Local Roundup: Upper Valley athletes finish strong at Manchester Invitational cross country meet
Published: 09-22-2024 8:00 PM |
Editor’s note: To have your team’s results included in the Local Roundup, visit https://www.vnews.com/submit-a-score.
Cross Country
Upper Valley runners finish strong at Manchester Invitational
MANCHESTER — Megan Faris, Leah Perreard and Andrew Valentino of Hanover, Mascoma’s Gunner Currier, Thetford’s Ava Hayden and Brady Sloop and Annelies Hanna of Lebanon were among top finishers in the Manchester Invitational 5K Cross Country meet at Derryfield Park on Saturday.
In the large school girls division, Faris was seventh (19:22) and Perreard 12th (19:42) in a field of 222 runners and the Bears placed third among 31 teams from around New England. Brooke Strauss of Glastonbury (Ct.) won the race in 18:18.
For the boys, Valentino finished 10th with a time of 16:28, leading his team to a fourth place finish in the large school division with 36 teams and 250 runners.
Mascoma finished 10th among the 41 teams in the small school boys division with the Royals’ Currier finishing 8th (17:00) just ahead of Sloop (17:04) from Thetford in the field of 280. In the small schools varsity girls race, Hayden of Thetford was fifth (20:34) among 219 runners and Lebanon’s Hanna was 14th (21:22).
Also scoring for the Hanover girls were Aria Deeb 29th and Millie Larrick 43rd and for Hanover boys Ryan Faris was 23rd, Ben Groves 31st and Nandeesh Jain 47th. Tam Gavenas of Phillips Academy won the race in 15:24.
Article continues after...
Yesterday's Most Read Articles
In the boys small school division, Ian Kiefer (60th) was Lebanon’s top finisher. Joanne Behle of Mascoma was 119th and Laethy Golden of Claremont Christian Academy finished 108th. Michael Upton of Catholic Memorial won the boys small division race in 16:32 and Madeleine Lane of Hopkinton was the girls winner in 19:28.
Results: Girls, large schools: Oyster River 59, Champlain Valley 83, Hanover 153, Cumberland (R.I.) 174, Glastonbury (Ct.) 240, Phillips Exeter 265, Needham (Mass.) 287, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake (N.Y.) 291, Pinkerton 317, Exeter 388. Boys, large schools: East Lyme (Ct.) 76, Brookline (Mass.) 126, St. Johnsbury 140, Hanover 157, Pinkerton 192, Nashua South 225, Loomis Chaffee (Ct.) 232, Phillips Academy 249, Phillips Exeter 271, Champlain Valley 278. Boys, small schools: Catholic Memorial (Mass.) 93, Coe-Brown 99, Oyster River 170, Haddam-Killingworth (Ct.) 178, Algonquin (Mass.) 180, Walpole (Mass.) 187, St. Paul’s School 195, BFA-St. Albans 201, Griswold (Ct.) 269, Mascoma 318, Thetford 23rd (665), Lebanon 26th (729). Lebanon girls (446) were 18 out of 22 teams. Mascoma and Thetford girls did not have team scores.
Sunapee 3, Mascoma 0
Coach’s quote: “Proud of our team for the way we worked hard around some big changes in personel.” — Mascoma’s Eric Ramage
Records: Sunapee 1-5; Mascoma 1-4
Oyster River 3, Lebanon 0
Key players: Lebanon — Meg Cheevers had 20 saves.
Coach’s quote: “Held our own and played well. Oyster River is a very good team and I’m proud of how we responded.” — Lebanon’s Amanda Valliere
Records: Oyster River 7-0; Lebanon 1-5-2
Pelham 24, Hanover 0
Key players: Hanover — Keegan Murphy, Tanner Longmoore, Tyler Gammell.
Highlights: Hanover played a tough Pelham team to 8-0 at halftime. Hanover defense was outstanding, led by Murphy, Gammell and Longmoore. Caleb Franklin also played well on defense.
Coach’s quote: “Good defensive football tonight. We could not get anything going on offense. The toughest defensive effort I have seen from our kids in a long long time. Pelham extends win streak to 44 games, top five in the U.S. ” — Hanover’s Sam Cavallaro
Records: Pelham 3-0; Hanover 1-2
Bellows Falls 4,
White River Valley 2
Key players: White River Valley — Logan Scott, Olivia Tuller and Sarah Rule won balls out of the air, ran through balls, and closed down Bellows Falls’ passes.
Highlights: Rule tracked down a free kick and shot hard to the left of the keeper to tie up the match right after the half. Rhianna Young came out of goal to shut down a BF breakaway.
Coach’s quote: “We had a couple mistakes. Those happen, but we weren’t able to come back. Our passing game continues to improve and we are getting many chances on goal.” — White River Valley’s Kim Prestridge
Records: Bellows Falls 2-4; White River Valley 1-5
Springfield 2,
White River Valley 0
Key players: White River Valley — Jack Hughes, Issac Wimett, Brayden Russ.
Coach’s quote: “Despite White River Valley dominating the overall possession, Springfield was able to capitalize on there opportunities more effectively to seal the hard-fought win” — White River Valley’s Alex Montano
Records: Springfield 5-1; White River Valley 3-3-1
Lake Region 2, Thetford 0
Records: Lake Region 3-3; Thetford 5-1