Grace Harkness | XC Results and Championship Watch

Fall 2026 form · Reviewed October 23

Grace Harkness: recent racing and championship watch

Chenango Forks · Class C watch · September 12–October 23 review

STAC girls small: published seed #6

Conference seed mark: 21:25.80. The conference list does not identify its race date or course. It is a seed reference, not an additional 2026 finish or a season-best claim.

Date Race and field Course Race place Published time
Oct 17, 2026 Marathon InvitationalGirls varsity seeded 5K 49th 25:38.1
Oct 3, 2026 McQuaid InvitationalPublished race division 3 miles 158th 23:20.3
Sep 26, 2026 Baldwinsville InvitationalPublished race division 5K 86th 23:59.7
Sep 19, 2026 Norwich Tornado 5000Published race division 5K 9th 24:21.45

Who to compare

Houser led Heath by 19.0 seconds in Owego’s varsity girls race on September 25 (19:31.8 to 19:50.8). Heath finished ahead at Pete Matzke on October 2 (20:29.1 to 21:04.6). Houser then ran 20:55.4 at Marathon, 21.6 seconds ahead of Little in the same seeded race.

All three are in STAC’s small-school girls discussion. At sectionals, Heath’s Class B watch separates from Houser and Little’s Class C watch. Chenango Forks’ depth is the team story. Arianna Hepler is on the current seed list, with no new finish verified in this review.

Explore: Lyla Houser, Sarah Heath, Clara Little, Arianna Hepler, Lena Lindow, Ella Goodrich, Katherine Yahner, Rebecca Yahner.

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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