Pittsfield, Monument Boys Earn Close Wins
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. – The Pittsfield and Monument Mountain boys cross country teams each picked up a pair of narrow victories on Wednesday afternoon.
The Generals edged the Spartans by three points after Sam Glockner posted a 27th place finish overall but finished fifth in the teams’ dual meet to secure a 26-29 win.
For the host Spartans, Everett Pacheco ran the day’s fastest time, finishing in 16 minutes, 20 seconds, but Autumn Higa’s 29th-place finish ensured that Monument Mountain would edge Mount Everett, 27-30.
Mount Greylock’s boys and girls each went 3-0 in dual meets.
In the boys race, Mountie Rafa Mellow-Bartels finished second overall, 24 seconds behind Pacheco.
After Cohen Zahn and Eric Harrington took third and fourth, respectively, for PHS, Mount Greylock had the next four finishers before Mount Everett’s Ben Vella cracked the top 10 in ninth place.
Like Pacheco, Monument Mountain’s Amelia Desilets defended her home course with a first-place finish, hitting the finish line in 19:08.
She was followed by Mount Greylock’s Josephine Bay and Vera DeJong as the Mounties took seven spots in the top 10.
Pittsfield’s Yasmine Oubtrou placed fourth to help the Generals beat Mount Everett in their dual.
Girls Team Scores
Pittsfield 15, Mount Everett 50
Mount Greylock 15, Mount Everett 50
Monument Mountain 19, Pittsfield 39
Mount Greylock 20, Monument Mountain 43
Mount Greylock 18, Pittsfield 45
Monument Mountain 15, Mount Everett 50
Boys Team Scores
Pittsfield 24, Mount Everett 33
Mount Greylock 15, Mount Everett 48
Pittsfield 26, Monument Mountain 29
Mount Greylock 20, Monument Mountain 43
Mount Greylock 23, Pittsfield 38
Monument Mountain 27, Mount Everett 30
Girls Top 20
1. Amelia Desilets, MM, 19:08; 2. Josephine Bay, MG, 20:33; 3. Vera DeJong, MG, 20:37; 4. Yasmine Oubtrou, PHS, 20:50; 5. Riley Dickinson, MG, 21:25; 6. Katherine Goss, MG, 21:28; 7. Adriana Carasone, MG, 22:05; 8. Coralea Lash-St. John, 22:08; 9. Nellie Swabey, MG, 22:09; 10. Rae Geddes, MM, 22:18; 11. Paige Tudor, MG, 22:26; 12. Elsa Palmer, MG, 22:28; 13. Chase Hoey, MG, 22:30; 14. Anna Desilets, MM, 22:34; 15. Myah Bailly, MM, 23:00; 16. Elise Pacheco, MM, 23:03; 17. Maya Filson, MG, 23:06; 18. Isabella Williams, PHS, 23:25; 19. Gemma Quinto, MG, 23:27; 20. Sophia Lamalfa, PHS, 23:37.
Boys Top 20
1. Everett Pacheco, MM, 16:20; 2. Rafa Mellow-Bartels, MG, 16:44; 3. Cohen Zahn, PHS, 16:54; 4. Eric Harrington, PHS, 17:46; 5. Patrick Holland, MG, 18:08; 6. Finnegan Noyes, MG, 18:08; 7. Luke Irwin, MG, 18:09; 8. Finnegan Voisin, MG< 18:10; 9. Ben Vella, ME, 18:27; 10. Benjamin Mandel, MG, 18:54; 11. Owen Koamaya, MG, 19:14; 12. Boaz Slater Lee, MG, 19:14; 13. Zeke Singer, MG, 19:29; 14. Andrew Holland, MG, 19:29; 15. Jonathan Fredsall, ME, 19:37; 16. Nico Bruno, ME, 19:38; 17. Ashby Edmunds-Warby, MG, 19:51; 18. David Bernal, PHS, 19:53; 19. Ryder Voisin, MG, 20:01; 20. Quinn Meyers, 20:03.