The Warwick Valley Girls Varsity Cross Country team was a determined team who did not let setbacks define their season. After many competitions being canceled due to early season heat indexes, and inclement weather, the girls trained hard, battled through adversity, and enjoyed a successful end to their season. They beat every team in their conference, and were crowned OCIAA Division II Champions. They placed 4th at the Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association meet, and 2nd place at the Section IX Class A meet. Strong performances were turned in by Trixie Wendell, and Julia Schlesinger. Junior Captain, Alyssa Dovico led the team all season long with many first place performances. Dovico’s personal best time was 19:34.5 at Sanfordville Elementary School. This performance qualified her for the NYSPHSAA XC Championships, which were held at Vernon Verona Sherrill High School in upstate NY. Alyssa represented her school and section very well at the state competition. Go Purple Wave!
The Boys X-Country team had another year of improvement led by freshman Jake Cosco. Jake was the team MVP and helped the Purple Wave Improve 7 team places from just a year ago in the OCIAA Championships, and had 3 wins against Division opponents this fall. The team rounded out its top 7 runners with Liam Astbury, Collin Freet, Jake Tannar, AJ Kobrick, RJ Dovico, and Jackson Spivak. With improvements of over 90 seconds per man from the previous season for all of these athletes who return next year we look for even bigger things in the fall of 2024. Go Wildcats!
