New England XC Championship 2012

The 78th New England Championship will take place this weekend at the Twin Brook Recreation Park in Cumberland, ME. The boys meet features some top individuals, in what promises to be a fast and intense race. Check out the boys meeet preview for individuals and teams.

Photos by Bill Sandreuter

Henry Wynne NE Boys Champion Interview

Taylor Spillane NE Girls Runner-up

Bishop Hendricken First place team awards

LaSalle Academy NE Boys Runner-up Awards

Elle Purrier -Girls NE Champ Interview

Girls New England Race

Silas Eastman Interview

Trevor Crawley Interview

Boys New England Race

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The 78th New England championship will take place on Saturday November 9th @ Twin Brook Recreation Park in Cumberland, Maine. Check out all the pre-meet coverage before, and all the meet coverage afterwards.

The 78th New England Championship will take place this weekend at the Twin Brook Recreation Park in Cumberland, ME. The girls meet features15 returning All-New England runners, in what promises to be a fast and intense race. Check out the boys meeet preview for individuals and teams.

Check out our virtual meet that ranks the teams based off the best 5k times of the 2012 season to give you an idea of what to expect this weekend.

Let's take a look at how the top 5 boys & girls seniors from 2011 are doing during their freshman years of college

Kroy (York IL) get their 9th straight NXN berth, Carmel girls win 2nd straight at NXN MW! Ashley Erba, Alex Riba get individual wins! (Photo by Ken Moreland)

MaineTrackXC will be @ the New England XC Championships providing updates. If anyone wants to contribute just use the hashtag #nexc12. Follow us on twitter @MainetrackXC to follow all the action if you can't be there.

Henry Wynne of Staples Connecticut used his strong kick to win the boys NE title covering the challenging, and muddy course in 16:12 to edge Cumberland, RI's Trevor crawley by 2 seconds. On the girls side defending champion Elle Purrier of Richford, VT defending her title as she covered the 5k in 18:42 to wun easily over fellow Vermonter Taylor Spillane of Champlain Valley. The highly favored Boys of Bishop Hendricken took the title with 85 points while LaSalle Academy also of Rhode Island was the runner-up. On the girls side Barrington, RI dominated the race with 75 points, Coe-Brown Academy of NH was the runner-up