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CHS Girls CC Varsity Team Wins 2nd Place At 11-6-23 State Open
On Monday, November 6, 2023, The Cheshire High School Lady Rams Varsity Cross Country Team won 2nd Place.
CHESHIRE HIGH GIRLS VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY TEAM WINS 2ND PLACE AT STATE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MANCHESTER ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2023.
ARTICLE & PHOTO BY FRANK LOGIUDICE
“Cheshire is Amazing.” This quote was said by New Canaan High School Girls Cross Country Coach Jeff Brenston at the CIAC Cross Country Championships at Manchester’s Wickham Park on October 28, 2023 as reported in Hearst Connecticut Media on October 30th. He was right.
At the CIAC Cross Country State Open Championships at Manchester’s Wickham Park on Monday, November 6, 2023 the Cheshire High School Lady Rams Varsity Cross Country
Team won 2nd Place. The Top 5 finishers were #1 Greenwich with 95 points, #2 Cheshire 166 points, 3rd Glastonbury 170, 4th New Fairfield 209 & 5th New Canaan 215.
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The top finisher who came in 1st Place at the State Open was Newington’s Katherine Bohlke with a time of 18:16. For Cheshire the top finisher was Alexa Ciccone coming in at #6 time 18:59. Next up for the Rams was Mia Vientos #41 time 20:19, Ava Ciccone #57 time 20:47, Eva Curran #66 time 20:54, Emily D’Souza #71 time 20:59, Sage Falcon #111 time 21:44 & 129 Julia Gonzalez time 22:21
Prior to Monday’s State Open meet Rob Schaefer the Head Coach for CHS Girls Cross Country Team commented about his hopes for the meet. “Only 20 teams qualify for the Open out of approximately 150 schools that have CC teams. Making the Open is always an amazing accomplishment. We are so happy to have made the Open. We believe we have a chance to continue by finishing in the top six and qualifying for the New England meet. We are certainly going to try.” His team certainly did. They won 2nd Place. In 2022 they won 9th Place at the State Open and this year’s team won 2nd Place. That is a huge improvement.
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As a result of the Varsity Lady Rams Cross Country 2nd Place victory they are on their way to Belfast, Maine for the New England Interscholastic Cross Country Championships on Saturday, November 11, 2023. Race Time 11:30 a.m.
After the meet on Monday Schaefer stated, “It was a total team effort. We finished runner up. So proud of this group. I think this is the sixth time I’ve had a team qualify,” for the New England Cross Country Championships.
