Pearl River senior Brian Cook ran a Section 1 record time of 15:45.2 to become the first runner from Rockland County to win a Federation championship Saturday at Bowdoin Park in Wappinger Falls.
Cook's time is also the sixth best in New York State history and the eighth-fastest time ever run on the Bowdoin Park course.
The Pearl River girls finished fourth in the team standings. John Jay-Cross River,the team the Pirates edged for the Section 1 Class B championship by a tiebreaker, won the girls team Federation title. Freshman Ailish Durcan ran the top time for Pearl River, 19:55.7, placing her 55th overall.
Corning freshman Jessica Lawson won the girls individual championship, running the course in 18:16.2. Suffern freshman Rachel Ludwikowski took seventh and Tappan Zee's Erin Jaskot was 12th. Liverpool won the boys team championship, with Tappan Zee coming in ninth.
Full results are available on tullyrunners.com here.
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