New Kent Lady Trojans sweep podium in home cross-country meet; boys’ team also wins competition
New Kent’s Leela Mauro (right) battles with King William’s Alexis Hassler (left) for a spot in the top ten.Andre' Jones photo
New Kent’s Lady Trojans swept the first three spots of their home meet, while the boys’ team captured five top ten spots as both teams captured the top spot in the Oct. 14 home cross-country meet.
In the girls’ competition, the trio of Olivia Hudson, Lizzie Carmean, and Andi Dallaire swept the medal stand. Hudson ran a time of 22:33, Carmean clocked a time of 22:59, and Dallaire came across the finish line in 23:32.
Rounding out the scoring for the Lady Trojans was Mackenzie Fischer, who finished fifth with a time of 23:48, and Nicole Dallaire who posted a time of 24:16, good enough for seventh place.
Other Lady Trojan runners include Audrey Hudson (8th- 24:18), Leela Mauro (11th- 24:31), Pia Bruellman (12th- 24:38), Hannah Shin (13th- 24:40), Ainsley Howard (14th- 25:01), Ariana Francois (20th- 27:38), Samantha Harris (25th- 29:14), Yohani Calhoun-Sanchez (26th- 30:23), and Kelsey Tirado (28th- 32:23).
New Kent accumulated 18 points to win the meet. West Point placed second with 66 points, while Middlesex finished third with 77 points.
In the boys’ competition, New Kent garnered spots four through eight as that would be good enough to win the five team meet.
Chandler Ashley paced the Trojans with a time of 19:36 to finish fourth, with teammates Grayson Yates (19:38) and Abram Scott (19:42) finishing in fifth and sixth, respectively. Noah Nelson ran 20 minutes flat to finish in seventh, while teammate Dylan Holloway finished a second behind him at 20:01 to garner the eighth-place spot.
Other New Kent runners were Braxton Lee (10th- 20:12), Tobey Davis (12th- 20:58), Valentine Schubert (28th- 25:59), and Marco Ruiz Lopez (36th- 30:09).
New Kent scored 30 points to win the competition. King William placed second with 62 points, and West Point rounded out the top three with 78 points.