Fall 2026 form · Reviewed October 23

Oliver Parsons: recent racing and championship watch

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

STAC boys large: published seed #3

Conference seed mark: 15:58.80. 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
Sep 25, 2026 Owego Night InvitationalBoys varsity 3.1 miles 5th 15:58.8
Sep 19, 2026 Conwicke-Stock InvitationalBoys varsity XC course 2nd 16:38.7

Who to compare

At Owego on September 25, Parsons, Middendorf, Hayes and Ciaravino placed fifth, seventh, eighth and tenth. Their published times span 23.3 seconds. Johnson City’s Connor Smith was 12th in that same race at 16:23.1.

Vestal competes in STAC large school, while Johnson City is in STAC small school. Their sectional Class B comparison brings them back into the same class. Titus Patton’s published STAC seed mark is kept separate from his October race results.

Explore: Kevin Middendorf, Titus Patton, Tyler Hayes, Thomas Ciaravino, Connor Smith, Nicholas Luti.

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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