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CIAC Announces
XC Divisional Championships...
(Oct 20, 2003) The CIAC has
announced the start lists for the CIAC Cross Country Divisional
Championships scheduled for Saturday, October 25, 2003 at Wickham Park
in East Hartford.
Please direct all questions about the start lists to the meet director(s)
listed in the CIAC meet packet. Click on a link below to view the CIAC
Start List for each meet.
CT Harriers End Regular Season
with Conference
Championships...
(Oct 19, 2003)
Congratulations to the hundreds of Connecticut harriers who finished
their regular season by participating in their conference championships
this past week. It has been fun watching and reading about the races;
there have certainly been some exciting performances by the state's top
teams and individuals.
A special recognition to the conference team and individual champions as
listed below. Please see all the results that have been provided to us
in our 2003 XC Results
or click on a conference link below.
Connecticut
Conference Team & Individual Champions
|
Championship Results |
Boys Team/Individual |
Girls Team/Individual |
|
Berkshire |
Shepaug |
Litchfield |
|
|
G.Scavotto/Housatonic |
C.Wells/Shepaug |
|
|
Shepaug places 7 in top 20 to 45 points. Garrett Scavotto easily
wins by 28 seconds. |
Litchfield places 6 in top 20 to secure win as Christina Wells
defeats Heather Burns. |
|
CCC East |
Manchester |
S.Windsor |
|
|
M.Anderson/Manchester |
A.Reichlet/Manchester |
|
|
Matt Anderson leads Manchester to 17 point total as they score 6 of
top 10 places. |
Ashley Reichlet is top runner as S.Windsor places 5
in top 10 for 27 points. |
|
CCC South |
Bristol Eastern |
New Britain |
|
|
E.Garren, Bristol Eastern |
E.Barnicle/Newington |
|
|
Eric Garren leads Eastern to 1-point victory over Southington. |
Ellen Barnicle dominates race as New Britain defeats Bristol
Central. |
|
CCC West |
Conard |
William Hall |
|
|
A.Haji/Conard |
C.Danaher/Hall |
|
|
All-American Ahmed Haji leads the Conard pack, 7 in top 16 places,
to an undefeated season and a win over Simsbury. |
Ceara Danaher wins easily and leads Hall to win over Simsbury and
undefeated season. |
|
COC |
Lyman Memorial |
East Hampton |
|
|
P.Griffin/Lyman Memorial |
A.Cloutier/East Hampton |
|
|
Winner Phil Griffin and Lyman score a 1-point win over E.Hampton. |
Alison Cloutier's first powers team to 1-point victory over Lyman. |
|
CVTC |
Abbott Tech |
Kaynor Tech |
|
|
W.Wreslo/Platt |
E.Pabon, Kaynor |
|
|
Abbott Tech Place 4 in top 10 as Will Wreslo holds off Greenfield of
Abbott. |
Kaynor tops again as Eunice Pabon leads a 1-2 finish. |
|
ECC |
Ledyard |
Fitch |
|
|
G.Coombs/Griswold |
B.Boucher/Fitch |
|
|
Ledyard overcomes Griswold 1-2-3 finish by Coombs, Ward, Croff to
win 44-49. |
Betsy Boucher finishes strong to defeat frosh
Bossardet of Ledyard and lead team to victory. |
|
FCIAC |
Danbury |
Ridgefield |
|
|
T.Lonsdale/Staples |
K.Lyons/Wilton |
|
|
Danbury top 5 finish in top 22 to win over Ridgefield 42-55. Fifth
consecutive title and 11th in the past 13 years. |
Top soph. Kerri Lyons bests Senior Liz Calle again,
Ridgefield’s five in top 16, first league title in 20 years.
|
|
NCCC |
Tolland |
Ellington |
|
|
D.Metzger/Ellington |
M.Kellner/Ellington |
|
|
In a close meet, Ellington takes 1-2
with Metzger and Norte but Tolland prevails with 4 in top 10 for
team title. |
Marissa Kellner leads Ellington to
title; 1-2 finish and place five in top ten. |
|
NWC |
Rocky Hill |
RHAM |
|
|
C.Green/Berlin |
K.Haines/E.Catholic |
|
|
Chris Green's win can't overcome Rocky Hill's 83 points. |
RHAM places 4 in top 10 to pace easy win as Katie Haines wins
easily. |
|
NVL |
Watertown |
Torrington |
|
|
J.Guzman/Wilby |
A.Schumacher/Holy Cross |
|
|
In an amazingly close meet, four
points separated the top four teams (76, 79, 79, 80). Watertown
secures meet and regular season championship. |
Torrington's superior depth
overcomes Holy Cross' 1-2 finish. A
victory in a Saturday runoff earned the season title for Holy Cross. |
|
Shoreline |
Haddam-Killingworth |
Lyme-Old Lyme |
|
|
E.Langhans/Coginchaug |
M.Dooley,/Coginchaug |
|
|
Eric Langhans bests Palumbo but HK nips Coginchaug by 2 points for
title. |
Maureen Dooley wins 2nd title as Lyme-Old Lyme puts 5 in top 10
places. |
|
SCC |
Amity |
Hand |
|
|
D.Krause/Amity |
O.Cunningham.Branford |
|
|
Senior Dave Krause leads Amity to
close win over Guilford. |
Orlaith Cunningham wins easily; Hand
places 4 in top 12 to defeat Guilford for team title. |
|
SWC |
New Milford |
Newtown |
|
|
B.Danton/NewMilford |
K.Fisher/NewMilford |
|
|
Ben Danton and New Milford cruise to win with just 17 points. |
Newton places 3 in the top 10 to win second consecutive title 54-56 over rival Barlow |
No Wickham
Invite Results Available...
(Oct 18, 2003) In light of
the many emails received this week, No Wickham Invite meet results
were made available to us by the meet director. Top 10 teams and
individuals were available in the Sports Section of last Sunday's Hartford Courant.
State Teams Busy in Last Two
Weeks of Regular Season
(Oct 8, 2003) A busy week
unfolds as the teams in the state complete their last few conference
meets. Most conferences hold their meets next week after the Wickham
Invite on Saturday. View
results from this week...
State's Top Runners at 54th Greater Hartford XC
Meet
(Oct 5, 2003) Although the
54th Greater Hartford XC Meet is a smaller meet in comparison to some
other giant meets, several of the state's top-caliber runners provided
the many spectators with exciting, record-setting performances. Course
records were established by Ahmed Haji of Conard and Orlaith Cunningham
of Branford on the new West Hartford Reservoir 5k course, a
challenging combination of road and trail, up and down hills.
| Girls
Charter Race - 54th Greater Hartford XC Meet |
|
Ceara Danaher
|
Hall
High School of West Hartford won their sixth Charter title in a
row scoring 29 points as Ceara Danaher placed first and her
teammates took four of the top fourteen places. NW Catholic
was second in the team standings with 87 points. Danaher ran the 5k
course in 19:01.92 to set a short-lived course record. |
| Boys Charter
Race - 54th Greater Hartford XC Meet |
|
Ahmed Haji
|
Ahmed
Haji of Conard High School of West Hartford led his team to the
Charter title with a fast-paced course record of 15:28.03 on the 5km
course. Haji ran through the mile in 4:46 and finished well enough
ahead to cheer his teammates as they crossed the finish line to take
four of the top eleven places to win with 36 points. Hall High
School placed second with 62 points. |
| Girls Open
Race - 54th Greater Hartford XC Meet |
|
Orlaith Cunningham |
In the
Girls Open race, senior Orlaith Cunningham of Branford
returned to successfully defend her title as well as set a course
record of 19:00.37 on the 5km course. In the closest finish of the
day, Cunningham was pressed by freshman Katherine Bossardet of
Ledyard who ran 19:02.64. Simsbury High School used a
pack of four runners in places four through nine to score 64 points
and win the Open team title over Norwich Free Academy with 77
points. |
| Boys Open
Race - 54th Greater Hartford XC Meet |
|
Gavin Coombs
|
The Boys
Open Meet was won easily by senior Gavin Coombs of Griswold,
fresh off of his exciting third place finish at last weekend's Great
American XC Meet. In the last meet of the day, Coombs easily toured
the 5km course to finish in 16:02.03 ahead of Phil Mitchell of
Glastonbury. Norwich Free Academy edged the Hopkins
School 84 to 90 points to claim the Boys Open team title. |
Complete results are available for each varsity race to view online:
Click here for Race Results...
|
Editorial Note: Actions of a Few Impact
Image of the Many...
(Oct 5, 2003) I've been a
fan of the sport of cross country for more than 25 years, having
participated, coached, been both a meet director and parent of a runner.
I had always admired the coaches ability to instill good work habits and
high moral and ethical values in their athletes in a difficult sport.
Which makes an incident at the 54th Greater Hartford Meet harder to
believe -- why would anyone from the participating teams walk off with
eight small cones that marked the course? The cones were taken before
the end of the last boys race, before everyone had finished. The cones
are marked with my initials, bought with my own money and are used for
meets, indoor, outdoor and xc, where I volunteer my time to help
officiate. My excitement over the meet and the great performances has
been dampened by this incident.
Please contact me using the Contact Button in the left-side margin to
provide any information on the return of the cones.
Ron Knapp, Meet
Co-Director and Editor of MySportsResults.com |
