Submitted by Matt Diglio.
On Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019, the Haddam Killingworth High School Boys and Girls Cross Country teams traveled to John Winthrop Middle School to compete in the Shoreline Conference Large School meet against Coginchaug, Cromwell, Morgan, North Branford, and Valley Regional.
The Boys team came away with five victories on the afternoon to begin their dual meet season with a 5-0 record. They defeated Morgan/Coginchaug and North Branford by a score of 15-50, beat Valley 21-40, and defeated Cromwell by a score of 25-34. The boys ran a tactical team race over the 3.1 mile course and were led by a pack of Cougars who ran together and finish in the same time of 18:58: senior Christian Uzwiak (4th), junior Matt Jennings (5th), sophomore Caleb Freeman (6th) and junior Sean Rutledge (7th). They were followed by junior Fisher Harris 9th (19:12) then senior Griffin Robinson 11th (19:21) and junior Julian Spector 12th (19:22).
The Girls team also came away undefeated as they also started their dual meet season with a 5-0 record. They defeated Morgan and North Branford by a score of 15-50, beat Coginchaug 20-41, defeated Cromwell 15-46, and beat Valley by a score of 25-33. The girls were led by senior tri-captain Julia Callis, who placed 3rd in a time of 23:26 and was closely followed by junior Meara Bodak who placed 4th in the race in a time of 23:28 for the 5,000 meter course. They were followed by senior tri-captain Lauren D’Amico 6th (23:33), sophomore Ava DiMatteo 8th (23:48) and sophomore Brianna Minervino 9th (24:06) to round out the team scoring.
