CHS Girls Cross Country Team Win 1st Place In Guilford On 9-29-22

CHS GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM WIN 1ST PLACE AT THE SCC DIVISIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 IN GUILFORD. THEY ARE NOW THE 2022 HOUSATONIC DIVISION CHAMPIONS FOR THE 2ND YEAR IN A ROW!

Article & Photo BY FRANK LOGIUDICE.

The sun always shines for the CHS Girls Cross Country Team. On Sep 29, 2022 they competed at the SCC Divisional Championship at the Guilford Fairgrounds in Guilford on Thursday September 29th. They did extremely well and they won 1st Place with a score of 35. The Rams are now the 2022 Housatonic Division Champions again for the 2nd year in a row and they have won it 12 or 13 times previously stated Head Coach Rob Schaefer. The other teams CHS defeated were #2 Amity score 38, #3 Shelton score 66, #4 Lyman Hall score 105 & #5 Sheehan DNS.

The top scorers for the Rams were Alexa Ciccone finishing first again with a time of 18:04 and her time this year setted a new course record stated Head Coach Rob Schaefer. In addition, she beat her time of 18:54 in 2021, commented Schaefer. Other highest scorers for CHS were #6 Emily D’Souza time 20:00, #7 Mia Vientos 20:10, she beat her time from last year of 20:30, #14 Ava Ciccone time 21:08, #23 Sam Mudry time 22:20 she beat her time from last year of 24:11 #28 Eva Curran time 22:47, #29 Jocelyn Grace time 22:53 & #31 Abby Cortigiano time 23:10.

Head Coach Schaefer was pleased with his team’s victory at the SCC Divisional Championship on September 29th. “ We won the Housatonic Division Championship. A surprise was the competitiveness of the Amity girls. We barely beat them. Alexa Ciccone was the Housatonic Champion. She set the course record. Her time was the fastest of the day,” stated Schaefer. He commented further, “Amity challenged us and we responded. Our team effort was forceful. We are ahead of last year's team's skills, and last year's team was talented! Our season is going well, but there is plenty more work to do,” stated Schaefer.

The next event for the CHS Girls Cross Country team will be the Wickham Invitational on Saturday, October 8, 2022 in Manchester. Race time 9 a.m.