Bachman Leads Lenox Girls to First-Place Finish

iBerkshires.com SportsPrint Story | Email Story
WINDSOR, Mass. -- Ava Bachman raced to a third-place finish Saturday to lead the Lenox girls cross country ski team to a 14-point win over Mount Greylock at Notchview Reservation.
 
The Mounties had the first overall finisher as Brandi Gill edged Mohawk Trail's Erika Looman by one second, covering the course in 17 minutes, 33 seconds.
 
Lenox took the next four spots after Looman to finish with 18 team points.
 
Mary Elliot, Aidan Burns and Grace Elliot each scored for the Millionaires.
 
Mount Greylock got an eighth-place finish from Jacqueline Wells.
 
Wahconah's Haley Crosier finished 17th (20:00) to lead her team to a fifth-place finish.
 
The boys leaderboard had a familiar look as Col McDermott once again placed first overall and led Mount Greylock to first place in the team standings.
 
McDermott crossed the line in 14:26, nearly a minute ahead of runner-up Maxime Leger of Lenox (15:20).
 
Foster Savitsky (third), Ollie Swabey (fifth) and Owen Tucker-Smith (10th) rounded out the scoring for the Mounties, who finished with 19 points, nine ahead of runner-up Lenox.
 
For Hoosac Valley, Corben Craig placed fourth and Justin Levesque placed ninth as the Hurricanes finished third in the team standings.
 
Boys team scores
1. Mount Greylock, 19 points; 2. Lenox, 28; 3. Hoosac Valley, 61; 4. Wahconah, 73; 5. Berkshire School, 82; 6. Amherst, 106.
 
Boys Top 20
1. Col McDermott, MG, 14:26; 2. Maxime Leger, Lenox, 15:20; 3. Foster Savitsky, MG, 15:26; 4. Corben Craig, HV, 15:55; 5. Ollie Swabey, MG, 15:59; 6. Ted Yee, Lenox, 16:05; 7. Tomas Leger, Lenox, 16:06; 7. Emmet McDonnell, Berkshire School, 16:06; 9. Justin Levesque, HV, 16:09; 10. Owen Tucker-Smith, MG, 16:20; 11. Jack Pudlo, Wah, 16:32; 12. Corban Miller, MG, 16:35; 13. Colin Young, Lenox, 16:41; 13. Ely Carroll, Lenox, 16:41; 15. Gabe Gerry, MG, 16:43; 16. JT Novitsky, Lenox, 16:44; 17. Cedric Lemaire, MG, 16:48; 18. Nor Young, Amherst, 16:53; 19. Hayden Kendall, Wah, 16:57; 20. Evan Norcross, HV, 17:04. 
 
Girls team scores
1. Lenox, 18 points; 2. Mount Greylock, 32; 3. Mohawk Trail, 57; 4. Northfield Mount Hermon, 77; 5. Wahconah, 84; 6. Hoosac Valley, 131; 7. Amherst, 133.
 
Girls Top 20
1. Brandi Gill, MG, 17:33; 2. Erika Looman, Mohawk, 17:34; 3. Ava Bachman, Lenox, 17:53; 4. Mary Elliot, Lenox, 18:00; 5. Aidan Burns, Lenox, 18:20; 6. Grace Elliot, Lenox, 18:30; 7. Hollin Keyser-Parker, Northfield Mount Hermon, 18:34; 8. Jacqueline Wells, MG, 18:53; 9. Zhao Zoe, NMH, 18:55; 10. Sola Herndon-Schmidt, Lenox, 19:08; 11. Elizabeth Dupras, MG, 19:09; 12. Juliann Lawson, MG, 19:12; 13. Julianne Harwood, Lenox, 19:14; 14. Katazyna Wisnauckas, Mohawk, 19:26; 15. Miriam Bakija, MG, 19:37; 16. Annie Miller, MG, 19:40; 17. Haley Crosier, Wah, 20:00; 18. Vienne Peltier, Wah, 20:36; 19. Emma Sorentino, Lenox, 21:03; 20. Sophia Mele, MG, 21:11.

 

Print Story | Email Story