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V-V-S Invitational (NY)

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Defending NXN champions and Flo50 No. 3 ranked Fayetteville-Manlius made a statement in their season opener, scoring just 18 points in the team merge as new face Kaitlyn Neal won the individual title in 18:44.2.

Neal is a senior transfer from Skaneateles, where she recorded personal best times of 4:46 for 1500m, 10:13 for 3k and 17:52 for three miles. She was runner-up at the New York State XC Championship in 2013.

Fellow senior Samantha Levy scored runner-up honors for FM (19:13), as the Hornets' eighth-grader Claire Walters (19:23) and sophomores Sophia Ryan (19:24) and Palmer Madsen (19:25) placed in the top six overall.

Liverpool senior Ben Petrella won the boys title in 15:58.2. Petrella is ranked No. 16 in the Saucony Flo50 National XC Rankings.

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