On a fall day last year, Victoria Steinhoff noticed something different about New York City. The vibe and the energy were even more palpable than usual. Marathon day had arrived and Steinhoff wondered aloud to her mother how she too could someday be in the race.
The forecast was not pretty, but that didn’t stop the 800 or so high school cross country runners from taking the course at Van Cortlandt Park for the Manhattan College Invitational. For the top performers, the rain may have been the extra refreshment they needed to rapidly navigate the 2.5-mile course. The lasting memories of the 51st annual event were all in all good.
BEAR MOUNTAIN, N.Y. Kingston High’s top cross-country runners eased off to let younger runners take a run at the lead and the Tigers still managed to split a divisional dual meet with James I. O’Neill on Tuesday at Bear Mountain State Park. Kingston’s boys beat the Raiders 15-45, while the girls lost 21-34 to […]