Mount Greylock Girls Dominate at State Qualifier

NORTHFIELD, Mass. -- Brenna Lopez ran to a third-place finish Saturday to lead the Mount Greylock girls cross country team to a dominant performance in the Division 3 State Qualifier at Northfield Recreation Center.

 

Lopez covered the 5,000-meter course in 19 minutes, 51.3 seconds, leading six Mounties in the top 20 in the C Wave race.

 

Mount Greylock's girls finished 41 seconds ahead of runner-up Parker Charter.

 

Lenox's girls also qualified to compete as a team at next week's D3 State Championships by placing third as a team behind a fourth-place run by Nora Schoeny.

 

Mount Greylock's and Lenox's boys placed third and fifth, respectively, in their C Wave race to qualify for the state championship meet in Devens next Saturday.

 

Lenox's Benjamin Harwood was the highest-placing Berkshire County boy in any race on Saturday, crossing the finish line in 16:31.0, a little less than 4 seconds behind Wave C individual winner Zepher Schermerhorn of Parker Charter.

 

In the B Wave for the boys, Wahconah placed sixth to earn a spot at the all-state meet.

 

And, running in the B Wave race for girls, Monument Mountain punched its ticket for Devens with a seventh-place finish. And Pittsfield's girls, who placed eighth in the B Wave, advanced to next week as one of the "wild cards" reserved for the fastest teams not to earn one of the seven automatic qualifying spots.

 

As an individual, Cohen Zahn of PHS finished 10th in the A Wave, which means he advances on his own to compete in the state meet.

 

All seven Mount Greylock girls running on Saturday at Northfield placed in the top 25 of a 132-runner field in Wave C. Lopez was joined in the scoring column by Bridget Holland, Cornelia Swabey, Riley Mae Dickinson and Ani KoeMaya, who placed 16th overall (13th in terms of team scoring, once higher-scoring individuals were dropped out).

 

The top finishers for the Mount Greylock boys were Patrick Holland and Finnegan Voisin, who placed 12th and 13th, respectively, on Saturday.

 

The fastest boy in the three waves on Saturday was Frontier Regional's Evan Hedlund, who finished in 16:02.2 to lead the Red Hawks to an eighth-place finish in Wave B.

 

The fastest girl at Northfield was Norwell's Katherine Murray in Wave A. She hit the finish line in 19:05.8 to help her team finish second at the qualifier.

 

Local scorers on Saturday included:

 

Wave B

Monument Mountain (7th place): 30. Nina Martin, 22:23.0; 38. Maeve Murray, 22.57.3; 51. Noa Honig-Briggs, 23:28.2; 53. Claire Martin, 23:31.1; 57. Kealy DeVirgilio, 23:53.0.

Pittsfield (8th place): 19. Margaret Hall, 21:55.5; 43. Chloe Potash, 23:05.7; 52. Mia Hiltpold, 23:29.0; 56. Caylee Wong, 23:52.0; 62. Gabby Egan, 24:13.2.

Wahconah (17th place): 81. Megan Tucker, 23:30.2; 83. Eve Dowling, 26:00.6; 84. Olivia Mozzi, 26:03.6; 102. Isabella Duquette, 28:14.0; 113. Alisheahna Bennett, 31:15.0.

Wave C

Mount Greylock (1st place): 2. Brenna Lopez, 19:51.3; 9. Bridget Holland, 20:44.3; 10. Cornelia Swabey, 21:03.8; 12. Riley Mae Dickinson, 21:21.6; 13. Ani KoaMaya, 21:24.2.

Lenox Memorial (3rd place): 3. Nora Schoeny, 19:57.3; 11. Gianna Love, 21:16.3; 19. Hannah Carhart, 21:57.0; Susannah Schoeny, 22:49.6; 33. Leah Basnet, 22:52.9.

Lee (11th place): 46. Anna Oliva, 23:29.6; 61. Charlotte Van Wagner, 24:31.9; 62. Enara O'Connell, 24:34.7; 63. Julianna Kosiorek, 24:41.9; 66. Allie Puntin, 24:53.8.

Wave C Individuals

Mount Everett: 128. Bailey Carlotto, 32:30.0.

 

Wave A

Pittsfield (16th place): 10. Cohen Zahn, 17:27.2; 68. Tyler Williams, 19:38.6; 79. Alex Smith, 19:55.5; 104. Cooper Brown, 20:49.5; 109. Jack Haviland, 20:53.9.

Wave A Individuals

Taconic: 75. Cameron Reynolds, 19:50.4; 148. Cameron Hoisington, 22:17.1; 157. Chris Smith, 22:59.4.

Wave B

Wahconah (6th place): 19. Lake Kittler, 18:01.1; 31. Brayden Ryan, 18:35.1; 44. Noah Wesley, 19:08.2; 52. Camdyn Lapointe, 19:29.6; 80. Ryan Falcone, 20:19.2.

Monument Mountain (18th place): 60. Peter Fields, 19:44.6; 74. Henry Rundle, 20:07.7; 85. Emery de St. Andre, 20:39.9; 115. Aidan Martin, 21:42.5; 126. Fredrick Dignard, 21:53.1.

Wave C

Mount Greylock (3rd place): 12. Patrick Holland, 16:53.2; 13. Finnegan Voisin, 16:54.8; 19. Luke Irwin, 17:26.5; 22. Andrew Holland, 17:35.3; 27. Ryder Voisin, 17:41.6.

Lenox Memorial (5th place): 3. Ben Harwood, 16:31.0; 25. William Keef, 17:36.9; 28. Ivan Healey, 17:42.5; 31. Gabriel Weir, 17:57.4; 59. Curran Keefe, 19:23.9.

Lee (15th place): 45. Noah Hassmer, 18:49.9; 89. Kevin Chen, 21:08.4; 94. Ayden Rivers, 21:20.6; 110. Alanmichael Victor, 22:32.8; 113. Drew Guinan, 22:36.5.

Wave C Individuals

Mount Everett: 54. Nico Bruno, 19:17.7; 89. J. Hunter Jeffries, 20:51.4; 108. Joseph Roskidany, 21:39.4.