Lenox Girls, Boys Second at State Qualifier Meet
NORTHFIELD, Mass. – The Lenox boys and girls cross country teams both took home second place trophies from Saturday’s state meet qualifier at the Northfield Mountain Recreation Center.
“I think just like last year, and this year have kind of shown that this is what good results look like when we have a strong team that runs together,” Lenox senior Cormac Mathews said. “I think something that makes us so special is that we don’t just run for our practice, but we also spend time together outside of that.”
Mathews placed fifth in the Division 3’s C boys race to lead the Millionaires. Setting a course time of 17 minutes, 1.45 seconds with the next Millionaire runner Benjamin Harwood only six seconds behind.
For the Lenox boys team, the Millionaires finished with a total of 95 points behind Parker Charter with a total of 26 points.
Mount Greylock’s boys were third in the 3C field, just four points behind the Millionaires, behind a third-place showing from Oliver Swabey, the top finisher for any Berkshire County individual in Saturday’s six races.
In the Division 3B wave, Monument Mountain’s Everett Pacheco placed fourth to lead the Spartans to a 14th-place showing. Wahconah placed sixth in the 3B race behind Noah Wesley’s 14th-place finish.
In the girls 3C, Alice Culver once again went the distance to bring the Millionaires to the podium with a fourth-place finish and a time of 19 minutes, 45.97 seconds in the Division 3’s C girls' race.
“I was pretty nervous going into it to be honest, this course can be kind of intimidating,” said Culver “But I had a good feeling too, I knew everyone was going to do really well today.”
With Culver placing fourth in the race, along with the rest of the girls team, it led them to finish with a total of 101 points behind Bromfield with 49 points.
This performance for the Lenox’s marks a great comeback of sorts against county rival Mount Greylock. Ending the regular season with an 0-2 record in dual meets against the Mounties, the Millionaires stepped it up with to edge the Mounties in the Western Mass meet at Stanley Park and again on Saturday at the state qualifier.
Mount Greylock finished third on Saturday with Adriana Carasone and Paige Tudor leading the way in 17th and 18th, respectively.
In the 3B race, Monument Mountain’s girls were third and Amelia Desilets placed ninth as an individual, just ahead of 10th-place Yasmine Oubtrou of Pittsfield.
Looking ahead to next week’s state race, Lenox is prepared and feeling confident after the results on Saturday.
“There’s a lot of other strong teams, I mean Parker Charter’s crazy fast, Weston, there’s other teams up there,” Mathews said. “But I’ve been training with these guys all year, some of them multiple years. I think we’ve got what it takes to be up there and be ready.”
Culver shares similar feelings toward next week's event.
“For us, this isn’t even that much less competitive than states will be. So I feel like we kind of got a sense of it today, which is good. So I think now we feel more comfortable and more confident going into next week.” she said.
The MIAA Meet of Champions will be at Willard Field in Devens on Nov. 18.
Photos from this meet here
3A Boys
1. Weston 53
2. Greater Lowell Tech 68
3. Norwell 94
4. Triton 176
5. Belchertown 192
6. East Bridgewater 212
7. Lynnfield 238
8. Oakmont 257
9. Seekonk 308
10. Sandwich 323
11. Dennis-Yarmouth 345
12. Hudson 361
13. Taconic 372 (35. Noah Krantz, 18:57.86; 52. Collin Norton, 19:27.84; 75. Alec Ginsberg, 19:59.80; 105. Elijah Harewood, 20:52.41; 207. Nick Berkeley, 21:04.62).
14. Medway 377
15. Swampscott 401
16. Pentucket 411
17. Quabbin 489
18. Nipmuc 493
19, Keefe Tech 502
20. Tri-County RVT 524
21. South Shore Voc 544
22. Stoneham 565
23. North Reading 591
24. Abington 629
25. Salem 664
26. Nashoba Valley Tech 692
3A Girls
1. Weston 82
2. Hudson 117
3. Norfolk County Tech 126
4. Pentucket 139
5. Dennis-Yarmouth 140
6. Norwell 140
7. Triton 152
8. Greater Lowell Tech 255
9. Oakmont 281
10. East Bridgewater 284
11. Nipmuc 292
12. Stoneham 307
13. Belchertown 318
14. Swampscott 321
15. Sandwich 356
16. North Reading 359
17. Tri-County RVT 408
18. Bellingham 423
19. Taconc 517 (92. Mia Ives 26:06.71; 112. Shelby Tart, 27:21.21; 122. Maddie Harrington, 28:33.47; 130. Abby Soto, 30:44.59; 131. Kylie Duhamel, 30:44.99).
3B Boys
Top 10
1. Timothy Rank, Littleton, 15:57.86; 2. Marcus Reilly, Northbridge, 16:25.16; 3. Shane Stanghellini, Sturgis East, 16:40.60; 4. Everett Pacheco, Monument Mountain, 16:43.73; 5. Evan Hedulund, Frontier, 16:47.53; 6. Ben Rich, Hamilton-Wenham, 16:48.51; 7. James Regan, Hamilton-Wenham, 17:01.73; 8. Luke Howard, Frontier, 17:23.95; 9. Bona Bradshaw, LIttleton, 17:36.90; 10. Telmo Iturbe, Gardner, 17:40.32.
Teams
1. Hamilton-Wenham 64
2. Hampshire 98
3. Littleton 107
4. Gardner 130
5. Frontier 167
6. Wahconah 205 (14. Noah Wesley, 17:52.60; 26. Fritz Sanders, 18:31.96; 28. Cadighan Gladu, 18:36.98; 42. Aidan Garcia, 19:15.59; 118. Jack Curtiss, 21:13.61).
7. Lunenburg 217
8. Sturgis East 254
9. Amesbury 281
10. Carver 288
11. Uxbridge 296
12. Southwick 311
13. Tyngsborough 344
14. Monument Mountain 371 (4. Everett Pacheco, 16:43.73; 29. Autumn Higa, 18:38.93; 70. Lucas Faggioni, 20:07.32; 156. Robin Tovell, 23:40.67; 159. Jacob Haskins-Vaughan, 24:05.13).
15. Advanced Math and Science 410
16. Ipswich 427
17. Pittsfield 448 (17. Seth Aitken, 18:03.57; 71. David Bernal, 20:07.80; 109. Cohen Zahn, 20:54.63; 153. Sam Glockner, 23:34.73; 157. Don Corbett, 23:44.42).
18. Cohasset 468
19. Rockland 471
20. West Bridgewater 480
21. Millbury 574
22. Excel Academy Charter 619
23. Clinton 685
3B Girls
Top 10
1. Grace Rich, Hamilton-Wenham, 20:10.18; 2. Asa Labell, Hamilton-Wenham, 20:17.62; 3. Charlotte Madden, Hamilton-Wenham, 20:27.61; 4. Katelyn Massey, Advanced Math and Science, 20:40.12; 5. Kathleen Barry, Hampshire, 20:41.42; 6. Megan Bettez, Gardner, 21:02.30; 7. Julia Parsons, Amesbury, 21:06.01; 8. Isabella Duarte, Tyngsborough, 21:09.50; 9. Amelia Desilets, Monument Mountain, 21:09.65; 10. Yasmine Oubtrouh, Pittsfield, 21:15.59.
Teams
1. Hamilton Wenham 73
2. Advanced Math and Science 97
3. Monument Mountain 119 (9. Amelia Desilets, 21:09.65; 16. Rae Geddes, 21:21.57; 21. Madeleine Rocheleau Holmes, 22:40.81; 37. Myah Bailey, 23:55.73; 45. Cora Pacheco, 24:18.49)
4. Hampshire 122
5. Gardner 126
6. Lynnefield 173
7. Amesbury 176
8. Tyngsborough 200
9. Littleton 219
10. Lunenburg 222
11. Pittsfield 230 (10. Yasmine Oubtrou, 2:15.59; 50. Grace Ungewitter, 24:32.95; 55. Isabella MacDonald, 24:44.54; 61. Clare Meighan, 25:02.12; 68. Sophia LaMalfa, 25:16.29).
12. Cohasset 276
13. Ipswich 365
14. Wahconah 379 (47. Natylee Martin, 24:20.31; 86. Maddy Beatty, 26:15.05; 88. Emily Perrone, 26:32.61; 89. Megan Tucker, 26:36.60; 96. Liliana Penna-Ward, 27:42.76).
15. Uxbridge 440
16. Rockland 444
17. Northbridge 459
18. Clinton 517
19. Excel Academy Charter 598
3C Boys
Top 10
1. Henry Jacobson, Parker Charter, 16:28.49; 2. Caleb Hatlevig, Parker Charter, 16:43.51; 3. Oliver Swabey, Mount Greylock, 16:55.10; 4. Andrew Linkenhoker, Monsoon, 17:00.02; 5. Cormac Mathews, Lenox, 17:01.45; 6. Nathaniel Henshaw, Parker Charter, 17:04.08; 7. Jett Johnson, Parker Charter, 17:04.15; 8. Benjamin Harwood, Lenox, 17:07.43; 9. Jackson Hunt, Hopedale, 17:10.99; 10. Connor Stach, Parker Charter, 17:23.06.
Teams
1. Parker Charter 26
2. Lenox 95 (5. Cormac Mathews, 17:01.45; 8. Benjamin Harwood, 17:07.43; 15. Samuel Geller, 17:40.77; 24. Owen Ames, 18:18.99; 44. Max Mozian, 19:23.68).
3. Mount Greylock 99 (3. Oliver Swabey, 16;55.10; 16. Andrew Petropulos, 17:47.71; 19. Rafael Mellow-Bartels, 18:05.86; 29. Ryan Keating, 18:39.66; 33. Ezekiel Singer, 18:44.37).
4. Bromfield 110
5. Hopedale 152
6. Mohawk Trail 242
7. Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion 248
8. Ayer-Shirley 252
9. Maynard 286
10. Sutton 344
11. Narragansett 346
12. Greenfield 360
13. Innovation Charter 376
14. Granby 378
15. Monson 338
16. Murdock 460
17. Easthampton 467
18. Millis 477
19. Douglas 533
20. Mount Everett 568 (47. Ben Vella, 19:38.13; 110. Jonathan Fredsall, 22:33.32; 116. Tatum Oates, 23:00.30; 171. Ethan Robles, 26:59.44; 176. Jaiden Carpenter, 28:36.19).
21. Tahanto 585
22. Gateway 593
23. Holbrook 600
24. South Shore Charter 621
25. Mahar 246
26. Salem Academy 651
3C Girls
Top 10
1. Cameron Davis, Oxford, 19:10.90; 2. Ella Dunbuy, West Bridgewater, 19:20.47; 3. Evelyn Wool, Bromfield, 19:29.64; 4. Alice Culver, Lenox, 19:45.97; 5. Avery Murphy, Murdock, 20:13.25; 6. Annabella Lamoreaux, Sutton, 20:20.71; 7. Rosie Bradley, Bromfield, 20:48.15; 8. Charlotte Sumner, Sutton, 20:51.14; 9. Isabel Jackson, Bromfield, 20:56.39; 10. Chloe Casperson, Tahanto, 21:00.82.
Teams
1. Bromfield 49
2. Lenox 101 (4. Alice Culver, 19:45.97; 21. Nora Schoeny, 21:52.82; 22. Elyssa Scrimo, 21:56.68; 27. Lila Kousch, 22:07.05; 47. Gianna Love, 23:04.43).
3. Mount Greylock 130 (17. Adriana Carasone, 21:45.20; 18. Paige Tudor, 21:46.65; 34. Riley Dickinson, 22:35.88; 37. Elly Wilkinson, 22:38.82; 49. Katherine Goss, 23:10.50).
4. Cape Cod Academy 133
5. Sutton 142
6. Frontier 201
7. Mohawk Trail 215
8. Ayer-Shirley 248
9. Tahanto 255
10. West Bridgewater 266
11. Narragansett 321
12. Parker Charter 333
13. Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion 338
14. Sturgis East 380
15. Hopedale 402
16. Maynard 425
17. Murdock 432
18. Granby 438
19. Gateway 508
20. Monsoon 513
21. Lee 517 (57. Kira Johnson, 23:22.23; 116. Allie Puntin, 26:39.09; 126. Sophia Puntin, 27:05.33; 137. Rachel Phillips, 27:54.65; 168. Kashish Panwala, 34:12.85).
22. Southwick 521.