Spectacular! CHS Girls CC Teams Win At SCC Championships 10-19-22

SPECTACULAR DAY FOR THE CHS GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2022 AT THE SCC CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS IN NEW HAVEN.

ARTICLE & PHOTOS BY FRANK LOGIUDICE

The Cheshire High School Girls Cross Country Teams had a spectacular day on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, at the SCC Cross Country Championships at East Shore Park in New Haven. The CHS Varsity & Frosh Teams were crowned the Southern Connecticut Conference Champions and the JV Team won 6th Place.

The CHS Varsity Team won first place with a score of 64 the other top teams the Rams defeated were #2 Guilford 125, #3 Wilbur Cross 125, #4 Sacred Heart 133, #5 Amity 152, & #6 Mercy 162. There were a total of 108 runners in the varsity meet.

Alexa Ciccone finished second this year with a time of 18:44.0 beating her time of 18:59.3 in 2021. She came 7 seconds behind Shelton’s Hannah Andrejczyk whose time was 18:37.9. Other top CHS runners were #8 Emily D’Souza time 20:06, #9 Mia Vientos time 20:11 beating her time of 20:55 from 2021, #23 Eva Curran time 21:32 beating her time of 21:48 in 2021, #24 Ava Ciccone time 21:35, #56 Alex Palladino time 23:17 she beat her time of 24:18 in 2021, & #64 Jocelyn Grace time 23:50. Alexa Ciccone, Emily D’Souza, & Mia Vientos were named to the All SCC First Team. Eva Curran & Ava Ciccone were named to the All SCC Second Team.

The Rams JV Team also did well. They finished in the Top Ten at #6 with a score of 137. Middletown’s Mercy High School took the top spot finishing in 1st place with a score of 28. The top runners for CHS were #8 Abby Cortigiano time 23:47 beating her time of 27:03 in 2021, #31 Lydia Ghally time 26:25 beating her time of 28:20 in 2021, #39 Eileah Berkowitz time 27:04, # 41 Megan Rossi time 27:09 beating her time of 27:15 in 2021, #47 Maddie Sheehan time 27:36, #53 Ellie Cohen time 28:11 beating her time of 30:11 in 2021, #68 Vanessa Dube time 30:42, & #81 Lilly Rosier time 37:51 beating her time of 38:48. There were a total of 82 runners in this race.

The Lady Rams Frosh Team took the top spot this year with a score of 17 to Shelton’s 42. The top scorers for CHS were #2 Victoria Brin time 24:02, #3 Eva Morse time 24:08, #5 Maddie Tessier time 24:31, #6 Sara Danese time 24:40, #16 Ava Watts time 27:35, #19 Jasmin Hayes time 28:12 & #22 Mattie Mae Tabor time 28:56. There were a total of 38 runners in this race.

Head Coach Rob Schaefer was ecstatic again regarding his teams’ performance at the SCC Cross Country Championships on October 19th. “Our team was so excited. We have won 5 SCC Championships over the years. THe league has been dominated by Guilford. It is great to have beat them this year. Our top three runners did what they have been doing all year - winning. I expected them to be good. Eva Curran and Ava Ciccone ran tremendous races yesterday and really helped give us the victory. Yes, I was surprised. Going into the meet, Sacred Heart Academy was the favorite. We were a bit faster, but they were much deeper. Beating them is quite an accomplishment for our team. It was a total team effort. Cross country is an interesting sport in that although the runners are running alone, they are together as a team. As stated, we've won this 5 times now. ALL SCC first team and ALL SCC second team.”

The next event for the CHS Girls Cross Country Team will be the CIAC Class L Championships on Saturday, October 29, 2022, at Manchester’s Wickham Park. Race time 9 a.m.