Submitted by Matt Diglio, Coach.
On Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019, the Haddam Killingworth High School Boys and Girls Cross Country teams traveled to Totoket Park in North Branford to compete in the Floyd Parness Invitational against Old Saybrook, Old Lyme, Morgan, North Branford, and Valley Regional.
The Boys team came away with five victories on the afternoon to improve their dual meet record to 10-0 for the season. They defeated Morgan, Old Lyme, and North Branford by a score of 15-50, beat Valley 25-36, and defeated Old Saybrook by a socre of 25-36. The boys ran as a pack and were led by senior Michael Coleman over 3.1 mile course and finished together with the same time of 18:55 for places 5th-13th in the race. They were: freshman Mason Gorham, sophomore Tyler Robinson, senior Christian Uzwiak, junior Matt Jennings, junior Sean Rutledge, junior Fisher Harris, senior Griffin Robinson and junior Julian Spector.
The Girls team also came away undefeated on the afternoon as they improved their dual meet record to 9-0 for the season. They defeated Morgan and North Branford by a score of 15-50, beat Old Lyme 15-49 and defeated Valley by a score of 20-41. The girls also ran as a pack at the front of the race led by freshman Isabel Berardino over the 5,000 meter course. The Girls placed 2nd-7th in the race in the same time of 23:01: senior Julia Callis, junior Meara Bodak, senior Lauren D’Amico, sophomore Ava DiMatteo and sophomore Brianna Minervino to round out the team scoring.
