Brenna Symoniak must really like the color orange.
The Amherst cross country/track standout announced at Saturday's Alden Bulldog Stampede that she's accepted an athletic scholarship to Syracuse. She said her scholarship will cover over 70 percent of her college expenses.
She had narrowed her choices down to Syracuse and North Carolina.
"I liked both coaches, but when I went to Syracuse I just felt like that was my school," she said. "I didn't think that was going to happen, but it made it a lot easier."
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It's probably close enough to Halloween to describe the East Aurora girls as scary good. They are ranked No. 10 in the nation by dystat.com.
The Blue Devils were missing their top three runners at the Stampede due to illness and still managed to win the large school team title by 88 points.
"I don't think we're 10, but we're definitely a top-20 team," said coach Walt McLaughlin. "We don't talk about it that much because rankings don't win meets. We want to run really well at ECICs, Sectionals, states. We've got good strength, good speed up front. HFL [Honeoye Falls-Lima] is really a good team and we're going to need our best races to beat them."
---Mary Jo Monnin
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