New Englands Girls Recap

With the defending champion Abbey Leonardi (Kennebunk, ME) opting not to compete in the 75^th annual New England XC Championships, the race for the title was wide open. Last year’s runner-up Emily Durgin (Cheverus), was looking to win the title that eluded her by just two seconds as a freshman. The skies opened up as the girl’s race was just about to get started, the rain was pouring down, not what you call great XC weather. The front pack was packed tight together, and was quite large. Durgin was up front with Kelsey Smith (Exeter, NH), Lauren Sara (Bunnell, CT), Heidi Caldwell (Hanover, NH) & Hannah Rowe (St. Johnsbury, VT pictured left) all in the pack.

By two miles Durgin had taken a small lead about 3 seconds up over Smith, with Sara, Caldwell & Rowe another 2 seconds back. Not much would change in the top 5 over the last 1.1 miles. “At 600m I almost started to kick, but I thought I should save something for the uphill finish.” Durgin would say after winning the New England title in a fine 18:35. Smart move as she was able to pull away from Kelsey Smith (18:42 pictured right) over the last 300m, with a strong kick to win by 7 seconds. Lauren Sara was the first CT finisher, Lauren had a strong finish as she closed well to finish 3^rd, she held off 4^th place finisher Heidi Caldwell by one second.. Hannah Rowe was the top VT finisher rounding out the top 5, as she battled Reid Watson (Glastonbury, CT) to the line, both athletes clocked the same time 18:52. Other girl under 19 minutes were Jacy Christensen(Mascenic, NH) 18:54 & Meg Ryan (Fairfield Warde, CT) 18:57.

Teamwise LaSalle Academy, RI ran away with the title earning a 51 point victory over fellow in-state rival Barrington, RI. Manchester Central, NH rounded out the top three. LaSalle was led by sophomore Molly Keating(19^th- 19:34), other scorers were (Evie Jansen 33rd , Emily Papazian 53rd, Tiana Kibbe 68th, Victoria Beardwood 75^th) With only one senior on the team, LaSalle should have a great shot to repeat in 2010. Barrington, RI was the runner-up with 184 points while Manchester Central, NH rounded out the top 3 teams with 210.

 

Girls Race Video from Flotrack

Track and Field Videos on Flotrack

 

Top 25 All New England Athletes

 

    1 Emily Durgin           61 Cheverus High School-ME  10   18:35  6:00 
    2 Kelsey Smith          157 Exeter-NH                11   18:42  6:02 
    3 Lauren Sara            44 Bunnell-CT               12   18:45  6:03 
    4 Heidi Caldwell        135 Hanover-NH               12   18:46  6:04 
    5 Hannah Rowe           258 St. Johnsbury Academy-V  12   18:52  6:05 
    6 Reid Watson            14 Glastonbury-CT           10   18:52  6:06 
    7 Jacy Christiansen     156 Mascenic-NH              11   18:54  6:06 
    8 Meg Ryan                6 Fairfield Warde-CT       12   18:57  6:07 
    9 Rosa Moriello          50 Naugatuck-CT             12   19:03  6:09 
   10 Abby Mace             103 Maranacook Community Sc  10   19:07  6:10 
   11 Lindsay Crevoiserat    10 Glastonbury-CT           11   19:10  6:11 
   12 Jackie Nicholas        52 Nonnewaug-CT             11   19:14  6:13 
   13 Fiona Hendry           63 Cheverus High School-ME  10   19:16  6:13 
   14 Brianna Tevnan        158 Merrimack Valley-NH      11   19:16  6:13 
   15 Abigail Jones         178 Barrington-RI            11   19:17  6:14 
   16 Mary Kate Cirelli     244 Rutland HS-VT            11   19:17  6:14 
   17 Chloe Maleski         121 Keene-NH                 11   19:28  6:17 
   18 Elizabeth Conway      116 Manchester Central-NH     9   19:29  6:17 
   19 Molly Keating         170 La Salle-RI              10   19:34  6:19 
   20 Corey Dowe            149 Coe=Brown-NH             11   19:38  6:20 
   21 Anne Twombly          160 Exeter-NH                12   19:40  6:21 
   22 Annmarie Tuxbury       53 Northwestern-CT          10   19:44  6:22 
   23 Emily Atwood           68 Cape Elizabeth High Sch  12   19:46  6:23 
   24 Danielle Klein         59 Trumbull-CT              12   19:47  6:23 
   25 Katherine Howley       33 Ridgefield-CT            12   19:48  6:24 

Top 5 Teams

  1. La Salle-RI            
           11   18   28   36   40  (50) (78) =   133
         Molly Keating, Evie Jansen, Emily Papazian, Tiana Kibbe, Victoria
         Beardwood, Danielle Renzi, Caitlin Marino
  2. Barrington-RI          
            7   15   25   67   70  (83) (97) =   184
         Abigail Jones, Molly Malinowski, Sarah Barry, Fiona Paine, Emily
         Siskind, Emily Caesar, Alex August
  3. Manchester Central-NH  
           10   16   19   49  116 (120)(129) =   210
         Elizabeth Conway, Arianna Vailas, Alexandra Conway, Meggie Donovan,
         Abby Mosca, Hannah Marshall, Amelia McCue
  4. Hanover-NH             
            2   17   52   62   82 (123)(174) =   215
         Heidi Caldwell, Connie Emerson, Lucy Skinner, Emily Nice, Lizzie
         Anderson, Liz Haas, Kate Kerin
  5. Cheverus High School-ME
            1    6   23   66  126 (150)(184) =   222
         Emily Durgin, Fiona Hendry, Liana Rubinoff, Amelia Lundkvist, Madeline
         Woods, Greta Niedermeyer, Hillary Morin