Submitted by Matt Diglio.
(Oct. 6, 2021) — On Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, 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, Lyme-Old Lyme, Valley Regional, Morgan, and North Branford.
The Girls team also went up against the same five schools and went undefeated on the afternoon and improved their dual meet record to 9-1 on the season. The Cougars defeated Morgan 15-48, beat Old Lyme 15-50, defeated Valley 23-38, beat Old Saybrook 23-35, and beat North Branford 15-50. Leading the way for H-K was junior Izzy Berardino who placed 2nd in a time of 20:02. She was followed by senior Ava DiMatteo 5th (20:13) then senior Brianna Minervino, junior Chloe Lacoss and sophomore Sydney Adelberg all crossed the line together in places 7-8-9 in a time of 20:39 to secure the victory.