Crosstown Rival Schools Snag Top Spots In Cross Country Polls

Crosstown rival schools Conard and Hall of West Hartford topped the boys and girls rankings, respectively, in the most recent balloting of Connecticut high school cross country coaches. Each team garnered 13 of 14 first-place nods to set the pace.

Here are the top 10, with first-place votes in parentheses, as well as all other squads receiving votes.

BOYS

1. Conard (13)
2. Tolland
3. (tie) Xavier (1)
3. (tie) Staples
5. Danbury
6. Ridgefield
7. Glastonbury
8. Hall
9. Haddam-Killingworth
10. Southington

Also receiving votes: East Lyme, Trumbull, Suffield, Amity, Immaculate, Westhill.

Coaches voting: Richard Andreozzi, Notre Dame-West Haven; Sean Astle, Greenwich; Jeff Billing, Hall; Brandon Elliott, Tolland; Connor Green, Southington; Ron Knapp, Conard; Bryan Kovalsky, Ridgefield; Richie Kremer, Simsbury; Laddie Lawrence, Staples; Robert Murray, Danbury; Erik Petersen, Simsbury; Christopher Stonier, Xavier; Jaclyn Sullivan, Norwich Free Academy; Adam Zylberman, Ellington.

GIRLS

1. Hall (13)
2. Ridgefield (1)
3. Trumbull
4. Immaculate
5. Danbury
6. Glastonbury
7. New Canaan
8. Pomperaug
9. E.O. Smith
10. Wilton

Also receiving votes: East Lyme, Simsbury, Tolland, Fairfield Ludlowe, Staples, Amity, Fairfield Warde, Guilford, Haddam-Killingworth, New Milford, Old Saybrook.

Coaches voting: Jeffrey Brentson, New Canaan; Brian Collins, Glastonbury; Mike Flynn, East Lyme; Ellis Gill, Lauralton Hall; John Goetz, Ridgefield; Connor Green, Southington; Jorge Guerra, E.O. Smith; Ron Knapp, Conard; Richie Kremer, Simsbury; Bill Mongovan, Greenwich; Steve Norris, Darien; Jaclyn Sullivan, Norwich Free Academy; Giles Vaughan, New Milford; Adam Zylberman, Ellington.