Fall 2026 form · Reviewed October 23

Alana Fletcher: recent racing and championship watch

Vestal · Class B watch · September 12–October 23 review

Section IV contender watch

Date Race and field Course Race place Published time
Oct 10, 2026 Manhattan InvitationalPublished race division 2.5 miles 24th 16:35.4
Oct 3, 2026 McQuaid InvitationalPublished race division 3 miles 2nd 19:19.6
Sep 26, 2026 Baldwinsville InvitationalPublished race division 5K 22nd 20:30.5
Sep 19, 2026 Conwicke-Stock InvitationalGirls varsity XC course 20th 21:37.5

Who to compare

Novotny placed fourth at Conwicke-Stock in 20:07.2, 24.9 seconds ahead of Zhang. Novotny also won Pete Matzke in 19:59.2. Zhang ran 18:59.8 over McQuaid’s three miles on October 3.

The Class B preview includes Vestal’s depth and Owego’s Sarah Heath. Manhattan entries from different girls divisions are not presented as direct head-to-head finishes.

Explore: Hellen Zhang, Madison Novotny, Kayla Fletcher.

STAC awards large-school and small-school titles. Section IV uses Classes A–D, so league rivals can separate at sectionals. This is a Confluence watchlist based on published results and seeds, not a final sectional entry list. Race places belong to their own divisions. Different XC courses and distances are not directly comparable.

Sources: Section IV published result history, October 22 conference seeds and the linked meet reports. Times keep the precision in the reviewed result history. Course distances are shown only where identified in the meet materials. 2026 Section IV handbook. Final entries and later timer corrections take precedence.

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