Cross-Country Girls Have Successful Invitational

It was an all-round success for the MHS Girls cross-country team on Saturday, as they competed in the Massachusetts State Track Coaches Association Bay State Cross-Country Invitational held at the Wrentham Development Center in Wrentham.

The Varsity girls, who ran the final race of the day, posted times fast enough to secure second place overall in the Division-II 5k event.

Finishing first for Marblehead were juniors Chole Heskett (20:39.7), Madeline Piela (20:41.0), and Mary Kauffman (20:58.7); claiming 24^th, 25^th and 31^st places respectively. Also contributing to the team's great finish were senior Claire Depew (46, 21:35.3), junior Lillie Johnston (54, 21:42.7), freshman Molly Depew (55, 21:46.4), and junior Molly Sweeney (74, 22:19.8).

Three girls ran in the Junior Varsity 5K race, with all of them earning medals in the 173 runner field. Leading the Lady Magicians was senior Kate Hewig (16, 23:49.0); she was followed by sophomores Caroline Kliss (24, 24:15.2) and Stephanie Lundgren (30, 24:34.0)

Ten freshman girls competed in a 1.9 mile race, with Jo-Jo Twaalfhoven (13:42.3) and Lily Roberts (13:54.2) earning medals for 22^nd and 28^th place respectively. The other MHS runners in the 131 girl freshman race were Cox Noey (42, 14:20.6), Sophie Naughton (63, 15:03.4), Meghan Friel (67, 15:17.0), Margarent Rockett (68, 15:17.3), Misa Takata (103, 17:11.4), Amy Roberto (107, 17:25.0), Jessica Drooks (113, 17:37.1), and Mary Lavoie-Mayer (121, 18:23.3).

"The girls ran a strong and smart race today," said coach Jen Emblidge. " The course was mostly flat with rolling hills and the weather was perfect for running.  Their hard work and dedication to the sport certainly showed today."

The MHS boys also competed at the Invitational, finishing in sixth place as a team. Their results are as follows:

Varsity Boys (out of 252)

 25 Wigglesworth, James       JR Marblehead             17:13.7               

 41 Bitterman, Noah                JR Marblehead             17:34.5 

 46 Levine, Ethan                     JR Marblehead             17:38.1               

 63 Pratt, Henry                        SR Marblehead             17:54.6              

 67 Herlihy, Will                       SR Marblehead             17:59.0              

 68 Harper, Mike                      JR Marblehead             17:59.3 

 78 Fowler, Nate                       SO Marblehead             18:11.2     

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JV Boys (out of 197)

3 Casey, Patrick                       JR Marblehead             18:20.7    

8 Smith, Jake                            SR Marblehead             18:55.6   

10 McElroy, Kevin                 SR Marblehead             18:58.5   

14 Seiden, Ron                         JR Marblehead             19:08.2   

29 Howard, John                    SO Marblehead             19:32.5   

33 Coyle, Tim                          JR Marblehead             19:41.6   

55 Carroll, Davis                    SR Marblehead             20:26.1   

66 Drooks, Josh                     JR Marblehead             20:41.5   

85 Heiner, Austin                  SR Marblehead             21:15.0   

91 Dunleavy, Ethan              SO Marblehead             21:28.3   

113 Worth, Greg                    SR Marblehead             22:06.1 

152 Levine, Max                    SO Marblehead             23:45.8 

156 DiMare, Andrew           SR Marblehead             23:52.3   

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Freshman boys (out of 177)

 11 Wigglesworth, Chris     FR Marblehead             11:10.3   

27 Rodts, Christopher        FR Marblehead             11:42.5   

43 Rousseau, Conrad         FR Marblehead             12:06.7   

46 Jackson, Ben                   FR Marblehead             12:15.0 

51 Pavlovich, Ross             FR Marblehead             12:25.8   

63 Jackson, Graham          FR Marblehead             12:38.1   

66 Frost, Jason                    FR Marblehead             12:42.6   

76 Wheeler, Graham        FR Marblehead             13:02.9   

97 Hurley, Justin               FR Marblehead             13:24.4 

171 Przybycien, Peter     FR Marblehead             16:46.7