Team, Individual Champions Crowned At Cross Country Divisional Races

MANCHESTER, CT — On a day described by the National Weather Service as "refreshingly cool," with the high temperature only reaching 61 degrees, thousands of high school runners flocked to Wickham Park for the CIAC divisional cross country championships.

A dozen team and individual champions were crowned, and with one exception, each winning squad captured their school's fifth divisional title or more. The exception was the Rocky Hill boys, who won the Class M title a year after claiming the Class SS championship. Girls' teams winning for the second straight year after moving up in class were Mercy and New Fairfield.

Xavier won the Class L boys title for the sixth straight year, giving the Falcons 24 divisional championships on top of 13 State Opens. The New Fairfield girls and East Lyme boys each won their third straight titles, and back-to-back championships in the same division were posted by the girls from Greenwich and New Canaan.

For the fourth time since 2015, Haddam-Killingworth claimed both the boys' and girls' championships in Class SS.

Hundreds of competitors will return to tackle "The Green Monster" at Wickham Park again Thursday at the State Open. With an unseasonably warm forecast of 80 degrees, CIAC and race officials have moved the starting times up from their traditional mid-afternoon slots. The boys' race will begin at 10 a.m., and the girls will follow at 10:45.

Here are the team and individual champions and runners-up from the 12 divisional races. Click the class headers for complete results.

GIRLS

Class LL

1. Greenwich, 82 (6th class championship plus 2 State Opens)
2. Glastonbury, 93

• Winner: Brooke Strauss, Glastonbury, 18:13
• Runner-up: Tess Sherry, Conard, 18:35

Class L

1. New Canaan, 93 (6th class championship)
2. New Milford, 120

• Winner: Alexandra Morgan, Fairfield Warde, 19:19
• Runner-up: Sophie Spelman, Fairfield Warde, 19:20

Class MM

1. Mercy, 37 (5th class championship)
2. Avon, 87

• Winner: Sarah Roberts, Mercy, 19:42
• Runner-up: Cora Wasiolek, Mercy, 19:44

Class M

1. New Fairfield, 63 (7th class championship)
2. Sacred Heart Academy, 98

• Winner: Katie McMorrow, New Fairfield, 18:59
• Runner-up: Annecy Vlieks, Daniel Hand, 19:22

Class SS

1. Haddam-Killingworth, 34 (7th class championship)
2. East Hampton, 102

• Winner: Jocelyn Gustavson, East Hampton, 20:23
• Runner-up: Charlotte Behnke, Haddam-Killingworth, 20:31

Class S

1. Lyman Memorial, 74 (9th class championship plus 1 State Open)
2. Hale Ray, 79

• Winner: Chase Gilbert, Lyme-Old Lyme, 18:29
• Runner-up: Hazel Delucia, Lyman Memorial, 18:58

BOYS

Class LL

1. Ridgefield, 66 (6th class championship plus 3 State Opens)
2. Danbury, 102

• Winner: Magnus Manley, Ridgefield, 16:12
• Runner-up: Samuel Zwick-Lavinsky, Staples, 16:13

Class L

1. Xavier, 42 (24th class championship plus 13 State Opens)
2. New Canaan, 85

• Winner: Soheib Dissa, Newtown, 15:43
• Runner-up: Luke Cushing, Amity Regional, 15:59

Class MM

1. East Lyme, 21 (7th class championship)
2. E.O. Smith, 55

• Winner: Sean McCauley, East Lyme, 15:55
• Runner-up: Sam Leone, East Lyme, 16:10

Class M

1. Rocky Hill, 42 (2nd class championship)
2. Weston, 87

• Winner: Brian Smith, Rocky Hill, 16:28
• Runner-up: Andrew Organ, Suffield, 16:35

Class SS

1. Haddam-Killingworth, 44 (12th class championship)
2. Griswold, 76

• Winner: Tycen Labelle, Griswold, 16:18
• Runner-up: Dylan Bathrick, Cromwell, 16:43

Class S

1. Bolton, 51 (7th class championship)
2. Hale Ray, 59

• Winner: Shepard Livingston, Bolton, 16:26
• Runner-up: Lorenzo Lopes, Immaculate, 16:41