Fall 2026 form · Reviewed October 23

Alison Belcher: recent racing and championship watch

Groton · Class D watch · September 12–October 23 review

Section IV contender watch

Date Race and field Course Race place Published time
Oct 20, 2026 Whitney Point InvitationalGirls varsity XC course 1st 20:40.9
Oct 3, 2026 McQuaid InvitationalPublished race division 3 miles 28th 19:49.8
Sep 26, 2026 Baldwinsville InvitationalPublished race division 5K 16th 20:38.0
Sep 19, 2026 East Syracuse-Minoa InvitationalPublished race division XC course 13th 20:52.1

Who to compare

Morgan beat Farberman by 7.0 seconds in Marathon’s unseeded girls race, 20:55.9 to 21:02.9. Sherwood ran 20:59.7 in a separate seeded race that day. At Whitney Point on October 20, Belcher won in 20:40.9, Buttacavoli was second in 21:38.8 and Farberman third in 23:07.9.

The Class D watch includes Southern Cayuga, Edmeston-Morris, Groton, Odessa-Montour and Deposit-Hancock. A combined clock-time list from separate Marathon races is not a head-to-head result.

Explore: Alexandria Morgan, Paige Sherwood, Madison Farberman, Janne Anderson, Kali Buttacavoli, Gracie Williamson.

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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