Dual Meet #2 vs. Lincoln-Sudbury and Westford Academy results 9/21/22

The second dual meet of the season was held today in Westford, with a "double dual" facing both Westford Academy and Lincoln-Sudbury. Per decree of the powers that be, teams in the DCL "Foley" division (small schools, including Wayland) are assigned a meet against two schools from the DCL "Thorpe" division (large schools). This meet was the Thorpe-Foley crossover for Wayland. The depth of the larger schools came to bear in the final scores but there were many noteworthy efforts nonetheless. The course on rolling trails and dirt roads that passed by the East Boston Camps offered sections of smoother footing along with more challenging terrain in places. 

The JV boys were the first race of the afternoon and the Wayland team was led once again by Ben Caddoo followed closely by Jonathan Mui. Senior captain Matthew Frank was next and he was followed by 9th grader Jayden Newland in his first ever high school race. 

The varsity girls race was next and after having beaten the Westford Academy team in last year's Thorpe-Foley matchup there was hope of a repeat. As it turned out the WA team completely reloaded up front, as their top runner from a year ago was their sixth runner today. The Wayland team raced well regardless, led this time by 10th grader Arya Samaratunga. There was a relatively narrow time spread between the 4th (Selena Liu) and 7th (Sasha Libenzon) Wayland runners. 

The varsity boys race followed, with all but one of the group running the course as a controlled effort ahead of this weekend's attempt at the 5k race distance at the Frank Kelley Invitational. The one member of the varsity boys contingent who won't be racing this weekend is Kyle Reece and he put on a clinic of pacing in the race today. 

The last race of the day was the girls JV, with Michelle Yee and Anna Munford racing together dodging the many large mosquitoes in the woods that were appearing in the gathering dusk. At the end Yee finished just ahead of her teammate. 

Results and times for WHS athletes 

If you happened to get your mile and/or 2 mile split times (these were posts on the side of the trail) please send them to me.