Oxford Cross Country Teams Win First Meets of Season

The Oxford boys and girls cross country teams opened up their seasons with wins this week. The girls are 3-0 and the boys are 2-0 on the season. 

Girls Results: The team beat Stratford, 15-50, Bunnell 24-34 and Laurelton Hall 21-36

Olivia Richter won the girls race by over a minute in 19:57 for 3.1 miles. Marcea Stilson came in 3rd in 21:01, Sara Ponce 6th in 22:14, Elizabeteh Racsko 12th 23:34, Savada Robinson 13th 23:35, Giovanna McMahon 14th 23:41 and Rebecca Buswell 18th in 24:54. Also running well for the girls were Lindsey Koski 24th in 25:33, Becky Gumbrewicz 37th in 28:03, Sarah Woolfrey 39th in 28:21, Mila Bowersox 40th in 28:35, Hannah VanBuiten 42nd 29:03, Maggie Palys  43rd in 29:04, Anne Dennen 48th in 30:04, Michaela Ryan 49th in 30:47, Samatha Orner 51st in 31:05, and Emily Bockisch 55th in 32:38.

Boys Results: The team beat Stratford 17-38 and Bunnell 22-33 

Cameron Swift came in first place overall with a time of 18:27 for the 3.1 mile course. Brandon Au came in 3rd in 18:50, Zach Frew 4th in 18:54, Chris Gee 7th in 21:01 and Sean Coffindaffer 9th in 21:48. Also running well for the boys was Robert Lee 19th in 22:44, Zack Latka 23rd 23:25, Joe Venturini 25th 23:52, Greg Herold 27th in 24:15, and Noah Burdis 31st in 25:04. 

The next meet is Saturday at the Windham Invitational in Willimantic CT.