Highland’s Erica Angelillo came within 22 seconds of returning to the New York State Public High School Athletic Association championships.

Running neck-and-neck with teammate Alexandra Carey during the entire Section 9 Class C championship race on Wednesday at Bear Mountain State Park, Angelillo was the sixth runner to cross the finish line not from team champion James I. O’Neill and was denied a return trip to states in her senior year.

Angelillo finished with a time of 22:54.3 and Carey was 14th overall in 23:07.2, as the Huskies finished third in the section with 103 total points. The Raiders were the meet champions with 15 points.

The Huskies placed three runners in the top 20 as sophomore Erin Smith was 19th. Violet Brienza was 27th and Delainey Reid took 33rd.

The boys didn’t have any one close to a state berth as Basil Metz finished 20th, leading the Huskies to a fifth-place finish with 157 points. The James I. O’Neill Raiders won the team championship with 25 points.

O’Neill’s Carson Darling won the race in 16:48.9.

Highland’s Alexander Weiss was 36th and Alexander Papazov finished 37th with Zachary Haeser, Maddox Thibault-Edmonds and Trevor Ebert finishing 42nd, 44th and 45th respectively.

Class B
The Marlboro Iron Dukes didn’t field full teams in either the Class B boys’ or girls’ races and had three runners in the boys’ race. Robert Jackson was the top finisher in 18:58.6. Matthew Castellini was 49th and Christopher Yeaple was 55th.

Mount Academy’s Donovan Baird won the individual championship and Goshen won the team championship with 67 points.

In the girls’ race, Andrea Kuha was 38th and Gabriella Murphy finished 41st. Cornwall’s Karrie Baloga won the overall team title in 16:18.7, nearly 3 minutes ahead of her teammate Kerry Murphy, who finished second. The Dragons won the team title with 23 points.

Section 9 Cross Country Championships
Boys
Class B
Team results: 1. Goshen – 67; 2. Cornwall – 72; 3. Mount Academy – 78; 4. New Paltz – 86; 5. Our Lady of Lourdes – 90; 6. Beacon – 104; 7. Monticello – 144; 8. Saugerties – 226.

Individual results: 1. Donovan Baird (MA) – 16:05.2; 2. Caleb Ayau (G) – 16:08.4; 3. Matt Ferreri (OLL) – 16:32.8; 4. Noah Klugman (G) – 16:38.2; 5. Oliva Jang (Corn.) – 16:51.5; 6. Chris Murray (Corn.) – 16:52.1; 7. Henry Reinke (B) – 16:59.3; 9. Ryan Schramm (G) – 17:10.0; 17. Kiran Foster (G) – 17:51.6; 28. Robert Jackson (M) – 18:58.6; 36. Kia Ghezel-Ayagh (G) – 19:28.4; 49. Matthew Castellini (M) – 21:33.1; 55. Christopher Yeaple (M) – 22:37.5.

Class C
Team results: 1. James I. O’Neill – 25; 2. Red Hook – 45; 3. Onteora – 97; 4. Ellenville – 99; 5. Highland – 157; 6. Dover – 167; 7. Fallsburg – 173; 8. Spackenkill – 183.
Individual results: 1. Carson Darling (JIO) – 16:48.9; 2. Liam Boyd (RH) – 17:15.8; 3. Peter Dacunto (JIO) – 17:19.5; 4. Wilson Rutherford (JIO) – 17:25.8; 4. Vincent Smaldone (RH) – 17:36.1; 6. Chris Jordan (RV) – 17:42.9; 7. Landon Hembt (Ellen) – 17:49.8; 8. Justin Cardwell (D) – 17:57.2; 9. Greg Luzzatto (JIO) – 18:04.8; 11. Jeremy Stoll (JIO) – 18:28.2; 20. Basil Metz (H) – 18:59.5; 36. Alexander Weiss (H) – 20:56.0; 37. Alexander Papazov (H) 21:15.6; 42; Zachary Haeser (H) – 22:02.0; 44. Maddox Thibault-Edmonds (H) – 22:30.2; 45. Trevor Ebert (H) – 22:41..

Girls

Class B
Team results: 1. Cornwall – 23; 2. Our Lady of Lourdes – 72; 3. Monticello – 77; 4. Goshen – 82; 5. New Paltz -110; 6. Saugerties – 180.
Individual results: 1. Karrie Baloga (Corn.) – 16:18.7; 2. Kerry Murphy (Corn.) – 18:55.7; 3. Isabella Colabatistto (OLL) – 18:55.7; 4. Gianna Catalano (G) – 20:40.5; 5. Sophia Semo (Corn.) – 20:43.9; 6. Olivia Cibrika (Corn.) – 20:44.9; 7. Clio Miller (NP) – 21:44.0; 8. Ashlyn Labrenz (OLL) – 21:49.9; 9. Frances Teague (Corn.) – 22:04.2; 10. Rachel Thorne (Corn.) – 22:08.2; 38. Andrea Kuha (M) – 27:18.3; 41. Gabriella Murphy (M) – 28:07.9.

Class C
Team results: 1. James I. O’Neill – 15; 2. Onteora – 72; 3. Highland – 103; 4. Rondout Valley – 109; 5. Fallsburg – 118; 6. Red Hook – 120.

Individual results: 1. Leah Richardson (JIO) – 19:26.0; 2. Erin Smith (JIO) – 21:16.7; 3. Kaelyn Mitroka (JIO) – 21:20.3; 4. Tessa Hendrickson (JIO) – 21:25.6; 5. Alexandra Gash (JIO) – 21:43.0; 8. Nataly Zempoaltecatl (F) – 21:56.6; 9. Greta Sutherland-Roth (RV) – 22:04.3; 10 Isabel Kinsella (RV) – 22:16.9; 11. Madeleine Mills (O) – 22:22.7; 12. Rachel Williams (O) 22:32.7; 13. Erica Angelillo (H) – 22:54.3; 14. Alexandra Carey (H) – 23:07.2; 19. Erin Smith (H) – 23:52.3; 27. Violet Brienza (H) – 25:10.4; 33. Delainey Redi (H) – 27:20.8.