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Cross Country: Pfennig posts top time for Mattituck at states

By The Suffolk Times

ROBERT O'ROURK PHOTO | Mattituck freshman Melanie Pfennig, shown here during the division championship, helped lead the Tuckers to a second straight county title Saturday at Sunken Meadow State Park.
ROBERT O’ROURK PHOTO | Mattituck freshman Melanie Pfennig, shown here during the division championship, was the top finisher for Mattituck at the state championships today.

Mattituck freshman Melanie Pfennig ran 20 minutes, 1.6 seconds to finish 48th overall in the Class C New York State Championship race Saturday morning at Queensbury High School. Pfennig ran the top time for the Tuckers, who finished 10th as a team.

Pfennig’s time was good enough for 20th in the team scoring.

She was followed by junior Kaylee Bergen (21:05.4), sophomore Mia Vasile-Cozzo (22:10.7), sophomore Audrey Hoeg (22:13.2) and Tiana Baker (22:48.4) for the team scoring. Freshman Sascha Rosin finished in 23:01.7.

Southold senior Katie Connolly ran in the Class D race and finished in 22:05.6

In the boys Class C race, Mattituck sophomore Lucas Webb finished 83rd overall in 17:59.5. Freshman Matt Heffernan ran 18:52.3.

Four Southold boys competed in the Class D race. Junior Jonathan Rempe ran the top time in 17:32.8, followed by freshman Owen Klipstein (17:40.6), Jeremy Rempe (18:53.9) and junior Gus Rymer (19:48.6).

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