For the second year in a row, the WHS cross country season kicked off with a meet on Martha's Vineyard. With temperatures even warmer and the air stickier than last year's edition, and a stiff south wind on top of all that, the conditions were tough for all the athletes participating. Know that when the dew point is over 70 degrees, as it was for the duration of the meet, endurance sports become that much more challenging. In light of this there was a lot of racing savvy on display from both experienced team members and new athletes as well. All of them tackled the mostly flat course, with some loose sand in places. Wayland was well represented on the whole, with the following athletes competing:
9th grade boys 3k (64 finishers): Griffin Jorgensen 33rd, running well in his first high school race.
JV girls 5k (78 finishers): Cordia Wang 26th, Ainsley Jay 42nd. The two co-captains of this year's girls team demonstrated great poise as the heat really started to build. A year ago, Cordia was 75th of 101 finishers in this race.
JV boys 5k (127 finishers): Archie Baker 17th, Grady Spence 23rd. By cracking the top 25, this pair both won medals, the only medals taken by WHS athletes on the day.
Varsity boys 5k (130 finishers): Cyriaque Schaff 23rd, Brandon Hopps 28th, Ryan Foley 45th, Ryan Young 52nd, Matthew Tan 67th, Reese Migdal 82nd, Morgan Fallace 102nd. Even with the top three from last year's team lost to graduation, this year's boys team was able to duplicate the 5th place finish (out of 18 teams) of 2024. The top five scorers included four 10th graders and senior co-captain Tan. This race was deep and competitive this year.
All this and there was time to frolic in the surf at Vineyard Haven as well before boarding the ferry to return to the mainland.
WHS best times at this meet, 2024 and 2025
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