HENDRICKEN PLACES FOURTH AT GREAT AMERICAN R.O.C. FOUR R.I. TEAMS COMPETE AT THETFORD (VT.) TRAIL RUN EVENT CLIPPERS SCORE AT MAINE RACE
By BOB LEDDY R.I. Track & Field Foundation Correspondent 2 Oct. - - Hendricken’s cross country squad placed fourth at the Great American Race of Champions on Saturday at the Wake Med Soccer Complex in Cary, N.C. The Hawks gathered 168 points, and were led by freshman Mike Potter’s 16th-place finish overall. Potter ran the 3.1-mile course in 15 minutes, 42 seconds.
Thetford Trail Run Event
Meanwhile in Thetford, Vt. over the weekend, teams from Ponaganset, Portsmouth, Mt. St. Charles and East Greenwich competed in the 3.1-mile “Woods Trail Run’’. The Avenger boys had the highest team finish of the local teams: 12th (358 points). The best Rhode Island finish on the day was turned in by Mt. St. Charles senior Pat Butler. He placed sixth in the boys’ race with a time of 17:57.
For the girls at Thetford, East Greenwich’s Meg Mc Caffrey was the first Rhode Islander over the line. Mc Caffrey clocked 22:45.
Maine Festival of Champions
The Cumberland boys’ cross country team traveled “Down East” over the weekend to compete at the Maine Festival of Champions, held in Belfast, located some 30 miles south of Bangor. Teamwise, Cumberland wound up third among 50 schools entered, scoring 176 points.
Junior Trevor Crawley was the first Clipper over the line, running the 5-kilometer course in 17 minutes, 4 seconds. Crawley finished 22nd at last year’s State Championships. Coming in behind Crawley in Belfast was teammate Matt Sutcliffe in a time of 17:22. Sutcliffe was No. 34 at the State Meet last year. A total of 637 runners finished the Maine race.
R.I. GIRLS “Woods Trail Run’’ Thetford, Vt. Team scores 24, Ponaganset 683; 29, Portsmouth 830. Top R.I. finishers 28, Meg Mc Caffrey, EG 22:45; 36, Casey Mc Grath, Pon. 23:01; 66, Fiona Beltram, Pon. 23:51; 98, Christine Sidhu, EG 24:35; 109, Tara Sidhu, EG 24:48; 210, Mackay Eyster, Ports. 26:16; 22, Diana Frenze, Pon. 26:26; 253, Eileen Korney, Ports. 27:03. Dist. 3.1. R.I. BOYS
Great American Race of Champions Cary, N.C. Team score 4, Hendricken 168. Top R.I. finishers 16, Mike Potter, BH 15:42; 34, Mark Vuono, BH 15:53; 49, Colin Tierney, BH 16:03.3; 50, Tyler Henesler, BH 16:03.6; 56, Connor Doyle, BH 16:07; 60, Collin Manning, BH 16:13; 129, Greg Beaudette, BH 17:02. Dist. 3.1.
“Woods Trail Run’’ Thetford, Vt. Team scores 12, E. Greenwich 358; 27, Ponaganset 766; 37, Portsmouth 1069. Top R.I. finishers 6, Pat Butler, MSC 17:57; 14, Ben Fazio, EG 18:28; 19, Elijah Tousignant, MSC 18:47; 25, Andy Knueves, MSC 18:53; 56, Chris Millman, EG 19:26; 76, Scott Kulm, EG 19:39; 85, Dave Jutras, Pon. 19:43; 112, Nate Colburn, Pon. 19:57. Dist. 3.1.
Cumberland’s top 10 finishers: 10, Trevor Crawley 17:04; 12, Matt Sutcliffe 17:22; 32, Kevin Seaver 17:57; 34, Tom Fownes 17:58; 106, Sean Seaver 19:04; 108, Abdullah Kaba 19:05; 122, Alex Southiere 19:12; 125, Dave Agudelo 19:14; 130, Conor Fleurant 19:15; 255, Ryan Legare 20:14. Dist. 3.1.
