By Mike Zummo
Mario Verruto won the boys’ race and Caitlyn Murphy won the girls’ race as the Wallkill Panthers won both the boys’ and girls’ meets in a Mid Hudson League cross country meet on Wednesday at Wallkill High School.
Verruto won the boys’ meet with a time of 17:28 as the boys finished with 16 points. The Highland Huskies scored 54 and Rhinebeck was third with 61 points.
Zachary Haeser was the top finisher for Highland with a fifth-place finish in 19:50.57.
Rhinebeck’s Landon Williams finished seventh in 21:07.
The Panthers won the girls’ meet, 28-30, over Highland.
Murphy won the race in 19:28.48 as the Panthers took the top three spots. Scarlet Lovell was the top finisher for the Huskies with a time of 24:54.41.
Jillian Hanna finished 10th for Rhinebeck with a time of 28:17.01. The Hawks didn’t have enough players to qualify as a team.
Boys
Team results: 1. Wallkill 16; 2. Highland - 54; 3. Rhinebeck - 61.
Individual results: 1. Mario Verruto (W) - 17:28.88; 2. Ryder Kilpatrick (W) - 18:30.02; 3. Nathaniel Diemoz (W) - 18:30.50; 4. Josh Craypo (W) - 19:14.69; 5. Zachary Haeser (H) - 19:50.57; 6. Luke Fragetta (W) - 20:07.67; 7. Ryan Murphy (W) - 6:47.6; 8. Landon Williams (R) - 21:07.14; 9. Gabriel Reynoldo (R) - 21:07.30; 10. Michael Secor (H) - 21:22.96; 11. Maddox Thibault-Edmonds (H) - 21:25.74; 12. Alex Aierstok (R) - 21:26.91; 15. Samuel Ellis (H) - 23:00.01; 16. Adrian Runski (H) - 25:22.86; 17. Luke Mastny (H) - 25:23.10; 18. Kyle Menezes (H) - 25:26.74; 19. Riley Kappeller (R) - 25:39.78; 20. Sam Kanlong (R) - 25:40.07; 21. Atticus Hagen (R) - 25:40.36; 22. Evan Thoben (H) - 25:44.31; 23. Nicholas Petralia (W) - 25:56.01; 31. Zachary Chaudhary (H) - 28:57.25; 32. Michael Ventriglia (H) - 29:25.43; 35. Owen Goodwin (H) - 33:52.53; 36. Lucas Hoagland (H) - 34:03.88; 37. Kieran-Cameron Brown-Theriot (H) - 36:36.83.
Girls
Wallkill 28, Highland 30
1. Caitlyn Murphy (W) - 19:28.48; 2. Emma Haughian (W) - 20:53.81; 3. Maria Morales (W) - 24:34.12; 4. Scarlet Lovell (H) - 24:54.41; 5. Abigail Redner (H) - 24:54.84; 6. Alexandra Carey (H) - 25:07.39; 7. Erin Smith (H) - 25:48.46; 8. Rylie Klein (H) - 27:56.44; 9. Delaney Reid (H) - 28:11.06; 11. Rachel Sokota (W) - 28:33.74; 12. Quinn Ahrenholz (H) - 28:45.94; 13. Giada Post (W) - 29:15.97; 14. Elizabeth Monson (W) - 29:26.55; 15. Ava Richardson (W) - 29:36.65; 16. Nia Omondi (H) - 29:56.34; 17. Jadyn Spinelli (H) - 30:15.64; 18. Molly Finch (H) - 32:17.74; 19. Nadia Metz (H) - 33:25.35.