Levesque Victorious in Pittsfield

iBerkshires.com Sports10:43PM / Tuesday, September 14, 2021Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Hoosac Valley’s Justin Levesque placed first in Tuesday’s boys cross country race at Reid Middle School.

Levesque finished with a time of 18 minutes, 36.73 seconds, more than half a minute ahead of the field.

Lenox’s boys accounted for the next three spots, with Harry Touloukian (19:12.13) finishing second alongside teammate Maxwell Adam (19:12.43). Cormac Mathews placed third for the Millionaires, and Lenox’s Renzo Vargas and Andrew McCormack were sixth and seventh, respectively.

Host Taconic placed six runners in the top 13, led by Cam Bencivenga (20:13.28) in fifth place. Mount Everett’s Benjamin Vella cracked the top 10, placing eighth in 21:45.66.

In the girls race, Lenox took the top five places led by Alice Culver in 21:52.50.

Taconic’s Lila Ribero was sixth in 26:05.72, and Hoosac Valley’s Hannah Walsh (26:36.17) placed seventh.

Boys Top 20

1. Justin Levesque (HV) 18:36.73; 2. Harry Touloukian (Len) 19:1213; 3. Maxwell Adam (Len) 19:12.43; 4. Cormac Mathews (Len) 19:12.43; 5. Cam Bencivenga (Tac) 20:13.28; 6. Renzo Vargas (Len) 20:48.96; 7. Andrew McCormack (Len) 21:19.98; 8. Benjamin Vella (ME) 21:45.66; 9. Simeon Mercier (Tac) 21:49.42; 10. Anthony Trapani (Tac) 22:32.07; 11. Max Pierce (Tac) 22:23.77; 12. Max Lopenzina (Tac) 22:53.92; 13. Alex Pierce (Tac) 22:54.19; 14. Joey McGovern (HV) 23:39.57; 15. Connor Sultaire (Tac) 23:46.57; 16. Micah Ketchen (ME) 24:00.83; 17. Dagan Brunette (Len) 24:30.64; 18. Connor McCormack (Len) 24:50.74; 19. Emmett Krantz (Tac) 25:04.18; 20. Guthrie Davis (ME) 26:18.04.

Girls Top 20

1. Alice Culver (Len) 21:52.50; 2. Elyssa Scrimo (Len) 24:29.42; 3. Jessie Scrimo (Len) 24:37.50; 4. Sydney Wilk (Len) 25:37.42; 5. Audrey Touloukian (Len) 25:45.11; 6. Lila Ribero (Tac) 26.05.72; 7. Hannah Walsh (HV) 26:36.17; 8. Lily Powell (Tac) 26:38.96; 9. Isabella McDonald (Tac) 26:46.47; 10. Simira Hanger (Tac) 26:53.08; 11. Ella Kelly (Len) 27:08.99; 12. Jane Wong (Tac) 27:20.64; 13. Natalie Pompi (HV) 27:31.57; 14. Molly McNeil (Tac) 27:31.79; 15. Taylor Garabedian (HV) 27:48.03; 16. Alyssa Garabedian (HV) 28:07.48; 17. Chloe Young (Len) 29:26.74; 18. Holland Tuck (Len) 29:31.86; 19. Audrey Harrington (Tac) 30:10.86; 20. Reagan Miller (Tac) 30:43.95.