Photo by Fred Field
10/22/11 – The NYA Boys cross-country team defended its Western Maine Regional championship in convincing fashion today. On a very muddy Twin Brook course, the team put 5 scorers in the top 17 and all 7 runners in the top 30 to clinch the win with 59 points. Waynflete was runner-up with 92 points. Full results here.
photo by flewfoto
The condition of the course was a significant factor in the race. Heavy rains earlier in the week left the fields very soft and there were plenty of muddy spots in the woods, which kept many times on the slow side. Cam Regan ’12 led the team, cruising to 6th place in the field of 105 Class C runners and finishing in 17:37. Evan Kendall ’12 continued his return to top form with a 17:57 finish, good for 9th place overall. Rudy Guliani ’12 ran another solid race (12th / 18:13), barely missing out on a top 10 finish. Alex Coffin ’12 (15th / 18:35) turned in his second fine performance in a row as the team’s fourth man. And Matt Malcom ’15 was the top freshman in the Class C Regionals with a time of 18:42 (17th). Grant McPherson ’12, NYA’s 6th man, displaced the 4th runner (or higher) of every other team in the field (22nd / 18:57) while Brian Trelegan ’12 very nearly accomplished the same feat from the 7th position (29th / 19:26).
NYA next competes at the State Championships on Saturday 10/29 – also to be held at Twin Brook. The girls will race at 11:00 and the boys at 11:45. Come cheer us on!