Local Teams Solid In First XC Meet

BERLIN- The local high school cross country teams turned in strong performances in the first meet of the season last week at Decatur with high team scores and several standout individual finishes.

In the girls’ division, Decatur finished first in its home meet, while Worcester Prep was second and Snow Hill was third. On the boys’ side, Bennett finished first in team scores, while Worcester Prep was second and Decatur was third.

For the Decatur girls, Mary Mergott finished first, Avery Braciszewski was third, Elizabeth Dutton was fourth, Makenzie Cathell finished sixth, Mikayla Denault finished eighth, Amalia Murphy was 10^th, and Marie-Amelie Grandadam was 19^th.

For the Worcester Prep girls, Ashley Laws was ninth, Linley Hill finished 11^th, Caitlyn Hoen finished 13^th, Lexi Willey was 22^nd, Sydney Lamson-Reich was 23^rd and Henna Parmar was 24^th.

For the Worcester Prep boys, Graham McColgan finished third, Connor Carpenter finished fifth, Nick Hearne finished 10^th, Frank Carter finished 15^th, Gavin Hentschel came in 22^nd, Enzel Zechail finished 31^st, Joseph Schwartz finished 33^rd, Riley Moyer finished 36^th, Cooper Ludt came in 41^st, Luke Loesser finished 45^th, Cole Myers finished 48^th, Graham McCabe finished 50^th, Hugh Thomas Cropper came in 51^st, and Rory Pugh finished 52^nd.

For the Seahawk boys, Tristan Dutton finished sixth, Liam Foley finished ninth, Silas Cascio finished 11^th, Sam Rakowski finished 13^th, Gavin McCabe finished 16^th, Philip Becnel came in 17^th, Jake Banks finished 18^th, Aryavir Sangwan finished 19^th, John Reho came in 20^th, Kai Ross finished 23^rd, Shiloh Ponds finished 27^th, Alexey Koulikov finished 38^th, Jake Gillespie came in 55^th, Kyle Elliott finished 57^th and Rife Leonard finished 62^nd.