In eerily similar fashion to the girls’ team, the boys’ cross country squad defeated Southold in the County Championship after falling to them earlier in the season. It was the second title of the three won by the Bears on this historic day along with the girls’ cross country and soccer teams.

The boys’ thirteenth Suffolk County title in program history may have also been their closest. When the race was over the Bears and Settlers were deadlocked in a 28-28 tie, requiring the officials to go to a tiebreaker. Proof that every member is vital to a team, the championship came down to the position of Stony Brook’s sixth man, freshman Darryl Baker, who placed ahead of Southold’s fifth and sixth runners to give the Blue and White the title. The championship win was Coach Jake Morley’s fourth to go along with a trio of victories from 2006-2008. With the victory, the boys earn a spot in next Saturday’s New York State Meet in Pawling, NY.

Individual Results

Place	Runner	School	Time
1	Salvatore Manno	Southold	19:44
2	Yisheng Cai	Stony Brook	20:08
3	Griffin Quist	Southold	20:17
4	Will Tseng	Stony Brook	20:30
5	Jeffrey Fung	Stony Brook	21:16
6	Ryan Hanrahan	Southold	21:18
7	John Tomici	Southold	21:33
8	Justin Thompson	Stony Brook	22:03
9	Terry Huang	Stony Brook	22:18
10	Darryl Baker	Stony Brook	22:21
11	Frank Cone	Southold	22:31
12	Nicolas Amara	Southold	22:49
13	Matthew Reilly	Southold	23:03
14	Yi He	Stony Brook	24:11

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