Area Teams Run Well at Stratton Brook Invitational

SIMSBURY, CT — More than 900 high school cross country runners converged on a state park in Simsbury Saturday for the 37th annual Stratton Brook Invitational.

Max Sparks of Canton and Kate Hedlund of Manchester captured the boys and girls large school varsity races, while Connor McNerney and Angela Saidman made it a clean sweep for Immaculate in the small school varsity events.

Glastonbury (girls) and Staples (boys) won the varsity team titles for large schools, and Immaculate snared both titles in the small school division.

Here are varsity race results, including top five team and top 20 individual finishes by runners from Patch towns in Hartford and Tolland counties. For complete results of all races, including JV and freshmen, click here.

BOYS LARGE SCHOOL

Teams

• 1. Staples, 30
• 3. Southington, 80
• 4. Conard, 119
• 5. Canton, 146

Individuals

• 1. Max Sparks, Canton, 16:33
• 5. Conner Leone, Southington
• 6. Patrick Daly, Hall
• 7. Aidan O'Donnell, Canton
• 10. Matthew Remigino, Conard
• 14. Sophonias Dires, Conard
• 16. Shane Leone, Southington
• 17. Sean Young, Southington
• 20. Jeff Hannigan, Southington

GIRLS LARGE SCHOOL

Teams

• 1. Glastonbury, 22
• 3. Southington, 113
• 4. Canton, 113
• 5. Manchester, 115

Individuals

• 1. Kate Hedlund, Manchester, 20:14
• 2. Alexandra Ross, Glastonbury
• 3. Grace Sparrow, Glastonbury
• 4. Angela Braga, Glastonbury
• 5. Brittany Anderson, Glastonbury
• 8. Kaylen Hughes, Glastonbury
• 9. Julia Caputo, Canton
• 10. Amanda Naylor, Glastonbury
• 11. Jane Frawley, Canton
• 13. Jenna Donnelly, Manchester
• 14. Julia Michnowicz, Southington
• 16. Sarah Minkiewicz, Southington
• 18. Kaitlyn Kijak, Windsor
• 19. Julia Leon, Manchester
• 20. Belle Magna, Canton

BOYS SMALL SCHOOL

Teams

• 1. Immaculate, 32
• 4. Northwest Catholic, 148
• 4. Granby Memorial, 148

Individuals

• 1. Connor McNerney, Immaculate, 17:22
• 5. Michael Stamm, Northwest Catholic
• 17. Aaron Belletsky, Northwest Catholic
• 18. Evan Holm, Granby Memorial

GIRLS SMALL SCHOOL

Teams

• 1. Immaculate, 26
• 2. Granby Memorial, 102

Individuals

• 1. Angela Saidman, Immaculate, 19:49
• 4. Kathryn Shea, Northwest Catholic
• 13. Kennedy Baggott, Granby Memorial
• 15. Jessica Gerace, Granby Memorial
• 16. Erin Gilhooly, Granby Memorial

Patch file photo