PLATTSBURGH — Seton Catholic had the better race, but with two wins on Tuesday the Saranac boys' cross country team became the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference team champion.

The Knights swept the field in the four-team meet, defeating the Chiefs — only Saranac's second loss of 2011 — along with AuSable Valley and Ticonderoga.

Saranac (15-2) earned wins over AuSable Valley and Ticonderoga.

The Seton Catholic girls' team (16-1) also had a strong day with three victories.

With Peru (16-1) winning twice also, and the two teams tied in head-to-head competition this year, the league champion will be determined in a run-off in the CVAC meet this Saturday.

Mitchell Ryan and Barrett Waling finished 1-2 for Seton Catholic in the boys' race, with Ryan crossing the finish line in 16:51 and Waling 11 seconds later.

Josh Wade took third to lead the Chiefs, who had seven runners in the top 15. The next finisher for Saranac was Zach LePage in seventh.

Tyler Belden took fourth to lead the Sentinels (9-9).

Margaret Champagne added another first-place finish for Seton in the girls' race, clocking in at 19:40, more than a minute ahead of the rest of the field.

Teammate Phoebe Christopher took second. The Knights had all five of their runners finish in the top eight.

Saranac's Tracy Rush and Lexi Blockson took third and fourth, respectively, as the Chiefs (14-4) earned wins over Ticonderoga and AuSable Valley (0-16).

Hannah Herbet's 14th-place finish paced the Sentinels (0-13).

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Boys

Seton 25, Saranac 32

Seton 24, Ticonderoga 31

Seton 15, AuSable 50

Saranac 23, Ticonderoga 37

Saranac 15, AuSable 50

Top 15 individuals

1, Ryan, (SC), 16:51. 2, Waling, (SC), 17:02. 3, Wade, (Sar), 17:11. 4, Belden, (Ti), 17:53. 5, Nazir, (Ti), 17:59. 6, Christopher, (SC), 18:04. 7, LePage, (Sar), 18:13. 8, Page, (SC), 18:25. 9, Medeiros, (Sar), 18:27. 10,Strack, (Sar), 18:34.

11, Tyrell, (Sar), 18:36. 12, N. Dormann, (Sar), 18:46. 13, Silliman, (Ti), 18:49. 14, Snyder, (Sar), 19:00. 15, Young, (Ti), 19:06.

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Girls

Seton 23, Saranac 32

Seton 15, Ticonderoga 50

Seton 15, AuSable 50

Saranac 15, AuSable 50

Saranac 15, Ticonderoga 50

Top 15 individuals

1, Champagne (SC), 19:40. 2, Christopher (SC), 21:00. 3, Rush (Sar), 21:15. 4, Blockson (Sar), 21:23. 5, Whyman (SC), 21:53. 6, Kelly (Sar), 22:23. 7, Chapman (SC), 22:33. 8, Munn (SC), 22:39. 9, Andre (Sar), 22:58. 10, Manor (Sar), 23:02. 11, Casey-Sanger (Sar), 23:03. 12, Haley (Sar), 23:09. 13, Racette (Sar), 23:16. 14, Herbet (Ti), 23:52. 15, Liechty (Sar), 24:14.

B'town boys, Peru girls sweep

PLATTSBURGH — Peru's Ashley Leta overtook Emma Deshaies in the closing seconds as the Indians won twice to finish the regular season tied with Seton Catholic.

Though Deshaies led most of the race, Leta was able to finish first in 19:09, just three seconds ahead of Deshaies.

Meghan Mazzella (third) Cheyanne Dobozy (fourth) and Maria Remillard (sixth) helped the Indians earn wins over both the Hornets and Beekmantown.

Plattsburgh's Maddie O'Connell finished seventh as the Hornets (5-10) defeated Beekmantown.

Maile Sapp had the best finish for the Eagles (3-13), taking fifth.

In the boys' race, Matt Simpson, Colin Quackenbush and Jordan West finished 3-4-5 to push the Eagles' regular-season record to 13-5 with a sweep over Peru and Plattsburgh.

Jeriqho Gadway placed second to lead the Hornets to a win over the Indians. Borge Wiik took eighth and Keenan Hunt-Stone, 10th, for PHS (12-6).

Dan Lennon added another win, crossing the finish line in 16:23 for Peru (13-4). James Downs and Kyler Agoney finished 6-7.

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Boys

Beekmantown 24, Peru 33

Beekmantown 23, Plattsburgh 33

Plattsburgh 28, Peru 29

Top 15 individuals

1, Lennon (Peru), 16:23. 2, Gadway (PHS), 16:57. 3, Simpson (B), 17:08. 4, Quackenbush (B), 17:13. 5, West (B), 17:15. 6, J. Downs (Peru), 17:22. 7, Agoney (Peru), 17:24. 8, Wiik (PHS), 17:35. 9, Graziane (Beek), 17:35. 10, Hunt-Stone (PHS), 18:22. 11, Senecal (B), 18:24. 12, Cyphers (PHS), 18:45. 13, B. Couture (B), 18:47. 14, Qudsi (PHS), 19:15. 15, Dellelo (PHS), 19:15.

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Girls

Peru 17, Beekmantown 46

Peru 20, Plattsburgh 41

Plattsburgh 23, Beekmantown 35

Top 15 individuals

1, Leta (Peru), 19:09. 2, Deshaies (PHS), 19:12. 3, Mazzella (Peru), 19:41. 4, Dobozy (Peru), 19:59. 5, Sapp (B), 20:40. 6, Remillard (Peru), 21:26. 7, O'Connell (PHS), 21:53. 8, Fliss (Peru), 23:06. 9, Durocher (Peru), 23:16. 10, Tourville (Peru), 23:33. 11, Bulriss (PHS), 23:50. 12, Sullivan (Peru), 23:56. 13, Mclean (Peru), 24:00. 14, Delisle (B), 24:02. 15, Wilson (Peru), 24:04.

NCCS boys, girls sweep

CHAMPLAIN — Northeastern Clinton's Landon Gosselin got his first varsity win in his last race as the Cougars' teams both swept Saranac Lake and Lake Placid.

Gosselin clocked in at 19:13 to finish first in the boys' race. The Cougars claimed the top four spots, with Gosselin being followed by Sean Kuzmin, Neil Miller and Anthony Piche.

Saranac Lake's Max Paul finished sixth to help the Red Storm defeat Lake Placid.

Samantha Smith took second and Justine Rabideau, fifth, to lead the Northeastern Clinton girls.

Elena Beideck grabbed a third-place finish as Saranac Lake beat Lake Placid. Teammate Zoe Tyler finished in sixth.

Nina Armstrong placed first in 20:15 for Lake Placid.

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Boys

NCCS 16, Lake Placid 41

NCCS 20, Saranac Lake 35

Saranac Lake 16, Lake Placid 45

Top 15 individuals

1, Gosselin (NCCS), 19:13. 2, Kuzmin (NCCS), 19:37. 3, Miller (NCCS), 19:42. Piche (NCCS), 19:45. 5, Paul (SL) 19:47. 6, Hyde (SL), 20:07. 7, Willette (SL) 20:28. 8, Klein (SL), 20:37. 9, Stosiek (LP) 20:49. 10, Pelleteiri (SL), 21:00.

11, Stutler (NCCS), 21:32. 12, Rissberger (LP), 21:41. 13, Schneider (SL), 21:07. 14, Miller (SL), 21:09. 15, Greenberg (SL), 21:23.

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Girls

NCCS 15, Lake Placid 50

NCCS 26, Saranac Lake 29

Saranac Lake 15, Lake Placid 50

Top 15 individuals

1, N. Armstrong (LP) 20:15. 2, Smith (NCCS). 20:39. 3, Beidech (SL), 22:02.

4, G. Armstrong (LP), 22:44. 5, Rabideau (NCCS), 23:35. 6, Tyler (SL), 24:07. 7, Riggs (SL), 24:10. 8, Hipko (NCCS), 24:15. 9, Bechard (NCCS), 24:30. 10, Izzo (LP), 24:51.

11, Sullivan (SL), 25:10. 12, Arless (NCCS), 25:31. 13, A. Woodruff (SL), 26:55. 14, K. Woodruff (SL), 26:57. 15, Leib (SL), 29:15.