West Hartford Scholastic Runners Qualify for State Open

MANCHESTER, CT — All three West Hartford high schools will be represented at the State Open cross country championships this Friday at Wickham Park in Manchester.

At the class meets Saturday, also at Wickham Park, three girls and two boys from Conard, Hall and Northwest Catholic qualified for the Open in their respective races.

Conard will send Gwendolyn Geisler, Lindsey Chen and Samuel Nanni to the Open. Hall will be represented by Trey Cormier, while Kathryn Shea will run for Northwest Catholic.

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

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

• Samuel Nanni (27)

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

• Gwendolyn Geisler (13)
• Lindsey Chen (22)

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

• Trey Cormier (13)
• Matthew Reynolds (18)
• Jacob Rocheleau (22)
• Patrick Keith (23)
• Miles Aronow (25)
• Willem Landis (28)
• Miller Anderson (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
Northwest Catholic:

• Brian Waterston (25)
• Michael Stamm (37)

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

• Kathryn Shea (9)

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

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

Photo credit: Tim Jensen