Desilets, Pacheco Win at Berkshire County Individuals
DALTON, Mass. -- Monument Mountain's Amelia Desilets and Everett Pacheco each placed first in Saturday's Berkshire County Individuals meet at Wahconah Regional High School.
Desilets crossed the finish line in 19 minutes, 50 seconds, setting a mile pace of 6:23, to finish 36 seconds ahead of the field.
Mount Greylock's Josephine Bay placed second in 20:26 to lead the Mounties to a first place finish in the team standings.
Mount Greylock put five runners in the top 11 positions.
Riley Dickinson in sixth and Katherine Goss, Elly Wilkinson and Vera DeJong rounded out the scoring for the Mounties, who finished with 38 points, 11 ahead of runner-up Monument Mountain.
Mount Greylock's boys edged Lenox by just one point for first place in the team standings.
Rafa Mellow-Bartels was the Mounties' top finisher, placing third overall behind Pacheco (16:35) and Lenox's Ben Harwood (16:39).
Mount Greylock clinched the boys title when Finnegan Voisin crossed the line in 14th place, two spots ahead of Lenox's fifth scorer, Max Mozian.
The county's teams will compete in the Division All-State Qualifier at the Wrentham Dvelopment Center on Nov. 9.
Boys Top 25
1. Everett Pacheco, MM, 16:35; 2. Ben Harwood, Lnx, 16:39; 3. Rafa Mellow-Bartels, MG, 16:42; 4. Noah Wesley, Wah, 17:00; 5. Cohen Zahn, PHS, 17:06; 6. Samuel Gellar, Lnx, 17:17; 7. Collin Norton, Tac, 17:24; 8. Owen Ames, Lnx, 17:31; 9. Eric Harrington, PHS, 17:39; 10. Patrick Holland, MG, 17:39; 11. Finnegan Noyes, MG, 17:41; 12. Luke Irwin, MG, 17:46; 13. Lake Drieu, Wah, 17:51; 14. Finnegan Voisin, MG, 17:52; 15. Fritz Sanders, Wah, 17:52; 16. Max Mozian, Lnx, 17:53; 17. Benjamin, Mandel MG, 17:54; 18. Cadighan Gladu, Wah, 18:09; 19. Ivan Healey, Lnx, 18:09; 20. Ben Vella, ME, 18:09; 21. Williams Keefe, Lnx, 18:16; 22. Jackson Carhart, Lnx, 18:32; 23. Quinn Ives, Tac, 18:44; 24. Connor McCormack, Lnx, 18:47; 25. Brayden Ryan, Wah, 18:58.
Boys Team Results
1. Mount Greylock, 50 points; 2. Lenox, 51; 3. Wahconah 74; 4. Taconic, 114; 5. Pittsfield, 119; 6. Monument Mountain, 154; 7. Mount Everett, 178; 8. Lee, 238.
Girls Top 25
1. Amelia Desilets, MM, 19:50; 2. Josephine Bay, MG, 20:26; 3. Nora Schoeny, Lnx, 20:36; 4. Yasmine Oubtrou, PHS, 20:48; 5. Rae Geddes, MM, 20:59; 6. Riley Dickinson, MG, 21:12; 7. Elyssa Scrimo, Lnx, 21:20; 8. Gianna Love, Lnx, 21:21; 9. Katherine Goss, MG, 21:38; 10. Elly Wilkinson, MG, 21:49; 11. Vera DeJong, MG, 21:53; 12. Anna Desilets, MM, 21:55; 13. Adriana Carasone, MG, 22:07; 14. Elsa Palmer, MG, 22:10; 15. Myah Bailly, MM, 22:16; 16. Elise Pacheco, MM, 22:37; 17. Halle Koenig, Lnx, 22:44; 18. Leah Basnet, Lnx, 22:47; 19. Shelby Tart, Tac, 22:52; 20. Gemma Quinto, MG, 23:11; 21. Nina Martin, MM, 23:12; 21. Nina Martin, MM, 23:12; 22. Sophia Lamalfa, PHS, 23:34; 23. Megan Tucker, Wah, 23:34; 24. Ava Lau, MG, 23:48; 25. Ani Koamaya, MG, 23:48.
Girls Team Results
1. Mount Greylock, 38 points; 2. Monument Mountain, 49; 3. Lenox, 53; 4. Pittsfield, 111; 5. Wahconah, 151; 6. Lee, 176; 7. Taconic, 176.