Joel Barlow, Weston High School Runners Qualify for State Open

MANCHESTER, CT — Joel Barlow and Weston high schools will both 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, the boys team from Barlow won Class MM, with Michael Bortolot winning the individual race in 16:30. An individual girl from Barlow qualified, as did a pair of boys from Weston.

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

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

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

L BOYS

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

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
Joel Barlow:

• Michael Bortolot (1)
• Ben Ruffing (2)
• Harrison Houser (18)
• Scott Candee (28)

Weston:

• Stephen Tyler (9)
• Timothy Lautenbach (12)
• Alexander Leo (13)

MM GIRLS
Team Champion - RHAM, 68 points
Individual - Elise Symon, North Haven, 19:52
Joel Barlow:

• Tess Dougall (7)

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
Weston:

• Kathleen Murphy (15)
• Rachel Buddenhagen (17)
• Claire Samson (28)
• Eliza Kleban (32)
• Michelle Gutowski (33)

SS BOYS
Team Champion - Haddam-Killingworth, 39 points
Individual - Daniel Schumann, Haddam-Killingworth, 16:33

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

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