Terrific Team! CHS Boys CC Team Win 3rd Place At 10-29-22 Meet.

CHS BOYS VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY TEAM WIN 3RD PLACE AT THE CIAC CROSS COUNTRY DIVISIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AT MANCHESTER’S WICKHAM PARK ON OCTOBER 29, 2022
ARTICLE & PHOTOS BY FRANK LOGIUDICE

The Cheshire High School Boys Varsity Cross Country team achieved their goal of being one of the top varsity programs in Connecticut according to Head Coach Pam Gunneson. The boys varsity team took 3rd Place at the CIAC Cross Country Divisional Championships at Wickham Park in Manchester on October 29, 2022. Their score was 148 finishing behind 1st place Xavier & 2nd place New Milford.

Head Coach Pam Gunneson stated, “The boys ran well today. They took off a lot of their time from the Wickham Invitational on Oct. 8th.”

The biggest surprise at the meet for the CHS Boys CC Varsity Team was the Rams’ very own Student-Cross Country Athlete Brian Krzanowski. According to Gunnesson, “Brian Krzanowski had a great run today. He has taken 40 seconds off his time from the Wickham Invitational Meet on Saturday, October 8, 2022."

The top scorers for the CHS team were Tyler Caron finishing at #18 with a time of 17:38 followed by Colin Grevelding #22 time 17:48, Daniel D'Souza #24 time 17:51, James Boyd #29 time 17:55, Brian Krzanowski #55 time 18:39, Michael DeJoseph #91 time 19:28 & Jack Lengyel #94 time 19:30.

Gunneson commented further about the October 29th meet and the season that just ended. “Colin, Daniel and James combined took 50 seconds off our total team time and Brian took off 40 seconds from his previous time on the course. Brian really came through for us, running a great race and taking the 5th spot for the team! It was Brian’s highest place finish for the team. Tyler, Colin, Daniel, James, and Brian were all key contributors to sealing our 3rd place finish. We will miss all of our seniors next year, especially Colin who ran number 2 for us all season and Mike who ran as our 5th for many races. We will also miss the strong leadership of our Captains Clyde, Colin and Mike. Jack Lengyel had a strong season finishing in the number 5 spot for the team in many meets helping the team to score well. Next summer the boys will hopefully get plenty of training in so we will have a strong start to the season! We had an awesome season with only 2 losses to Xavier and Daniel Hand, won the Housatonic Championship, finished 4th at the SCC Championship, 2nd at Winding Trails Invitational, 9th at the Wickham Park Invitational and 3rd place at the Class L Championship! The boys have many accomplishments to be proud of as individuals and also as a team!”