Swann, Love Lead Teams to Berkshire Invitational Titles
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Katherine Swann and Grace Malone finished 1-2 for the Mount Greylock girls cross country team to lead the Mounties to a team title at the Berkshire County Invitational on Saturday morning.
In the boys meet, the familiar trio of Dennis Love, Maxwell Adam and Harry Touloukian led Lenox to the team crown at Mount Greylock Regional School.
Love led the field with a time of 18 minutes, 3.95 seconds, 5.5 seconds ahead of teammate Adam.
The first non-Millionaire across the line in the boys race was Hoosac Valley’s Justin Levesque, who finished fourth in 18:44.89.
Swann won the girls race in 20:32.81, 18 seconds ahead of Malone (20:50.18).
Lenox’s Alice Culver (21:02.63) to break up a group of three Mounties in the top four. Josephine Smith placed fourth for Mount Greylock in 22:17.06 as she and Swann Closed out their careers on their home course.
Mount Greylock’s girls finished with 31 points, 14 ahead of runner-up Lenox. Lee placed third in the girls race with 81 points.
Lenox’s boys won the team competition with 24 points. Wahconah placed second with 46 and the homesteading Mounties placing third.
Ninth-grader Fritz Saunders (19:12.70) led Wahconah, placing fifth overall, six seconds ahead of Pittsfield’s Jack Archey (19:18.65). First-year Cadighan Gladu and sophomore Aidan Garcia placed sixth and seventh, respectively, for Wahconah.
While Mount Greylock’s girls took the top two places on the podium, Lenox made up some ground by placing three runners in the top seven. After Culver in third came Elyssa Scrimo in sixth and Audrey Touloukian in seventh.
Girls Team Scores
1. Mount Greylock 31 points; 2. Lenox 45; 3. Lee 81; 4. Pittsfield 105; 5. Wahconah 130; 6. Monument Mountain 134; 7. Taconic 179; 8. Hoosac Valley 199.
Girls Top 20
1. Katherine Swann, MG, 20:32.81; 2. Grace Malone, MG, 20:50.18; 3. Alice Culver, Lenox, 21:02.63; 4. Josephine Smith, MG, 22:17.06; 5. Madeleine Rocheleau-Holmes, MM, 22:46.14; 6. Elyssa Scrimo, Lenox, 22:54.23; 7. Audrey Touloukian, Lenox, 23:26.19; 8. Grace Ungewitter, PHS, 23:27.83; 9. Emily Holian, Lee, 23:33.33; 10. Anna Martin, Lee, 23:38.75; 11. Vera De Jong, MG, 23:38.91; 12. Julianne Harwood, Lenox, 23:39.49; 13. Erin Keating, MG, 23:44.01; 14. Brianna Kelly, Lee, 23:52.46; 15. Sydney Ferris, PHS, 24:01.55; 16. Annie Art, MG, 24:06.18; 17. Jessie Scrimo, Lenox, 24:17.77; 18. Joelyn Sommers, Wah, 24:19.75; 19. Madison McCarthy, Wah, 24:44.80; 20. Anne Miller, MG, 24:56.05.
Boys Team Scores
1. Lenox 24 points; 2. Wahconah 46; 3. Mount Greylock 93; 4. Pittsfield 115; 5. Lee 122; 6. Taconic 150; 7. Monument Mountain 153.
Boys Top 20
1. Dennis Love, Lenox, 18:03.95; 2. Maxwell Adam, Lenox, 18:09.44; 3. Harry Touloukian, Lenox, 18:38.81; 4. Justin Levesque, HV, 18:44.89; 5. Fritz Sanders, Wah, 19:12.70; 6. Jack Archey, PHS, 19:18.65; 7. Cadighan Gladu, Wah, 19:28.40; 8. Aidan Garcia, Wah, 19:29.49; 9. Renzo Vargas, Lenox, 19:32.67; 10. Asa Chard, PHS, 19:35.26; 11. Cormac Matthews, Lenox, 19:37.69; 12. Andrew Petropulos, MG, 19:37.90; 13. Ezra Holzapfel, MG, 19:41.43; 14. Riley Gladu, Wah, 19:47.36; 15. Cam Bencivenga, Tac, 19:50.69; 16. Josh Perrier, Lee, 19:53.83; 17. Lucas Wildrick, Wah, 19:54.32; 18. Andrew McCormack, Lenox, 19:55.92; 19. Colby Sweet, MM, 20:01.79; 20. Aiden Fennelly, Lee, 20:05.07.