New England Championship (Belfast) 11/11

by **Tom Nolette** » Wed Nov 08, 2017 3:48 am

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The 83rd New England Cross-Country Championship will take place at the Troy Howard Middle School in Belfast, Maine on Saturday November 11th. Check out the individual & team qualifiers from the 5 competing states below.
http://me.milesplit.com/articles/226617

by **MBRer** » Thu Nov 09, 2017 7:16 am

Belfast, Troy Howard set to host New England championships
Camden Hills girls state Class A title team to participat

BELFAST — Every five years, the top high school cross-country runners converge on the Pine Tree State to participate in the New England championships.

And for the first time in memory, schools from Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Maine will venture a bit further north — to the Midcoast, to be exact — for the high-profile event.

The 83rd annual New England Interscholastic Cross-Country Championships will be held on Saturday, Nov. 11 at Troy Howard Middle School in Belfast. The girls race will begin at 11:30 a.m., with the boys to follow at 12:30 p.m., with approximately 225 runners in each race.

Massachusetts does not compete at the New England level, thus, the other five New England states rotate hosting the event.

https://knox.villagesoup.com/p/belfast- ... ps/1702024

by **Tom Nolette** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 6:01 am

Maine standouts have high hopes at New England cross country championships in Belfast
Luke Laverdiere of Yarmouth and Sofie Matson of Falmouth have a chance to join a short list of regional cross country champions from Maine.

...Laverdiere is attempting to become the first Maine schoolboy to win the regional crown since Louis Luchini of Ellsworth in 1998. Luchini, who went on to run at Stanford University, is now a four-term member of Maine’s House of Representatives.

“I ran that same course earlier this year at Festival,” said Laverdiere, referring to his personal best of 15 minutes, 10.86 seconds over the 5-kilometer course in the Festival of Champions, where he won by more than half a minute over a field that included top schools from Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. “So I have experience on it.”

Five New England states – Massachusetts, with a later season, is the exception – can send their top six teams and top 25 individuals to the regional meet, which was first held in 1935. The girls’ race is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m., and the boys race is at 12:30 p.m.

http://www.pressherald.com/2017/11/10/m ... n-belfast/

by **MBRer** » Sun Nov 12, 2017 4:10 am

New England H.S. Cross Country Meet Held in Belfast for First Time

BELFAST, MAINE (WABI) - For the first time, Belfast played host site for New England’s. The 83rd annual New England Interscholastic Cross Country Championship run today at Troy Howard Middle School

http://www.wabi.tv/content/sports/New-E ... 47133.html

by **MBRer** » Sun Nov 12, 2017 4:24 am

Record falls at New England Cross Country Meet in Belfast

BELFAST — Two runners broke the girls’ course record Saturday during the New England Cross Country Championships at Troy A. Howard Middle School in Belfast.

Julia Robitaille of Manchester West High School of New Hampshire and Eleanor Lawler of South Kingstown in Rhode Island each surpassed the previous mark of 17:47; Robitaille won the race in 17:31.65, while Lawler ran 17:40.55 to snag second place.

In the boys’ race, Luke Laverdiere of Yarmouth was looking to to cap off his undefeated season with a win at New England’s, and after coming within three seconds of the Belfast course record during his win at the Festival of Champions, he knew he could give it a run.

However, Drew Thompson of Fairfield Prep in Connecticut stole the show and won with a time of 15:16, nine seconds slower than Josef Holt-Andrews’ record time of 15:07.

http://www.sunjournal.com/record-falls- ... n-belfast/

by **MBRer** » Sun Nov 12, 2017 4:35 am

New England high school cross country championship results

GIRLS RESULTS
Pinkerton, N.H. 163, Bishop Guertin, N.H. 183, Glastonbury, Conn. 212, Champlain Valley, Vt. 215, Souhegan, N.H. 236, La Salle Acad, R.I. 238, Coe-Brown, N.H. 239, Danbury, Conn. 251, Portsmouth, R.I. 279, Pomperaug, Conn. 293, Camden Hills, Maine 317, South Kingstown, R.I. 327, Haddam-Killingworth, Conn. 346, Oyster River, N.H. 354, East Greenwich, R.I. 405, Trumbull, Conn. 408, Barrington, R.I. 413, Merrimack, N.H. 428, Burlington, Vt. 430, Guilford, Conn. 433, Deering, Maine 481, Gorham, Maine 487 Mt. Mansfield, Vt. 537, St. Johnsbury Acad, Vt. 538, Colchester, Vt. 542, Cumberland, R.I. 556, Orono, Maine 655, Yarmouth, Maine 674, Essex, Vt. 732.

BOYS RESULTS
Xavier, Conn. 74, Staples, Conn. 103, Bishop Hendricken, R.I. 126, La Salle Acad, R.I. 159, Concord, N.H. 202, Fairfield Warde, Conn. 212, Fairfield Prep, Conn. 224, Haddam-Killingworth, Conn. 266, Hall, Conn. 328, U-32, Vt. 343, East Greenwich, R.I. 370, Essex, Vt. 410, Coe-Brown, N.H. 425, Oyster River, N.H. 458, Keene, N.H. 460, Deering, Maine 462, Londonderry, N.H. 466, Burlington, Vt. 473, Nashua North, N.H. 496, South Burlington, Vt. 502, Chariho, R.I. 515, Scarborough, Maine 552, Falmouth, Maine 569, Barrington, R.I. 584, Lincoln Acad, Maine 596, Greely, Maine 606, North Kingston, R.I. 611, St. Johnsbury Acad., Vt. 659, Orono, Maine 783, Champlain Valley, Vt. 830.

http://bangordailynews.com/2017/11/11/s ... p-results/

by **Tom Nolette** » Mon Nov 13, 2017 1:44 am

Cold New England meet attracts elite runners — including Camden Hills girls
Windjammers finish 11th among 29 teams; Iltis leads way at 23rd in 267-runner field

BELFAST — Five-hundred-and-23 of the most talented, fit and fastest teenage distance runners — including seven girls from Camden Hills of Rockport — braved cold, brisk conditions to participate in the 83rd New England Interscholastic Cross-Country Championships on Saturday, Nov. 11 at Troy Howard Middle School.

The event, with temperatures in the 20s and whipping winds on an overall sunny fall day, saw 267 girls and 256 boys start the 5-kilometer, or 3.1-mile, races, with only 12 unable to finish.

Photos from this event will appear later with this story.
Click for complete girls results.
Click for complete boys results.
Click to view videos.
Watch videos below of the New Englands and Camden Hills girls.

The fields proved amazingly fast as the girls finished in a span from 17:31 to 24:01, while the boys finished in eye-opening span of 15:16 to 20:03.

https://knox.villagesoup.com/p/cold-new ... ls/1703614

by **Tom Nolette** » Wed Nov 15, 2017 2:20 am

Deering runners turn heads at New England meet

A select group of cross country runners from the city took part in the New England championship meet Saturday in Belfast. Deering’s girls finished 21st (Pinkerton, New Hampshire placed first) and had the second-best showing among Maine schools, trailing only Camden Hills. The Rams were led by Sierra Aponte-Clarke, who was 58th for scoring purposes, completing the 5-kilometer course in 19 minutes, 52.80 seconds. Nicole Whipkey placed 60th (19:54.25). Also scoring were Lucy Tumavicus (115th, 20:54.90), Grace Tumavicus (121st, 20:58.91) and Hadley Poirier (127th, 21:06.41). In the boys’ meet, won by Xavier, Connecticut, Deering came in 16th. The Rams were led by Yahya Nure (fifth, 16:01.23) and Alec Troxell (12th, 16:05.64). Also scoring were Abdikadir Abdirahman (136th, 17:36.19) and Jerry Mixangelo (154th, 17:47.19). Waynflete’s Henry Spritz, the Class C individual champion, had the 160th-best individual time (17:26.15).

http://www.theforecaster.net/deering-ru ... land-meet/