The Ocean Breeze WaveRunners kicked off the 2025 Cross Country Season at Van Cortlandt Park on Sunday, September 14th. The team took home 24 medals & three age-group trophies (9-10 boys first-place, 9-10 girls second-place & 11-12 boys second-place)

Below are the team results from USATF NY Youth Cross Country Youth Series Meet #1:

Boys 15-18 - 5K

• First Place - Adrianko Tomecek – 21:07.5

Boys 9-10 - 3.3K

• First Place -Zain Azemi – 14:08.3
• Fifth Place - Noah Ramos – 15:06.7
• Sixth Place - Hudson McGuire – 15:07.7
• Eighth Place - Jaiden Goonawardena – 15:18.3
• 12th Place - Joseph Zarrilli – 15:40.6
• 14th Place - Declan Longobardi – 16:15.9
• 17th Place - Brian Mitchell Jr. – 16:18.6
• 19th Place - Ali Azemi – 16:28.5
• 20th Place - Daniel Tomecek – 16:36.2
• 24th Place - Ayden Chen – 19:11.6
• 26th Place - Adrian Litvinov – 21:52.6
• 27th Place - Bevon Anderson – 30:21.7

Boys 13-14 - 4K

• Third Place - Timothy Kliesch – 16:10.3
• Eighth Place - Robert Genco Jr. – 19:05.5
• Tenth Place - Giovanni Morreale – 19:46.2

Boys 8 & Under - 2K

• Fifth Place - Brayden Pirozzolo – 10:18.2
• Seventh Place - Johan Anderson – 10:23.7
• Ninth Place - Bryson Europe – 14:06.5

Boys 11-12 - 3K

• 13th Place - Charlie Merillo – 13:31.6
• 14th Place - Luis Reyes – 13:42.3
• 18th Place - Giacomo Gagliardotto – 15:52.9
• 21st Place - Christian Merillo – 18:02.3
• 23rd Place - Nehan Wickramanayake – 20:21.7
• 24th Place - Luke Gigliotti – 24:39.5
• 25th Place - Nico Piscopo – 25:29.4

Girls 13-14 - 4K

• Third Place - Gabriella Mitchell – 17:34.0
• Fourth Place - Genevieve Pantaleo – 18:15.1
• Sixth Place - Ava Barrett – 20:10.8
• 21st Place - Monica Chen – 41:19.7

Girls 11-12 - 3K

• Fourth Place - Savannah McGuire – 14:26.2
• Sixth Place - Kylie Kidney – 14:56.6
• 13th Place - Presley Capone – 15:58.0

Girls 9-10 - 3.3K

• Fifth Place - Victoria Pavani – 16:14.1
• Seventh Place - Nicole Valladares – 16:22.6
• Ninth Place - Eloah Bonaldo – 16:48.4
• 18th Place - Victoria Fahoum – 18:38.6
• 24th Place - Amber Chen – 21:38.9

The team returns home this weekend to compete in the Ocean Breeze Youth Season Opener, right here in Ocean Breeze Park, on Sunday, September 21st