The 2022 season kicked off on the home course on a warm breezy day under mostly sunny skies. There were many noteworthy performances starting with the combined JV race that featured a mix of new and returning athletes. Wayland's top finishers, Ben Caddoo and Julia Mente, put their experience to good use on the undulating home course. For the newcomers, Edge Wheeler was well up in the field while Matthew Tan, Ben Dugan and Henry Han showed good pacing sense in their first ever high school cross country race.
Next up was the girls race, led by captain Bella Thoen and 10th grader Arya Samaratunga who ran together the entire way. Joining captains Grace Marto and Selena Liu in rounding out the girls scoring five was 9th grader Sofia Cicciarelli who raced well in her first try. The girls fell to a strong Weston team that was second place a year ago at the Division 3 (smallest schools) MIAA State Championship.
The final race of the day was the varsity boys, which on paper looked to be potentially a close meet. There was a lot of back and forth up front before Weston's top runner was able to pull away in the latter stages. He was chased across the line by the dynamic duo of Luke Chisum and Owen Williams, who crossed the line with three shoes between the two of them. While the meet was tied after the first two runners from each team were tallied (1+4 = 2+3), Wayland took the next three places after that, led by newcomer Will Jackson, and this sealed the deal. The final score was 23-33 in favor of the hosts. For an explanation of how cross country meets are scored, check out this document.
Results of today's meet with splits and final times for WHS athletes. If you got your two mile split during your race please send it along to me.
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