Cross Country 2025: HKHS Place Sixth and Eighth in Vermont Meet

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Submitted by Matt Diglio, HKHS Cross Country Coach
(October 7, 2025) — On October 4, 2025, the Haddam Killingworth High School Boys and Girls cross country teams wrapped up the regular season as they traveled to Thetford, Vermont to compete in the Woods Trail Run against more than seventy schools from Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and New York.
 
Senior Julia Downing

The Girls team, running without one of their top runners, had a solid race on the very difficult 5,020 meter course to place sixth overall as a team out of 72 teams, as they scored 248 points.  The Girls were led by Senior Julia Downing, who ran 21:13 to place 24th out of 500 girls.  She was followed by Senior co-captain Grace Mitchell 34th (21L47) and Junior Charlotte Behnke 36th (21:49).  Next to cross the line for HKHS was Senior Delaney Aronson 87th (23:03) and Senior co-captain Amelia Riggs 99th (23:20) to round out the team scoring. 

Junior Evan Berardino leading the way

The Boys team, once again racing without one of their captains and top runners who was out with injury, still raced well as they scored 273 points to place eighth as a team out of the 73 school that competed.  Leading the Cougars was junior Evan Berardino, who placed 33rd in the race with a time of 17:55. Next to cross the line was a trio of Cougars all within four seconds of each other: Senior Dan McCourt 55th (18:17), Junior Wyatt Voegtli 57th (18:18), and Senior co-captain Cash Smigel 61st (18:21).  Senior Alex Fredericksen placed fifth on the team to round out the team scoring, as he ran 18:42 to placed 78th.

 
The cross country team will next be in in action on October 16, 2025, as they compete in the Shoreline Championship Meet at Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison.

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