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Taconic's Brown Finishes Strong at National Tournament

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MINNEAPOLIS – Taconic’s Luzis Brown made a furious run at qualifying for the second phase of the Junior Gold Championships but fell just less than four pins under the cut.
 
After 16 games in four days, Brown averaged a 199.75 in the event’s 16-and-under division.
 
The top 101 bowlers advanced after qualifying, and the cutline was 203.81.
 
Brown rolled 200 games in his last eight games on Wednesday and Thursday. 
 
On Thursday, he posted a 278 in his second of four games.
 
The next closest qualifier from the dozen Berkshire County athletes who made the trip to Minnesota was Devyn Fillio in the 16U girls.
 
Fillio rolled a 233 on Thursday to help push her average to 164.81. She placed 122nd in a 326-bowler field, but only 47 girls in the 16U division advanced to Friday’s play.
 
Other bowlers from the county competing at the event included:
 
14U girls, Lauren Scheurer, 124.38 average
16U girls, Danielle Mathes, 128.63.
18U girls, Kyla Croshier, 150.19
14U boys, Jaden Parks, 157.63; and Tyler Crosher, 134.94.
16U boys, Connor Snow, 168.06; Mason Bailey, 160.81; and Jamari Carnute, 159.13.
18U boys, Nate Terry, 170.19; and Noah Walker, 150.88.
 
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Geurds Sets Course Record at Pittsfield State Forest

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Abigail Geurds blew away the field Wednesday at the Berkshire Lightning Summer Race Series at Pittsfield State Forest.
 
Geurds covered the 3.5-mile course in 21 minutes, 21 seconds, an all-time course record for women and more than two minutes ahead of the next finisher.
 
Geurds' time was 35 seconds ahead of the previous record, 21:56, set by Lauren Farry in 2012.
 
She ran a 6:06 mile pace in the weekly event, which is a fund-raiser for the Pittsfield High School cross country team.
 
Patrick Donahue placed second in 23:23, 37 seconds ahead of the third-place finisher and second male competitor, Auric Enchill, who clocked a time of 24 minutes flat.
 
Farry was the fourth runner across the line and the second female with a time of 24:25.
 
Chloe Potash continued to run away with the season points title in the female 14-16 age group. She was first in her division on Wednesday with a time of 28:50 and increased her point total to 25, nine points ahead of the field, with two races left in the Summer Series.
 
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