Varsity Girls Cross Country @ Canterbury Invitational

Kingswood Oxford Girls team competed in the Division II race. We finished 7th overall out of 16 teams.

We participated in Canterbury’s 45th Annual Cross Country Invitational on Saturday, September 23. It was a beautiful fall day to run this event. While the heat was a factor, the course was set to have a very competitive day. Kingswood Oxford Girls team competed in the Division II race. We finished 7th overall out of 16 teams. Here are the top 10 school teams: Westover (63 points) Dextersouthfield (93 points) Gunnery (152 points) Macduffie (173 points) Millbrook (189 points) Wilbraham & Monson (195 points) Kingswood Oxford (207 points) Miss Halls (209 points) Canterbury (213 points) Pomfret (214 points) We came ahead of Wooster (11), Ethel Walker (12), Cheshire (13), Forman (14), Marianapolis (15), and Christian Heritage (16). We brought all athletes to the event, but only seven racers can compete, and those athletes and their standings were: 7. 207 KINGSWOOD OXFORD ( 26:26 2:12:08 5:06) ============================================= 1 16 Julia Lantner 24:27 5 84 Taline Norsigian 29:33 2 26 Magdalen Eberle 25:07 6 (101) Mitali Vedula 34:40 3 35 Jaden Paldino 26:02 7 (102) Elise Gendrich 35:40 4 46 Christina Daniels 26:59 Here were the top 20 finishers in our race: 1 1 1 Anna Oeser CANTERBURY 12 19:11 6:11 2 2 127 Tucker Amelia DEXTERSOUTHFIELD 9 21:12 6:50 3 3 138 D’Alessandro Mariela ETHEL WALKER 11 21:38 6:58 4 4 309 Nicolette Peterson MACDUFFIE 11 21:56 7:04 5 5 180 Gianna Russillo GUNNERY 10 22:00 7:05 6 6 454 An’janae Washington WILBRAHAM & MONSON 11 22:09 7:08 7 7 436 Sophia Andrew WESTOVER 12 22:13 7:09 8 8 437 Lydia Mahan WESTOVER 12 22:44 7:19 9 9 349 Carr Kerry MILLBROOK 12 23:04 7:26 10 10 123 Kelly Deirde DEXTERSOUTHFIELD 12 23:09 7:27 11 11 124 Frekking Heidi DEXTERSOUTHFIELD 12 23:10 7:28 12 12 458 Clara Harrington WILBRAHAM & MONSON 12 23:13 7:29 13 342 Brenna Hazen MASTERS 9 23:19 7:31 14 13 440 Maddie-Claire Norris WESTOVER 11 23:34 7:35 15 14 367 Knoll Lanna MISS HALLS 10 23:46 7:39 16 15 444 Olivia Raisbeck WESTOVER 10 23:57 7:43 17 16 276 Julia Lantner KINGSWOOD OXFORD 8 24:27 7:52 18 17 390 Maria Tews POMFRET 11 24:30 7:54 19 18 186 Ksenia Korobov GUNNERY 10 24:36 7:55 20 19 310 Olivia Ramirez MACDUFFIE 11 24:38 7:56 21 20 441 Brigid Protzmann WESTOVER 11 24:39 7:56 We will head to the 15th Annual Marianapolis Invitational on Wednesday, September 27th. We are having a great start to our season. I was impressed with our athletes ability to stay focused, be competitive, and charge those hills yesterday. Everyone kept pushing and had super strong finishes, especially Julia Lantner ‘22 who finished first for our team and led the pack with determination gaining tons of experience, placed 16th overall Maggie Eberle ‘20 who passed 11 runners in the last half mile of the race, finishing in 26th Jaden Paldino ‘21 who had a fantastic start and scored 35th overall out of 108 runners Christina Daniels ‘18 who as a captain helped to guide and support her teammates, placed in the top 50 Taline Norsigian ’19 who passed 3 runners in the last half mile of the race, and while battling a hip injury placed 84th overall. Mitali Vedula ‘21 who finished a strong race and never let go of her plan to finish strong, placed 101st Elise Gendrich ‘19 who raced with a steady pace, finishing 102nd overall

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Away
(League)
vs: Westover School
vs: Dexter Southfield School
vs: Gunnery School
vs: MacDuffie School, The
vs: Millbrook School
vs: Wilbraham & Monson Academy
vs: Miss Hall’s School
vs: Canterbury School
vs: Pomfret School
Location: Canterbury School
Directions: Follow I-84 to CT-67 N/US-6 E in Southbury. Take exit 15 from I-84