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QUEENSBURY – Exhaustion and a grimace crossed Jackson Majewski's face as he lay on the ground just a few feet from the finish line, but they soon gave way to elation for the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake sophomore when the final results were posted in the boys' Class B championship race.
Running stride for stride with teammate Ethan Owen throughout the 5k race, Majewski finished fifth overall but second in the team scoring, with Owen finishing third in the team scoring as Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake captured another New York State championship Saturday at Queensbury High.
"I felt good all the way through it. We had a good pack going there," Majewski said. "Me and Ethan were working together all the way and I had just a little bit more in the finish."
Depth was the key as Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake won the boys' Class B team title for the ninth time in the last 10 years the meet has been held. Dylan Piel scored 10 points, Cooper Johnston 21 and Jackson Cooper's 25 points secured the title by a 17-point margin over Pittsford Sutherland.
For Owen, who finished seventh overall, the team win is the third state championship he has been a part of.
"We were together, leading the charge and we had enough points at the end to get the job done," Owen said. "This is my last one. We're excited to go out with a bang. We're just excited to get another one done."
"This is my second," Majewski said. "It makes everything we do feel better and easier just working, knowing the end goal of being state champions. It feels amazing."
Bethlehem hoped to secure its second state title in three years but fell just short in Class A.
Though disappointed with the outcome, Bethlehem senior Anna Chrapowitzky offered congratulations near the finish line to members of the winning Northport team as the Tigers scored 53 points to Bethlehem's 64.
"Our expectation revolved around all the things we've been executing this year for all the work we put in," Chrapowitzky said. "Going into it, we all had that attitude and everybody gave it their all. We ran together."
Shenendehowa junior Riley Lynch held a slim lead at the one- and two-mile markers before recording a seventh-place finish overall and Chrapowitzky's teammate, sophomore Sophia Chromczak, placed ninth.
Saratoga's Brent Pasek finished seventh overall in the Class A race and helped the Blue Streaks to a second-place finish in the team scoring.
Winners of the Section 2 title without regular competitors Levi Layden and Jackson Shaw, Pasek was proud of the season his team put together.
"We had our sights set on states and trying to get a title, but either way, we had a lot of setbacks and it is important the way we competed despite our circumstances," Pasek said.
Burnt Hills sophomore Serafina Battuello finished sixth in the Class B race and helped the Spartans to a third-place finish in team competition.
Battuello finished with a time of 18:29.8, with Scotia senior Kiera Macintosh close behind in eighth place in 18:36.8.
Holy Names junior Maeve Joyce finished third in Class C, while Savannah Schmidt's fifth-place finish helped Voorheesville to fourth in team scoring.
Chatham sophomore Madeline Waring was the top Section 2 runner in Class D with her 12th-place finish while Greenville finished ninth in the team competition.
In boys' Class C, Voorheesville freshman Carter Ward was the first Section 2 runner across the line, finishing 13th as he helped the Blackbirds to a fifth-place finish in the team scoring.
Greenville placed fifth in the Class D team scoring while Maple Hill senior Max Tadjbakhsh finished fifth overall.
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This article originally published at Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake boys capture another NYS cross country title; Bethlehem girls finish 2nd.
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