Raneri wins showdown. CT #4 Guilford stuns all, claims girls title
Highlights
The boys' individual race developed just as was expected, with John Raneri (New Fairfield) and Chris Bendtsen (Wolcott) going nose to nose. The pair passed the mile point in 4:56 and, in the 500 meters heading to the feature hill on the course ("The Green Monster"), Raneri put on a strong surge to gain a few meters daylight at the top. From there last year's runner up pulled away and, when he came back into view of the finish with 400 meters to go, the title looked locked up. Bendtsen charged over the last 200, but would come up 3 seconds shy of the win
The boys team race was a battle between two teams, with state #1 Xavier coming out on top by 4 over #2 New Milford. The big swing in the team score came when Xavier 2rd man Nick Lemon passed a pack of runners a few steps before the finish line
The fireworks of the boys individual race did not match the excitment of the girls championship, as 4 runners were together with 400 to go. Heading up "The Green Monster," Jackie Nicholas (Nonnweaug) had the lead, but Lauren Sara (Bunnell) had made a huge move over the previous 400 meters to move up to 2nd. When the runners came into view of the finish Nicholas, Sara, Meg Ryan (Fairfield Warde) and Reid Watson (Glastonbury) were together. Ryan and Nicholas had a small gap on the other two with 200 meters of up hill running to the finish remaining. Ryan, who had collapsed within 30 meters of the finish line last week, made the 1st move for the line. Nicholas responded and nipped Ryan at the line for an 18:22 - 18:23 win
The team battle was expected to be a replay of last week's "LL" race between Norwich Free Acdemy and defending champs Glastonbury. NFA was pretty much taken out of the race when the team's #1, Sarah Eagan, had to have an emergency appendectomy earlier in the week. Guilford, state ranked #4 coming into the day, jumped at the opportunity and with the low number provided by top finisher Valerie Williams (9th in team score) pulled off the upset win
Team Champions
BOYSXavier 116 over New Milford 120 GIRLS - Guilford 138 over Wilton 146
Results
Boys
CIAC BOYS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP CROSS COUNTRY RACE 5KM WICKHAM PARK NOVEMBER,7 2009 OFFICIAL TIMEPIECE "OMEGA" RESULTS:WWW.NESPORTSTIMING.COM
Place Name No. Club Grd Time Pace ===== =================== ===== ======================= === ======= ===== 1 John Raneri 110 New Fairfield 12 15:40 5:13 2 Christopher Bendtse 170 Wolcott 12 15:43 5:14 3 Sean Mueller 34 Cheshire 11 16:00 5:19 4 Zachary Kraus 115 New Milford 12 16:02 5:20 5 Ryan Laemel 4 Amity 12 16:04 5:21 6 Michael Conway 91 Hall 12 16:12 5:23 7 Chris FitzSimons 98 Hamden 12 16:16 5:25 8 Connor Stauffer 104 Joel Barlow 12 16:18 5:25 9 Ian Albert 178 Xavier 11 16:24 5:27 10 Daniel Nestor 50 Daniel Hand 11 16:25 5:27 11 Chris Reynolds 151 Suffield 12 16:25 5:28 12 Nico Greco 120 Northwest Catholic 12 16:25 5:28 13 Connor Rog 66 Fairfield Prep 10 16:27 5:28 14 Daniel Francoeur 37 Conard 12 16:27 5:28 15 Mike LeDuc 25 Canton 12 16:27 5:28 16 James Bloom 163 Weston 12 16:28 5:29 17 Bryan Fowler 154 Tolland 11 16:28 5:29 18 Christian Kearns 128 Ridgefield 12 16:29 5:29 19 Luke Perron 38 Conard 11 16:30 5:29 20 Dave Cotton 49 Daniel Hand 12 16:30 5:29 21 Christian Pelletier 58 E.O. Smith 12 16:31 5:30 22 Colin McCrory 123 Pomperaug 11 16:37 5:32 23 Beecher Watson 78 Glastonbury 12 16:38 5:32 24 Trevor Lafontaine 155 Tolland 11 16:38 5:32 25 Jake McCauley 54 Darien 12 16:38 5:32 26 Bryan Wilcox 141 Southington 11 16:39 5:32 27 Nick Lemon 182 Xavier 12 16:44 5:34 28 Alex Levine 46 Danbury 11 16:47 5:35 29 Chris Chapman 71 Fitch 12 16:47 5:35 30 John Corona 180 Xavier 12 16:48 5:35 31 Brian Magna 26 Canton 12 16:52 5:36 32 Richard Hume 127 Ridgefield 12 16:52 5:36 33 Jason Funaro 87 Haddam-Killingworth 12 16:54 5:37 34 Ryan Polo 130 Ridgefield 12 16:54 5:37 35 Joel Anderson 111 New Milford 12 16:55 5:38 36 Daniel Fields 106 Lyman Memorial 11 16:56 5:38 37 Jeffrey Moretti 86 Guilford 11 16:57 5:38 38 Aleksandr Morin 35 Coginchaug 11 16:58 5:38 39 John Cocco 3 Amity 12 16:58 5:39 40 Nicholas Grudev 114 New Milford 11 16:59 5:39 41 Sam Parton 69 Fairfield Warde 12 16:59 5:39 42 Steven Piscatelli 168 Weston 12 16:59 5:39 43 Jason Delucia 109 New Fairfield 12 17:00 5:39 44 Jeffrey Lipsman 94 Hall 11 17:04 5:41 45 Patrick Clare 113 New Milford 12 17:04 5:41 46 Kevin Maguire 83 Guilford 10 17:05 5:41 47 Nick Saba 101 Hamden 12 17:06 5:41 48 Samuel Murphy 75 Glastonbury 12 17:06 5:41 49 John Annelli 179 Xavier 11 17:07 5:41 50 Spencer Mannion 20 Brookfield 11 17:07 5:42 51 Connor Kelley 19 Bristol Central 11 17:07 5:42 52 John Conley 52 Darien 11 17:10 5:42 53 Dan Cardin 121 Norwich Free Academy 10 17:10 5:42 54 Derek Vill 117 New Milford 12 17:10 5:43 55 Rick Lewandowski 9 Berlin 12 17:10 5:43 56 Scott Stewart 184 Xavier 12 17:11 5:43 57 Dean Bhatt 2 Amity 11 17:13 5:43 58 Kevinn Tran 102 Hamden 11 17:14 5:44 59 Tyler Scheibenpflug 174 Wolcott 12 17:14 5:44 60 Stephen Vento 169 Weston 11 17:15 5:44 61 Andrew Hill 8 Bacon Academy 12 17:16 5:45 62 Cole Rossiter 116 New Milford 12 17:17 5:45 63 Benjamin Aldrich 144 Staples 11 17:18 5:45 64 Jonathan Foster 145 Staples 12 17:19 5:46 65 Timothy Nohelty 107 Manchester 12 17:21 5:46 66 Andy Pullaro 138 Shepaug Valley 11 17:21 5:46 67 Thomas Benneche 139 Simsbury 12 17:21 5:46 68 Justin Missey-Higgi 143 St. Bernard 12 17:22 5:46 69 Patrick Hubbell 119 North Haven 12 17:22 5:47 70 Jack Ferguson 10 Bethel 12 17:24 5:47 71 Brian Lebow 93 Hall 12 17:24 5:47 72 Nicholas Carlsen 44 Danbury 9 17:24 5:47 73 Kevin Kurnat 24 Canton 11 17:25 5:47 74 Pat Malloy 74 Glastonbury 10 17:26 5:48 75 Joe RAYA 185 Danbury 10 17:26 5:48 76 Dan Hammerberg 99 Hamden 11 17:27 5:48 77 Trevor MacLean 147 Staples 12 17:28 5:48 78 Daniel Harris 32 Cheshire 12 17:28 5:49 79 Alex Reynoso 55 Darien 12 17:30 5:49 80 Mike Cahill 21 Canton 12 17:31 5:50 81 Garrett Rooke 60 East Catholic 9 17:32 5:50 82 Thomas Moore 47 Danbury 10 17:32 5:50 83 Nick Moriello 108 Naugatuck 10 17:33 5:50 84 Tom Woermer 162 Watertown 11 17:34 5:50 85 Edward Wilson 42 Conard 10 17:34 5:51 86 Samuel Zorfas 150 Staples 12 17:35 5:51 87 Blake Fenwick 152 Thomaston 11 17:36 5:51 88 Philip Caldwell 29 Cheshire 11 17:36 5:51 89 Dan Nolte 118 Nonnewaug 9 17:37 5:51 90 Nicholas Ryan 40 Conard 11 17:37 5:52 91 Samuel Spencer 6 Amity 11 17:38 5:52 92 Willem Sandberg 56 Darien 12 17:38 5:52 93 Ryan Gilmore 165 Weston 12 17:38 5:52 94 Matthew Marchand 84 Guilford 11 17:39 5:52 95 Michael Robb 70 Fairfield Warde 12 17:39 5:52 96 Alexander Liontas 72 Foran 12 17:39 5:52 97 William Schloth 67 Fairfield Prep 10 17:40 5:52 98 Michael Duprey 18 Bristol Central 11 17:40 5:53 99 Curtland Brown 28 Cheshire 12 17:41 5:53 100 Drew Zagiebeglo 79 Glastonbury 12 17:41 5:53 101 Dan Ronan 48 Danbury 11 17:42 5:53 102 Matt Menshner 156 Tolland 10 17:42 5:53 103 Kyle Cranney 177 Woodland 11 17:42 5:53 104 Sam Julien 73 Glastonbury 10 17:42 5:53 105 Michael Hannigan-Pe 59 East Catholic 12 17:45 5:54 106 Ned Furtney 23 Canton 11 17:46 5:54 107 Kevin Boyd 142 St. Bernard 12 17:46 5:55 108 Michael Whelan 68 Fairfield Prep 10 17:47 5:55 109 Clark Shurtleff 5 Amity 10 17:49 5:56 110 Michael Leslie 124 Portland 11 17:51 5:56 111 Tim Zigmont 159 Tolland 10 17:52 5:56 112 Alex Weselcouch 88 Hale Ray 10 17:52 5:56 113 Charlie Baird 51 Darien 10 17:52 5:57 114 Brian Bennett 63 Fairfield Prep 11 17:55 5:57 115 Glen Holmes 161 Valley Regional 10 17:55 5:58 116 John Roche 148 Staples 11 17:56 5:58 117 Chase Tagen 149 Staples 12 17:56 5:58 118 David Watson 57 Darien 11 17:57 5:58 119 Adam Seften 17 Bolton 11 17:57 5:58 120 Kyle Coughlin 61 East Hampton 11 17:57 5:58 121 Matt Dinnan 97 Hamden 11 17:58 5:58 122 Michael Weselcouch 89 Hale Ray 12 17:58 5:58 123 Mikolaj Kulis 146 Staples 10 17:59 5:59 124 Kristopher Borton 11 Bolton 12 17:59 5:59 125 Isiah Whiting 103 Hamden 12 18:00 5:59 126 Nick Chekas 22 Canton 11 18:02 6:00 127 Michael Gozzo 31 Cheshire 12 18:02 6:00 128 Ken Heyne 136 Shepaug Valley 11 18:02 6:00 129 Gregory Azevedo 43 Danbury 11 18:02 6:00 130 Elvis Alexander 76 Glastonbury 12 18:03 6:00 131 Adam Helitzer 92 Hall 12 18:03 6:00 132 Ryan Possardt 157 Tolland 10 18:05 6:01 133 Brian Gottwalt 81 Guilford 9 18:06 6:01 134 Macauley Venora 41 Conard 12 18:06 6:01 135 Kevin Whitton 96 Hall 11 18:08 6:02 136 Michael Ravert 131 Ridgefield 11 18:09 6:02 137 Connor Becz 153 Tolland 11 18:10 6:02 138 Francis Sweeney 7 Amity 11 18:12 6:03 139 Brendan Callahan 12 Bolton 9 18:13 6:03 140 Billyn Harkawik 65 Fairfield Prep 12 18:14 6:04 141 Peter Paradis 105 Jonathan Law 12 18:15 6:04 142 Christopher Piscate 167 Weston 10 18:17 6:05 143 Noah Rossiter 112 New Milford 10 18:18 6:05 144 Daniel Shipman 77 Glastonbury 12 18:20 6:06 145 Evan Garrity 134 Shepaug Valley 11 18:24 6:07 146 William Hillebrand 15 Bolton 12 18:25 6:08 147 Russell Stevens 183 Xavier 10 18:26 6:08 148 Connor Isnard 82 Guilford 11 18:29 6:09 149 Justin Chen 36 Conard 9 18:31 6:09 150 Michael Johnston 53 Darien 10 18:31 6:10 151 James O'Regan 129 Ridgefield 12 18:32 6:10 152 Marcos Rodriguez 158 Tolland 12 18:33 6:10 153 Jordan Richard 16 Bolton 12 18:33 6:10 154 Sean Evelich 172 Wolcott 12 18:34 6:10 155 David Scheibenplfug 175 Wolcott 10 18:35 6:11 156 Raymond Crouch 45 Danbury 12 18:37 6:11 157 Matt Griffith 135 Shepaug Valley 11 18:38 6:12 158 Jonathan Bauer 122 Pomperaug 11 18:40 6:12 159 Pat Cyr 100 Hamden 11 18:41 6:13 160 Sam Schnittman 1 Amity 12 18:42 6:13 161 Zachary Albert 140 Southington 12 18:45 6:14 162 Alex Grieco 95 Hall 11 18:45 6:14 163 John Stiller 64 Fairfield Prep 12 18:48 6:15 164 Russell Geary 80 Guilford 11 18:50 6:16 165 Greg Longo 173 Wolcott 12 18:50 6:16 166 Kevin Ford 126 Ridgefield 10 18:52 6:16 167 Matt Young 160 Torrington 11 18:53 6:17 168 Andrew Krieran 85 Guilford 10 18:58 6:18 169 Garrett Szafman 90 Hall 11 19:00 6:19 170 Noah Krassin 166 Weston 9 19:03 6:20 171 Rob Salandra 62 Fairfield Prep 10 19:04 6:20 172 Damien Adams 125 Ridgefield 11 19:07 6:21 173 Ian Thornton 30 Cheshire 12 19:08 6:22 174 Evan Cleary 14 Bolton 11 19:08 6:22 175 Conor Zawilinski 181 Xavier 10 19:10 6:22 176 Evan Camporeale 27 Canton 11 19:30 6:29 177 James Demmons 171 Wolcott 10 19:33 6:30 178 Jack Curran 164 Weston 10 19:35 6:31 179 Cody Brennan 132 Shepaug Valley 10 19:47 6:35 180 Sam Hillebrand 13 Bolton 10 19:50 6:36 181 Jim O'Donnell 137 Shepaug Valley 11 19:58 6:38 182 Ben Steersn 133 Shepaug Valley 09 20:00 6:39 183 Stuart Sporko 176 Wolcott 11 20:46 6:54
-------------------------------------------------------------------- TEAM Results ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Xavier 7 18 20 34 37 (105)(130) = 116 Ian Albert, Nick Lemon, John Corona, John Annelli, Scott Stewart, Russell Stevens, Conor Zawilinski 2. New Milford 3 24 27 30 36 (42)(101) = 120 Zachary Kraus, Joel Anderson, Nicholas Grudev, Patrick Clare, Derek Vill, Cole Rossiter, Noah Rossiter 3. Amity 4 26 38 61 73 (97)(117) = 202 Ryan Laemel, John Cocco, Dean Bhatt, Samuel Spencer, Clark Shurtleff, Francis Sweeney, Sam Schnittman 4. Canton 10 21 48 55 71 (85)(131) = 205 Mike LeDuc, Brian Magna, Kevin Kurnat, Mike Cahill, Ned Furtney, Nick Chekas, Evan Camporeale 5. Hamden 6 32 39 51 81 (84)(116) = 209 Chris FitzSimons, Nick Saba, Kevinn Tran, Dan Hammerberg, Matt Dinnan, Isiah Whiting, Pat Cyr 6. Conard 9 14 57 60 93 (107) = 233 Daniel Francoeur, Luke Perron, Edward Wilson, Nicholas Ryan, Macauley Venora, Justin Chen 7. Glastonbury 15 33 49 67 70 (89)(102) = 234 Beecher Watson, Samuel Murphy, Pat Malloy, Drew Zagiebeglo, Sam Julien, Elvis Alexander, Daniel Shipman 8. Danbury 19 47 50 56 68 (88)(114) = 240 Alex Levine, Nicholas Carlsen, Joe RAYA, Thomas Moore, Dan Ronan, Gregory Azevedo, Raymond Crouch 9. Weston 11 28 41 63 100 (125)(133) = 243 James Bloom, Steven Piscatelli, Stephen Vento, Ryan Gilmore, Christopher Piscatelli, Noah Krassin, Jack Curran 9. Darien 17 35 54 62 75 (79)(108) = 243 Jake McCauley, John Conley, Alex Reynoso, Willem Sandberg, Charlie Baird, David Watson, Michael Johnston 11. Tolland 12 16 69 74 91 (96)(110) = 262 Bryan Fowler, Trevor Lafontaine, Matt Menshner, Tim Zigmont, Ryan Possardt, Connor Becz, Marcos Rodriguez 11. Ridgefield 13 22 23 95 109 (122)(127) = 262 Christian Kearns, Richard Hume, Ryan Polo, Michael Ravert, James O'Regan, Kevin Ford, Damien Adams 13. Hall 5 29 46 90 94 (118)(124) = 264 Michael Conway, Jeffrey Lipsman, Brian Lebow, Adam Helitzer, Kevin Whitton, Alex Grieco, Garrett Szafman 14. Cheshire 2 53 59 66 86 (128) = 266 Sean Mueller, Daniel Harris, Philip Caldwell, Curtland Brown, Michael Gozzo, Ian Thornton 15. Staples 43 44 52 58 77 (78) (82) = 274 Benjamin Aldrich, Jonathan Foster, Trevor MacLean, Samuel Zorfas, John Roche, Chase Tagen, Mikolaj Kulis 16. Guilford 25 31 64 92 106 (120)(123) = 318 Jeffrey Moretti, Kevin Maguire, Matthew Marchand, Brian Gottwalt, Connor Isnard, Russell Geary, Andrew Krieran 17. Fairfield Prep 8 65 72 76 99 (119)(126) = 320 Connor Rog, William Schloth, Michael Whelan, Brian Bennett, Billyn Harkawik, John Stiller, Rob Salandra 18. Wolcott 1 40 112 113 121 (132)(138) = 387 Christopher Bendtsen, Tyler Scheibenpflug, Sean Evelich, David Scheibenplfug, Greg Longo, James Demmons, Stuart Sporko 19. Bolton 80 83 98 104 111 (129)(135) = 476 Adam Seften, Kristopher Borton, Brendan Callahan, William Hillebrand, Jordan Richard, Evan Cleary, Sam Hillebrand 20. Shepaug Valley 45 87 103 115 134 (136)(137) = 484 Andy Pullaro, Ken Heyne, Evan Garrity, Matt Griffith, Cody Brennan, Jim O'Donnell, Ben Steersn
Girls
CIAC GIRLS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP CROSS COUNTRY RACE 5KM WICKHAM PARK NOVEMBER 7,2009 OFFICIAL TIMEPIECE "OMEGA" RESULTS:WWW.NESPORTSTIMING.COM
Connecticut will be the first of the three Metro region complete to finish state competition Friday when runners attack the Wickham Park course at the CIAC State Open Championships. With weather expected to be cool but dry, a large crowd could be treated to some classic racing on a course that is very spectator friendly.
2:00 – Boys Championship – Xavier started the season at the top of the CT Coaches Poll and was replaced at the top slot for 2 weeks and then rose back to the #1 spot and has been there ever since. The men in black had the day’s best team time at last week’s CT Divisional Championships on the same Wickham Park layout. Using the team times from last weekend, Xavier looks to be the team to beat with “LL” runner up Hamden and “L” winner and current State #2 New Milford set to battle it out for 2nd. Xavier put its first four runners over the line within 20 seconds of each other, but had a gap back to its last scorer. The strength of the tight up front pack should be enough to carry Xavier to the win.
The individual race is expected to be a two man race between Chris Bendtsen (Wolcott), who posted the day’s best time at the Divisional meet with a 16:04, and John Raneri (New Fairfield) who last year was 2nd overall and the top underclassman and had the 2nd best time at the Divisional meet in winning the “MM” title. Those who are sure to be in the chase pack are Connor Rog (Fairfield Prep) , Chris FitzSimons (Hamden), Mike LaDuc (Canton) Sean Mueller(Cheshire), Ryan Laemel(Amity), Ian Albert(Xavier), and Richard Hume(Ridgefield). 2:45 – Girls Championship – Norwich Free Academy and Glastonbury have traded off sitting on top of the state poll all season. Glastonbury held onto the top spot heading into last week’s Divisional, but were beaten by Norwich Free for the “LL” crown. A rematch between the two teams could come down to just a few points. Glastonbury will not only be looking to climb back on top of the state rankings, but make it 3 Open championships in a row. The team title should not be looked upon as a two team battle as New Milford also finished ahead of Glastonbury in the “LL” race and will be in the mix when scores are being added up
While the boy’s individual title looks to be a two man affair, the girls could see a pack still together as the leaders start the final 200 meters climb to the finish. The list of contenders includes Lindsay Crevoiserat (Glastonbury), last week’s fastest runner Lauren Sara (Bunnell), Jackie Nicholas (Nannewaug), Reid Watson (Glastonbury, Sarah Eagan (NFA), Rosa Moriello (Naugatuck). A big question mark will be Meg Ryan (Fairfield Warde) who was well on her way to a sub 19:00 clocking in the “L” race before collapsing within 30 meters of the finish line and being passed by Sara. Ryan did finish in the days’ 4th best time and if she starts the race has to be considered a possible gold medal winner.
Besides State Open titles, athletes and teams are looking to advance to the 75th New England Interscholastic Cross Country Championships, set for Saturday, November 14, 2009 at Wickham Park. The top six teams and the top 25 individuals will advance to the New England’s to take on schools from Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and Rhode Island
