CHS Boys CC Team Wins 1st Place On 10-13-23 Meet At Cheshire Park

CHS BOYS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM WINS 1ST PLACE AT CHESHIRE PARK ON 10-13-23 & AWAY MEET IN MILFORD ON 10-10-23.
ARTICLE & PHOTOS BY FRANK LOGIUDICE

The calendar date read Friday, October 13, 2023. Nothing bad happened on this day, just good fortune for the Cheshire High School Rams Boys Cross Country Team. They won first place at a home meet at Cheshire Park against Lyman Hall High School of Wallingford on Friday, October 13th. The score was CHS 21 Lyman Hall 34. The team’s regular season record is 9-1.

Head Coach Pam Gunneson stated, “The boys ran an excellent race and were able to defeat Lyman Hall even though James Boyd and Hanan Talipan Pinedo from our top 5 runners didn't race today. They did great. Daniel D’Souza, Tyler Caron, James Boyd and Jack Lengyel are all coming within 40 seconds of each other. Hanan, Brian and Zack have closed their gap from the front finishers by 30 seconds and will enable the team to experience much success.” She also singled out Quad Captain & Senior Tyler Caron by stating, “Tyler is getting his rhythm back.”

Prior to the start of the race there was a brief ceremony to bid farewell to the seniors who will be graduating next year as part of the CHS Class of 2024. There are six student-athletes who are seniors this season. They are Tyler Caron, Daniel D’Sousa, Brian Krzanowski, Jack Lengyel, Qasim Pasha & Nikita Stepin.

During last year’s Boys Cross Country Season Quad Captain and Senior Student Athlete Daniel D’Souza was the 3rd top runner. This season he improved dramatically and is now the top runner for the CHS Boys Cross Country Team at every meet so far including the New Haven Labor Day 5K Road Race. How did he do this? D’Souza stated, “Just a lot of running over the summer. Over 10 miles per day around Cheshire.” At this meet he finished 1st with a time of 16:47

Coming in 3rd was Tyler Caron 17:33, 4th Quad Captain & Senior Jack Lengyel 17:33, 6th Quad Captain & Senior Brian Krzanowski 18:15, 7th Zach Chasen 18:16, 13th Qasim Pasha 19:40, 14th Miquel Monreal 19:50, 16th Connor Rayball 20:27, 17th Colin Daley 20:29, 18th Jack Wheelahan 20:36, 19th Dylan Scalise 20.39, 20th Domenic Martone 20:43, 22nd Elias Vuoria 20:56, 23rd Gabe Njeim 20:58, 24th Nikita Stepin 21:18, 25th Matteo Dore 21:23, 26th Jeffrey Yam 21:41, 27th Anthony Mariani 21:57, 28th Josh Lengyel 23:08, & 29th Bennett Radshaw 24:10.

At the October 10, 2023 meet at Milford’s Eisenhower Park the Rams Cross Country Team competed against Foran, East Haven & Fairfield Prep the Rams won 1st Place. The score was CHS 23, Fairfield Prep 47 & East Haven 116. There was only one race where the varsity, junior varsity & frosh teams competed together. At this meet Daniel D’Souza finished first again with a time of 17:42 and according to his Head Coach Pam Gunneson he won his first high school race. Coming in 2nd Tyler Caron 18:05, 4th Jack Lengyel 18:14, 6th James Boyd 18:39, 10th Hannan Talipan Pinedo 19:17, 11th Brian Krzanowski 19:26, 12th Zach Chasen 19:27. Gunneson stated, “All the boys had great races and used effective pack running to be victorious. The boys ran an excellent race.”

The next event for the CHS Rams Boys Cross Country Team will be the SCC Championship in New Haven on Wednesday, October 18, 2023. Race time for the frosh is 1 p.m., varsity 3 p.m. and junior varsity 4:20 p.m.