Cross Country Teams Win First Meet at Houghton's Pond

Milton held its first cross country meet of the season on the 2.9-mile course at Houghton's Pond against Dedham.

First off was the girls race and Milton's Molly Madden took quick command of the race leading it from start to finish in 22:01. She would be followed in by Nancy Wong and then Emma Greenawalt who took third place for Milton.

In the boys race Milton's Chris Ricciuti would hold onto first place rounding the pond but would be caught by Milton's Jon Maher and Nick Orlando. Ricciuti would have to settle for third place. The winning time was 18:16 for the boys.

Both the boys and girls would win the meet 15-50 for the boys and 16-45 for the girls.

 "The girls had a great race today, Molly Madden did very well and the girls finish 1-5 which was kind of nice," said Coach Dale Snyder. "The boys are little more experienced and we have nine boys who have been at this for the last four years and this is their year to do well as they did today. We will have to see as the it gets tougher into the season." 

Next up for the Milton team will be Natick and Newton North in a Tri-Meet on Tuesday, September 20 at Houghton's Pond, start time is 3:45 p.m.