Submitted by Matt Diglio, HKHS Cross Country Coach
(September 9, 2025) — On September 6, 2025, the Haddam Killingworth High School Boys and Girls Cross Country teams had their first meets of the 2025 season as they traveled to Warwick, New York to compete in the Warwick Wave Mania Invitational against more than forty other teams from New York and New Jersey.
The Girls team raced well on the 3.1 mile course, overcoming the heat and humidity to place first overall as a team in the Varsity 2 race, scoring 80 points. The Girls were led by senior co-captain Grace Mitchell, who crossed the line in a time of 21:02 to place 12th in the race and was quickly followed by teammates Emi Schweitzer 14th (21:12) and senior Julia Downing who ran 21:17 to place 16th. Not far behind was senior co-captain Amelia Riggs 23rd (21:40) and senior Delaney Aronson 26th (21:47) to round out the team scoring. In the Freshman Girls race, Alyssa Behnke won the individual title, crossing the line in first place in a time of 9:12 for the 1.5 mile course.
Competing against three of the top twenty ranked teams in New York State, the Boys team raced well to place second overall as a team, scoring 52 points, just behind New York’s #1 ranked team, Chaminade High School, with 37 points. Also battling the oppressive heat and humidity, the Boys team was led by junior Evan Berardino who placed fourth in the race with a time of 16:46 for the 5000 meter course. Following him was a tight pack of HKHS runners, led by senior co-captain Anthony Fredericksen 8th (17:05), senior Dan McCourt 11th (17:25), senior Alex Fredericksen 14th (17:29) and sophomore Trey Downing 15th (17:32).
