New Englands Boys Recap

      John Raneri (New Fairfield, CT) used his home course advantage, to pull away from the rest of the field at the half way point. “I’ve run this course 8 or 9 times, I know the spots where to make a move.”- Raneri would say postrace.  Raneri had a ten second lead at two miles, which he passed in 10:00. Will Geoghegan (Brunswick, ME pictured left) was 2^nd will Christopher Bendtse (Wolcott, CT) running in 3^rd. Raneri would continue to pull away from the filed over the last mile using his powerful stride to navigate the wet, muddy and slick course. John clocked a fine 15:57, the only runner under 16 minutes on the day. “I don’t have a strong kick, so I made a move half way through the race like I did last week at CT Championship meet.” Raneri would comment after the race before embarking on a muddy slide down the hill. Bendtse would close well over the mile to nab the runner-up finish, the 2^nd week in a row he’s been behind Raneri. Geoghegan the Maine state class A champion would hold on for 3^rd, Aaron Watanbe (Hanover, NH) held on to over the final mile for 4^th, while Nate Hathaway (Scarborough, ME) would round out the top 5 running 16:19.

 

    The team race was close between Bishop Hendricken, RI, Bishop Guertin, NH, & Pinkerton Academy, NH; all three were separated by just 14 points. Bishop Hendricken, RI topped Bishop Guertin, NH by one point for New England boys title. Guertin had early lead as they had two in the top 10 (Francis Hernandez-6^th & Jeff Lacoste -8^th), other scorers for BG were (Joey Jourdain 54th, Brandon Latham 59th, & Trent Fontanella 78^th ). Hendricken first runner across was (Jake Sienko- 17^th), BH pack time 2-5 was just 30 seconds as (Mike Mackenzie 35th, Brian Doyle  45th, Ryan Meehan  53rd, Andrew Andrake 68^th) rounded out the top 5. For 3^rd place Pinkerton’s (Jake Hawkins-25^th) led the way with (Chris Pietrocarlo 33rd, Tony Anzivino 41st, Mike O’Hara 52nd, & Sean Leighton 89th) rounding out their 5 scorers.

 

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Top 25 All New England Athletes

    1 John Raneri            51 New Fairfield-CT         12   15:57  5:09 
    2 Christopher Bendtse    60 Wolcott-CT               12   16:09  5:13 
    3 Will Geoghegan        103 Brunswick High School-M  12   16:13  5:14 
    4 Aaron Wafanabe        130 Hanover-NH               12   16:17  5:16 
    5 Nate Hathaway          68 Scarborough High School  12   16:19  5:16 
    6 Francis Hernandez     116 Bishop Guertin-NH        12   16:28  5:19 
    7 Robert Allen          210 Cranston West-RI         11   16:30  5:20 
    8 Jeff LaCoste          118 Bishop Guertin-NH        11   16:33  5:21 
    9 Ryan Laemel             3 Amity-CT                 12   16:35  5:21 
   10 Kelton Cullenberg     106 Mt. Blue High School-ME  12   16:37  5:22 
   11 Mike LeDuc             13 Canton-CT                12   16:38  5:22 
   12 Luke Perron            18 Conard-CT                11   16:39  5:23 
   13 Daniel Francoeur       17 Conard-CT                12   16:39  5:23 
   14 Zachary Kraus          32 New Milford-CT           12   16:40  5:23 
   15 Michael Conway         59 Hall-CT                  12   16:40  5:23 
   16 Connor Stauffer        50 Joel Barlow-CT           12   16:42  5:24 
   17 Jake Sienko           172 Bishop Hendricken-RI     12   16:43  5:24 
   18 Darik Frye            111 Hampden Academy-ME       12   16:44  5:24 
   19 Eric Jenkins          158 Portmouth-NH             12   16:45  5:25 
   20 Jason Kaake           105 Morse High School-ME     12   16:46  5:25 
   21 Sean Mueller           43 Cheshire-CT              11   16:46  5:25 
   22 Zach Fraielli         183 La Salle-RI              11   16:46  5:25 
   23 Connor Rog             48 Fairfield Prep-CT        10   16:47  5:25 
   24 Beecher Watson         49 Glastonbury-CT           12   16:48  5:25 
   25 Jake Hawkins          124 Pinkerton Academy-NH     12   16:49  5:26 

 

Top 5 Teams

 

 1. Bishop Hendricken-RI   
           10   15   19   25   36 (139)(164) =   105
         Jake Sienko, Mike Mac Kenzie, Brian Doyle, Ryan Meehan, Andrew Andrake,
         Mark Vuono, Nick Senra

 
 2. Bishop Guertin-NH      
            3    4   26   31   42  (89)(142) =   106
         Francis Hernandez, Jeff LaCoste, Joey Jourdain, Brandon Latham, Trent
         Fontanella, Matt Chapman, Chris Cogilano

  3. Pinkerton Academy-NH   
           12   14   18   24   51  (56) (85) =   119
         Jake Hawkins, Chris Pietrocarlo, Tony Anzivino, Mike O'Hara, Sean
         Leighton, Kevin MacPherson, Doug Ainscow

  4. Hanover-NH             
            1   22   37   40   72 (101)(153) =   172
         Aaron Wafanabe, Alex Strenta, Paco DeFrancis, Patrick Caldwell, Luc
         Amdahl, Jack Brown, Nat Lowery
  5. La Salle-RI            
           11   20   34   83   96 (145)(199) =   244
         Zach Fraielli, Ryan Walsh, Matthew Mercurio, Sean Phayre, Tim O'Neil,
         Michael Stewart, Dylan Clemens