Tardy leads Maine contingent at New Englands
Interviews: Paul Casavant | Tia Tardy | Katherine Leggat-Barr | Carolyn Todd
Girls Recap
Class C state champion Tia Tardy finished 12th at the New England XC Championship at Thetford Academy in Vermont, the junior was the top Maine finisher, earning All-New England honors for the first time in XC. She covered the challenging 5k course at Thetford Academy in 19:31.20. She will be the 6th fastest returner in for 2016.
Finishing close behind Tardy was two time Class B state champion Katherine Leggat-Barr of Greely who placed 17th running 19:37.7. Leggat-Barr was the top Maine finisher at last year's New England meet where she placed 32nd. Right behind Leggat-Barr was her teammate Carolyn Todd who was 20th. Todd just a freshman ran 19:48.60, and was the second best in the meet for all freshman. Both Leggat-Barr & Todd earned All-New England honors with their finishes.
Class A state champion Anna Slager of Gorham crossed the line in 28th place with an effort of 20:09.6
Also running well was Fryeburg Academy sophomore Emily Carty who placed 54th (20:23) with teammate Anna Lastra a step behind in 56th (20:24.3)
Orono who has been the top ranked Maine team all year long finished in 10th place in the team competition. The Red Riots had 3 runners in the top 71, led by Tardy's 12th place, Hannah Steelman was 61st while Kassidy Dill placed 71st.
Greely was the next Maine team in 19th with 443 points with Yarmouth in 20th at 466.
Top 25 Girls All-New England
1 Hannah Debalsi 12 Staples CT 18:20.9 1 2 Eleanor Lawler 10 South Kingstown RI 18:32.7 3 Katherine Deloreto 11 Tolland CT 19:01.3 2 4 Eliza Rego 12 La Salle Academy RI 19:01.7 3 5 Elisabeth Danis 12 Coe-Brown NH 19:09.8 4 6 Samantha Drop 12 Coginchaug CT 19:12.8 7 Leya Salis 11 Bedford NH 19:18.7 8 Sophia Gorman 11 Champlain Valley VT 19:23.9 5 9 Caitlin Swanson 12 Tolland CT 19:25.3 6 10 Jenna Gasparrini 12 Immaculate CT 19:28.3 11 Hayley Collins 11 Tolland CT 19:31.1 7 12 Tia Tardy 11 Orono ME 19:31.2 8 13 Jacqueline Gaughan 10 Exeter NH 19:32.6 14 Karina Tavares 12 La Salle Academy RI 19:35.4 9 15 Violet Sullivan 09 Exeter NH 19:36.3 16 Grace Connolly 10 La Salle Academy RI 19:37.3 10 17 Katherine Leggat-Barr 11 Greely ME 19:37.7 11 18 Emily Kane 10 La Salle Academy RI 19:38.6 12 19 Gaelyn Kattman 11 Glastonbury CT 19:40.8 13 20 Carolyn Todd 09 Greely ME 19:48.6 14 21 Kristie Schoffield 11 Merrimack Valley NH 19:50.8 22 Alli Pratt 11 Coe-Brown NH 19:51.0 15 23 Jody Dicicco 12 Berlin CT 19:51.3 24 Sarah Mawdsley 12 Newtown CT 19:51.4 16 25 Mary Lynch 12 Wilton CT 19:51.4
Boys Recap
On the boys side Hampden Academy junior Paul Casavant was the top Maine runner with his All-New England 20th place finish. Casavant's time for the difficult 5k course was a strong 16:48.0
Greely's Ryan Morrison was the second Maine finisher as the senior from Greely placed 47th running 17:11.1. Class C state champion John Hassett was next as he crossed the line in 55th place (17:16). While Henry Jaques of Freeport was close behind in 61st (17:21.3)
Class A state champion Osman Doorow had a tough race according to his coach. Doorow fell at the start, and was buried in the pack after that. He had also been dealing with sickness in the week leading up to race and dropped out of the race near the 2 mile mark.
Class A state champion Scarborough was the top Maine team as they finished 21st with 498. Falmouth was 22nd with 538, with Greely next in 23rd just 2 points back with 540.
1 David Principe Jr. 11 La Salle Academy RI 15:48.4 1 2 Gabriel Altopp 12 Ridgefield CT 16:09.3 3 Eric Vanderels 12 Brien McMahon CT 16:09.4 4 Nick Sevilla 12 Pinkerton NH 16:17.4 2 5 Jack Salisbury 12 La Salle Academy RI 16:18.8 3 6 Sam Toolin 09 North Kingstown RI 16:19.0 4 7 Randall Neish 12 Glastonbury CT 16:21.8 5 8 Matthew Bouthillette 12 La Salle Academy RI 16:23.0 6 9 Andrew Thompson 10 Fairfield Prep CT 16:33.3 7 10 Dominic Parlato 12 BishopHendricken 16:36.6 8 11 Matt Hynes 11 Montpelier VT 16:36.6 9 12 Benjamin Drezek 11 Cumberland RI 16:39.5 10 13 Cameron Daly 12 Inter-Lakes NH 16:41.8 14 Noah Davis 12 Pinkerton NH 16:42.7 11 15 Ben Siciliano 12 Guilford CT 16:43.4 16 Tyler Marshall 11 Champlain Valley VT 16:44.2 12 17 Harrison Block 12 Amity CT 16:45.0 13 18 Alexander Connery 12 Glastonbury CT 16:45.7 14 19 Liam Kimball 12 Timberlane NH 16:47.6 20 Paul Casavant 11 Hampden Academy ME 16:48.0 21 Jeff Reddy 12 Pinkerton NH 16:48.0 15 22 Michael Bortolot 11 Joel Barlow CT 16:48.8 23 Cameron Dickson 12 Londonderry NH 16:49.1 16 24 James Mas 12 St. Joseph CT 16:49.3 25 Noah Bellomo 11 Alvirne NH 16:50.4 17