By Matt Diglio (September 19,2024)—
On Saturday the Haddam Killingworth boys and girls cross country teams traveled to Attleboro, MA to compete in the Highland Park Invitational against over 25 teams from Rhode Island and Massachusetts .
The Girls team raced well on the 3.1 mile course overcoming the heat to place first overall as a team in the varsity race with 39 points. The girls were led by junior Grace Mitchell who crossed the line in a time of 20:33 to place 2nd in the race and was quickly followed by teammate and sophomore Charlotte Behnke who ran 20:44 to place 4th. Next to cross the line were junior Amelia Riggs 10th (21:41), junior Julia Downing 14th (21:52) and senior co-captain Keira Sehl-Albert 16th (22:20) to round out the team scoring.
The boys team, missing 3 of their top runners, also had a strong race but did not score as a team with only 4 varsity runners. They were led by senior co-captain Jack Cozean who placed 8th in the race with a time of 16:52. Following him was junior Alex Frederickson 16th (17:51), sophomore Evan Berardino 21st (18:02) and junior Anthony Ftederickson 24th (18:08).
The cross country team will next be in action on Saturday September 21st as they travel to Manchester, NH to compete in the Manchester Invitational.
