Lenox Girls Win Western Mass Title
WESTFIELD, Mass. -- Nora Schoeny, Gianna Love and Elyssa Scrimo Sunday led the Lenox girls cross country team to a narrow victory in the Division 2 race at the Western Massachusetts Championships at Stanley Park.
The trio placed seventh, eighth and ninth, respectively to help the Millionaires finish with 68 points, four points ahead of runner-up Hampshire Regional, which tied with Mount Greylock with 72 points apiece.
The Mounties were paced by Josephine Bay, who placed sixth.
Lenox and Mount Greylock were two of four Berkshire County squads to finish in the top 10.
Monument Mountain, which had the individual winner, Amelia Desilets, placed fourth. Pittsfield High's girls were sixth.
Desilets covered the 5,000-meter course in 19 minutes flat, 26 seconds ahead of Hampshire's Kathleen Berry. Desilets' teammate, Rae Geddes, placed fifth out of 139 finishers.
In the boys race, Desilets' and Geddes' fellow Spartan Everett Pacheco was 31 seconds ahead of the field to win the individual title. Pacheco hit the finish line in 15:29; Frontier's Evan Hedlund was second in 16:00.
Hampshire's boys won the team title with 75 points.
Mount Greylock was second, four points behind. The Mounties were led by Rafa Mellow-Bartels, who placed fifth out of 160 runners with a time of 16:22.
Lenox's Benjamin Harwood placed third, 10 seconds behind Hedulund, to help the Millionaires to a fourth-place team finish.
Wahconah's boys were fifth in a 20-team field behind Noah Wesley's seventh-place finish.
Division 2 Girls Top 10
1. Amelia Desilets, MM, 19:00; 2. Kathleen Barry, Hampshire, 19:26; 3. Sylvie DiBartolomeo, Frontier, 19:45; 4. Virginia Krezmien, Mohawk Trail, 19:55; 5. Rae Geddes, MM, 20:03; 6. Josephine Bay, Mount Greylock, 20:05; 7. Nora Schoeny, Lnx, 20:05; 8. Gianna Love, Lnx, 20:18; 9. Elyssa Scrimo, Lnx, 20:19; 10. Anya Read, Mohawk Trail, 20:20.
Division 2 Girls Team Scores
1. Lenox (7. Nora Schoeny, 20:05; 8. Gianna Love, 20:18; 9. Elyssa Scrimo, 20:19; 15. Halle Koenig, 21:03; 30. Leah Basnet, 21:59), 68 points
2. Hampshire Regional, 72
3. Mount Greylock (6. Josephine Bay, 20:05; 12. Vera de Jong, 20:34; 18. Riley Dickinson, 21:14; 19. Katherine Goss, 21:17; 20. Chase Hoey, 21:22), 72
4. Monument Mountain (1. Amelia Desilets, 19:00; 5. Rae Geddes, 20:03; 21. Anna Desilets, 21:25; 31. Myah Bailey, 22:05; 42. Elise Pacheco, 23:08), 97
5. Frontier Regional, 132
6. Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter, 162
7. Mohawk Trail, 181
8. Pittsfield (11. Yasmine Oubtrou, 20:28; 48. Sophia LaMalfa, 23:27; 54. Isabella Williams, 23:44; 63. Elish Travis, 24:24; 74. Olivia Holcomb, 24:49), 244
9. Easthampton, 303
10. Gateway Regional, 351
11. Wahconah (50. Megan Tucker, 23:36; 56. Matty Beatty, 23:47; 80. Lily Penna-Ward, 24:58; 88. Abby Wood, 25:34; 89. Lucy Grant, 25:34), 244
12. Belchertown, 362
13. McCann Tech (57. Camryn Moran, 23:50; 71. Julia Vareschi, 24:42; 73. Kamilia Kondel, 24:47; 81. Aliza Rozon, 25:02; 103. Lily Bellows, 26:45), 374
14. Taconic (46. Shelby Tart, 23:22; 62. Mia Ives, 24:21; 86. Jill Croce, 25:26; 107. Kylie Duhamel, 27:09; 122. Evellyn Croce, 29:03), 406
15. Lee (64. Sophia Puntin, 24:26; 77. Ryleigh Fillio, 24:52; 90. Allie Puntin, 25:39; 93. Rachel Phillips, 25:52; 101. Amia Buratto, 26:35), 411
16. Monson, 411
17. Westfield Tech, 439
18. Southwick-Tolland, 458
19. Pioneer Valley Regional, 525
20. Palmer, 566
Division 2 Boys Top 10
1. Everett Pacheco, MM, 15:29; 2. Evan Hedlund, Frontier, 16:00; 3. Benjamin Harwood, Lnx, 16:10; 4. Luke Howard, Frontier, 16:13; 5. Rafa Mellow-Bartels, MG< 16:22; 6. Oscar Schiff, Hampshire, 16:51; 7. Noah Wesley, Wah, 16:55; 8. Grafton Tolopko, PVCICS, 16:56; 9. Owen Cubi, Hampshire, 16:58; 10. Benjamin Les, 17:03.
Division 2 Boys Team Scores
1. Hampshire Regional, 75 points
2. Mount Greylock (5. Rafa Mellow-Bartels, 16:22; 14. Patrick Holland, 17:06; 16. Finn Noyes, 17:08; 20. Luke Irwin, 17:16; 24. Finn Voisin, 17:33), 79
3. Frontier Regional, 80
4. Lenox (3. Benjamin Harwood, 16;10; 15. Samuel Geller, 17:07; 23. Owen Ames, 17:29; 35. Connor McCormack, 17:53; 39. Ivan Healey, 17:58), 115
5. Wahconah (7. Noah Wesley, 16:55; 29. Lake Drieu, 17:38; 33. Fritz Sanders, 17:51; 48. Cadighan Gladu, 18:14; 61. Brayden Ryan, 18:56), 178
6. Belchertown, 180
7. Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter, 190
8. Mohawk Trail, 234
9. Southwick-Tolland, 236
10. Pittsfield (11. Cohen Zahn, 17:03; 18. Eric Harrington, 17:12; 56. David Bernal, 18:35; 88. Ari Weiner, 20:05; 89. James Smith, 20:06), 258
11. Taconic (17. Collin Norton, 17:08; 53. Quinn Ives, 18:29; 66. Sam Tremblay, 19:08; 69. Sean Reynolds, 19:18; 70. Alec Ginsberg, 19:18), 270
12. Greenfield, 343
13. Monument Mountain (1. Everett Pacheco, 15:29; 82. Quin Meyers, 19:49; 85. Aiden Martin, 19:54; 98. Isaac Meyers, 20:40; 102. Frederick Dignard, 21:09), 356
14. Mount Everett (38. Ben Vella, 17:57; 90. Jonathan Fredsall, 20:11; 91. Nico Bruno, 20:16; 100. J. Hunter Jeffries, 20:57; 106. Joseph Roskidany, 21:11), 411
15. Pioneer Valley Regional, 433
16. Hopkins Academy, 494
17. Westfield Tech, 526
18. Gateway Regional, 534
19. Easthampton, 542
20. Lee (92. Noah Hassmer, 20:21; 116. Matthew Santoro, 21:41; 121. Christopher Ayala, 222:10; 122. Sam Cashman, 22:15; 142. Kevin Chen, 24:17), 554