Xavier Wins Team Title At New England Championships

BELFAST, ME — Connecticut runners in general, and Xavier athletes in particular, turned in impressive performances Saturday at the New England Cross Country Championships at Troy Howard Middle School.

Xavier High School of Middletown won the boys team division with 74 points, outdistancing the 103 posted by runner-up Staples of Westport. Four other boys teams from Connecticut finished in the top 10.

Individually, State Open champion Drew Thompson of Fairfield Prep duplicated that success at the New Englands, covering the 3.1 mile course in 15:16.66 to leave runner-up Riley Fenoff of the Danville School (VT) behind by nearly 32 seconds.

Pinkerton (NH) won the girls team title with 163 points, with Glastonbury placing third with 212. Two other Connecticut schools placed in the girls top 10.

Two-time State Open winner Morgan McCormick of Wilton was the first girl from the Nutmeg State across the finish line, 19 seconds behind winner Julia Robitaille of Manchester West (NH) to claim fourth place.

A total of 22 Connecticut boys and 12 girls placed in the top 50. The boys race had 256 competitors, while 267 athletes ran in the girls race.

Here are the winners and top Connecticut finishers in each race. Click the boys and girls headers for complete results.

BOYS

Teams

1. Xavier, 74 points

2. Staples, 103

6. Fairfield Warde, 212

7. Fairfield Prep, 224

8. Haddam-Killingworth, 266

9. Hall, 328

Individuals

1. Drew Thompson, Fairfield Prep, 15:16.66

3. Brendan Murray, Cheshire

5. Benjamin Seiple, Staples

6. Robert Dillon, Shelton

7. Christian Myers, Staples

9. Maximillian Sparks, Canton

11. William Landowne, Staples

12. Dillon Selfors, Xavier

13. Owen Curran, Xavier

15. Joe Pearl, Manchester

17. Trey Cormier, Hall

21. Killian McNamee, Tolland

22. Alex Mocarski, Fairfield Warde

23. Robbie Cozean, Xavier

27. Andrew Meredith, Haddam-Killingworth

30. Peter Schulten, Xavier

31. William Curran, Xavier

38. James Maniscalco, Fairfield Warde

42. Danny Jagoe, Fairfield Warde

44. Mackinnon Sheldon, Fairfield Prep

45. Daniel Schumann, Haddam-Killingworth

48. Mayo Smith, Staples

GIRLS

Teams

1. Pinkerton (NH), 163 points

3. Glastonbury, 212

8. Danbury, 251

10. Pomperaug, 293

Individuals

1. Julia Robitaille, Manchester West (NH), 17:31.65

4. Morgan McCormick, Wilton

5. Katherine Wiser, Pomperaug

13. Meredith Bloss, Guilford

21. Angela Saidman, Immaculate

24. Kylie Raymond, Somers

26. Kate Hedlund, Manchester

34. Lauren Moore, Danbury

37. Alexandra Chakar, Danbury

43. Alexandra Ross, Glastonbury

44. Elizabeth Stockman, Rocky Hill

45. Angela Braga, Glastonbury

50. Celia Chacko, Aerospace

Story and file photo by Tim Jensen