINS WIN RACE; N-N, RAIDERS, MALONE, TUPPER TITLES

Norwood-Norfolk's Emily Cotey and cousin Colleen clocked the best two times at the 2007 Section X Girls Cross COuntry Sectionals at Norwood-Norfolk. The Flyers (Class C), Malone (B), Massena (A) and Tupper Lake (D) clinched 2007 class titles in the run.  (Curt Wood photo)  Girls Sectional Gallery

Ogdensburg, Massena and Canton runners head toward the woods, where some of the course's steepest terrain exists.

Following Emily and Collen Cotey in first and second places, were Malone's Ashley Lamica, Norwood-Norfolk's Victoria Hall and Malone's Sarah Marlowe rounding out the first five runners in the overall standings.  (More Results at right)
 

FLYERS GRAB TEAM WIN, 3 OF 4 TOP SPOTS AT INTERDIVISIONALS

Emily and Colleen Cotey emerge over the soggy hill in the final run to the finish.  The Coteys also emerged first and second in the competition. Through a steady and sometimes pouring rain, the Flyers won the 2007 Girls Interdivisional Competition sweeping both boys and girls events for the first time in school history with the Sectionals to be held next week at Norwood-Norfolk.  (Curt Wood photo)  Interdivisional Gallery

Malone's Sarah Marlowe and Canton's Sophie Goobic finished 8th and 9th, earning them Second Team All Northern honors.

The final kick to the finish line for Colleen (left) and Emily Cotey, who earned First Team All Northern honors and an automatic entry into the State Federations the week after State Championships at Norwood-Norfolk on November 10th.  The Flyers sweep of both the interdivisional boys and girls races marked the first time for the feat in school history.
 

N-N FLYERS DELIVER MALONE'S FIRST LOSS, BEAT CANTON

Norwood-Norfolk's Emily Cotey has a slight lead, which she carried to a victory durin the tri-meet at home on Tuesday.  Ashley Lamica of Malone, Colleen Cotey and Victoria hall or Norwood Norfolk and Sara Marlowe finished in the next four positions.  (Curt Wood photo)  Meet Gallery

Flying out from the starting line.  The second five runners in order: Beaudette from Canton, Coombe of Malone, Goobic of Canton, Volz of Norwood-Norfolk and Whitman of Malone.

Norwood-Norfolk upended previously unbeaten Malone 25-30, while defeating Canton 19-37. Malone beat Canton 20-38.
 

N-N'S EMILY COTEY OVERTAKES MALONE'S LAMICA FOR 1ST AT B-M

The start of the Varsity Girls race at the Brushton-Moira Invitational race, won by Norwood-Norfolk's Emily Cotey on Tuesday.  The Flyers won the race by nine points over Malone.  (Curt Wood photo)  Meet Gallery

The remainder of the top five included: Ashley Lamica of Malone, Colleen Cotey and Victoria Hall of N-N and Emily Kriwox of Tupper Lake.
 

NORWOOD-NORFOLK GIRLS SWEEP STONERS & WILDCATS IN TRI-MEET

Start of the girls cross country race between Potsdam (navy), the host team Gouverneur (blue) and Norwood-Norfolk.  The Flyers swept the meet with Potsdam coming in second.
(Harrison Schwarzer photo)  Meet Gallery

Teams race across the back stretch, with the Flyers leading.

By Harrison Schwarzer, North Country SportsNet
Norwood-Norfolk girls handily defeated both the Potsdam and Gouverneur cross country teams on September 25th, bringing their record to an undefeated 5-0. The course itself loops back four times, making it difficult for runners to judge their distances. While Gouverneur's course is a relatively flat one, just one small hill per half-mile, high heat and humidity helped level the playing field. Most of the race is run in the woods where the thick trees lower the temperature, helping runners to lower times in the cooler shade. In the girls arena, the Cotey cousins, Emily and Colleen, took first and second place respectively with times of 21:11 and 21:23. Potsdam's Madelyn Ball came in shortly thereafter for the third-place finish. Norwood girls ran to 18-40 victories over both Gouverneur and Potsdam. Potsdam edged Gouverneur at a close 29-31. For the Modified girls, Morgan Longstry took first with an 8:14, Megan Marrow took second with an 8:27, and Jorgi LaBorge took third at 9:06.
 

BLUE DEVILS RACE PAST MASSENA AND CANTON IN TUESDAY TRI-MEET

O.F.A's Megan Morrison dove past the finish line in a tie with Canton's Sophie Goobic. The pair won the Varsity girls part of the meet at Massena with a time of 21:10.  Ogdensburg swept the meet on total points, with Massena 2nd and Canton third place.  (Curt Wood photo)  Meet Gallery

Runners from Massena and Ogdensburg as the trail bends.

Canton runners in a small pack along the track's back side.  Joining Morrison in the Top Ten for O.F.A. were Amanda LaRue (6th), Emily Morrison (8th) and Kristen Hurlbut (9th) to capture first place honors.  Emily Sullivan's 3rd place spot helped establish a second-place team finish for the Raiders.
 

SECTION X TEAMS GEAR UP FOR 2007 RUNNING SEASON

The Fall 2007 Girls Cross Country season got off to a hot start with a preseason scrimmage at the Norwood-Norfolk course -- home of the 2007 New York State Cross Country Championship this year.  Malone's Ashley Lamica was the top runner by several hundred feet. (LaRue photo)  Meet Gallery

Norwood-Norfolk's Colleen and Megan Cotey finished second and third best in the scrimmage, involving all Section X teams.

Teams got the chance to test their abilities on the recently- groomed and revised cross country course which has been approved for use by the state in the 2007 meet in November.

 

NORWOOD-NORFOLK PREPARES FOR STATES HOSTING INVITATION'L

Competitors in the Varsity II division, including Malone's Sarah Marlowe of Malone (middle) in Varsity II. Cousins Emily and Colleen Cotey finished 4th and 5th respectively in the Varsity III race Norwood-Norfolk Invitational with nearly 800 runners. (Bob LaRue photo) Meet Gallery

Saranac's Morgan Kelly and Canton's Liz Dargie emerge from the wooded area and into the final stretch of the race.

Gouverneur's Sarah Jolley (871) leads by several paces in a back stretch of the Norwood-Norfolk course.

By Harrison Schwarzer, North Country SportsNet
Over 1,000 people gathered behind Norwood-Norfolk Central School on Sept. 22, to watch or compete on the William J. Stone Cross Country trails, site of the upcoming 2007 State Cross Country Championships. Nearly 800 runners from schools across New York State gathered inside the small school's track, pitching colored tents, drinking gallons of water and waiting their turn to compete under the bright North Country sun. Some eating granola bars, and others playing football, high school cross-country athletes from half a state away began to run warm up laps in preparation of their races. For Section X runners, trips to Norwood-Norfolk are pretty standard. For other schools such as Tully, currently ranked First in Class C, it's a different story. Dozens of teams and hundreds of runners on a course that supports no more than four abreast is, at its finest, undesirable. Races, such as the Varsity Boys Class 2 sported as many as 145 runners. Teams stacked into rows inside their starting boxes. In some cases, teams too small to compete for placement, such as Canton, started on the dividers between boxes. "It's great to see so many kids from all over the state come here and see the course today." said Canton Assistant coach Mike Preston. Other coaches shared in his sentiment."[We came here] For one reason. We want to see the course," said Tully coach Jim Paccia. The Tully team, who require a three-hour drive to Norwood-Norfolk literally camped out on a field the night before provided by one of their athlete's aunts. Norwood-Norfolk will be hosting this year's championship meet, so it's very important for runners to know the course they'll be competing on. As the course will close before the State competition, teams such as Tully and Queensbury needed to see what type of trail they'll be running on. And it certainly isn't an easy one. State officials have ranked the track a seven-of-ten degree of difficulty. Said one runner shortly after finishing, "I just wanted to get down on all fours." The William J. Stone course, from a spectators perspective, appears relatively tame, perhaps even mild. Once you run past the crowds and head into the cedars, everything changes. The Flyers' home course is almost never flat. Runners are faced with constant zigzagging and an uphill gradient. Every time it appears you may be near the finish line, runners are greeted with hills, aptly entitled names such as "Stinger" and "Swear Hill." "Hills make teams... hills give you strength and endurance at the same time. They give you the guys you need to run hard," said Paccia, whose Section 3 team placed a predicted four Tully runners in the top ten. However, it is disputed as to whom the hills might give an advantage. "It's a little bit challenging," said Assistant Coach Preston with a slight grin, "I think it's an advantage Section X runners will have." Total Runners: 787 Top runners of the Boys Races are as follows: Boys Varsity 1 Victor; Zach, Rivers (16: 02.8) Boys Varsity 2 Queensbury; Flint, Matt (16:32.9) Boys Varsity 3 Ticonderoga; Berube, Lee (16:21.2) Boys Junior Varsity 1 Pearl River; McKallen, Ryan (19:06.10) Boys Junior Varsity 2 Queensbury; Reeves, Sheldon (17:24.9 ) Boys Freshman Queensbury; Frielinghaus, Will (10:06.5) Top runners of the Girls Races are as follows: Girls Varsity 1 West Seneca East; Solly, Amanda (19:41.4) Girls Varsity 2 Queensbury; Wynn Carly (18:55.2) Girls Varsity 3 Norwood-Norfolk; Cotey, Emily (20: 47.4) Girls Junior Varsity 1 Franklin Academy; Landry, Jessica (25:52.7) Girls Junior Varsity 2 Queensbury; Brambley, Christen (21:43.3) Girls Freshman West Seneca West; Wachala, Jennifer (12:15.20).
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