Furman, Monroe earn Student-Athlete Spotlight honors

Anna Furman has made winning the Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association girls cross country championship a fall tradition. The Tri-Valley senior added another chapter Saturday, capturing her third consecutive OCIAA individual title in 17 minutes, 38 seconds and continuing a remarkable run that has established her among the state’s premier distance runners. For her efforts, Furman has earned Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler’s Student-Athlete Spotlight. Ty Monroe of Saugerties, who won last week’s Section 9 boys golf championship, is the boys honoree. Saugerties golfer Ty Monroe. Furman’s latest championship follows two dominant seasons in which she won the county meet, the Section 9 Class D title and the state Class D individual championship. Last fall, Furman won the OCIAA championship at Sanfordville Elementary School in Warwick, finishing nearly a minute ahead of the runner-up. She followed that performance by winning the Section 9 Class D championship before