H.S. Roundup: Greenfield boys cross country narrowly beats Mohawk Trail (PHOTOS)
Published: 09-28-2023 7:31 PM
Modified: 09-28-2023 7:31 PM |
It came down to the wire between the Greenfield and Mohawk Trail boys cross country teams on Tuesday at Highland Park.
The Green Wave and Warriors were tied 28-28 when the scores were tallied, though Greenfield’s Max Caron had the fastest time of each team’s sixth place finisher (22 minutes, nine seconds) to give Greenfield the victory. Greenfield also defeated McCann Tech (19-44) while Mohawk Trail picked up a win against McCann (19-43).
“Max was the hero of the day,” Green Wave coach Stu Elliott said.
Jackson Caron placed second (18:02), Dylan Breiwick took sixth (20:46), Mason Youmell came in seventh (21:13), Alex Scotera placed eighth (21:21) while Javion Williams came in ninth (22:05) for Greenfield.
Vincent Gauthier had the top overall time (17:28) while Peter Healy (fourth, 19:34), Rex Kuoppala (seventh, 21:13), Aymeric Loucka (22:08) and Leo Boltz (12th, 22:10) rounded out the top five Mohawk Trail finishers.
• In the girls race between Greenfield, Mohawk Trail and McCann Tech, the Warriors walked away with wins over the Green Wave (20-35) and the Hornets (26-31) while McCann beat Greenfield (23-34).
Virginia Krezmien placed second (23:24), Natalie Lanoue took third (23:32), Anya Read came in fourth (24:02), Valerie Bzomowski earned fifth (24:12) while Ettalynn Thompson came in 17th (36:44) for the Warriors.
Rosie Fortin (seventh, 26:28), Alice Fortin (eighth, 26:36), Levi Badillo (11th, 29:54), Wednesday Passiglia (12th, 30:59) and Bella Ekblom (16th, 36:00) were the top Greenfield finishers.
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