Immaculate, Danbury High School Runners Qualify for State Open

MANCHESTER, CT — Immaculate and Danbury high schools will each be represented in both races at the State Open cross country championships this Friday at Wickham Park in Manchester.

At the class meets Saturday, also at Wickham Park, Immaculate's girls team won Class SS, led by a 1-2-3 finish, and a pair of Mustang boys qualified, while the Danbury boys team was second in LL and two Hatters qualified for the girls race.

Here are the champions of all 12 races, plus top 40 finishers from Immaculate and Danbury. Click a header for complete results from that division.

LL BOYS
Team Champion - Staples, 46 points
Individual - Zakeer Ahmad, Staples, 15:49
Danbury:

• Tyler Granja (11)
• Trevor Reed (12)
• Terrell Cunningham (18)
• Dan Nichols (20)
• Bradley Fox (22)
• Pedro Pereira (38)
• Spencer Mead (39)

LL GIRLS
Team Champion - Ridgefield, 57 points
Individual - Katelynn Romanchick, Trumbull, 19:22
Danbury:

• Lauren Moore (16)
• Cassandra Sturdevant (28)

L BOYS
Team Champion - New Milford, 54 points
Individual - Eli Nahom, New Milford, 16:33

L GIRLS
Team Champion - Pomperaug, 62 points
Individual - Morgan McCormick, Wilton, 18:50

MM BOYS
Team Champion - Joel Barlow, 88 points
Individual - Michael Bortolot, Joel Barlow, 16:30

MM GIRLS
Team Champion - RHAM, 68 points
Individual - Elise Symon, North Haven, 19:52

M BOYS
Team Champion - Tolland, 67 points
Individual - Josh Bedard, Tolland, 16:34

M GIRLS
Team Champion - Tolland, 26 points
Individual - Katherine Deloreto, Tolland, 18:49

SS BOYS
Team Champion - Haddam-Killingworth, 39 points
Individual - Daniel Schumann, Haddam-Killingworth, 16:33

SS GIRLS
Team Champion - Immaculate, 53 points
Individual - Angela Saidman, Immaculate, 19:24
Immaculate:

• Angela Saidman (1)
• Danielle Marcone (2)
• Bridget Gage (3)
• Taylor Mascetta (23)
• Christina Carboni (24)
• Diana Kirkman (28)

S BOYS
Team Champion - Lyman Memorial, 71 points
Individual - Sean Parker, Shepaug Valley, 16:15
Immaculate:

• Connor McNerney (3)
• Patrick Cropsey (5)
• Sean Connolly (17)
• Parker McKenzie (26)
• Ryan McNerney (29)
• William Gasparrini (31)

S GIRLS
Team Champion - Derby, 55 points
Individual - Emily Sienna, Hale Ray, 19:36

Photo credit: Tim Jensen