Top runners and teams from the Center State Conference and Section III's Tri-Valley League gathered Saturday afternoon for their leagues' annual championship meets, the CSC at Herkimer College and the TVL at New Hartford's Perry Junior High School.
In addition to recognizing individual and team champions at the meet, both leagues have adopted point systems that include the championship meet plus dual meet results to determine their champions.
Area teams have a quiet weekend coming up − Adirondack hosts its annual John Bernard Invitational Saturday − before the Nov. 5 Section III championship meet at Vernon-Verona-Sherrill.
Center State boys
Senior Kole Owens won the boys' Center State Conference race and led the Sauquoit Valley Indians to the team title with teammates Alex Keller, a sophomore, Matthew Hanna, a senior, and Johnny Mudge, a junior, joining him among the top 10 finishers in a field of 115 runners.