Avon boys, girls race to opening day wins

Avon’s Molly Hamel leads Granby’s Ashley Piccirillo in Wednesday’s NCCC meet in Stafford. Piccirillo eventually finished second while Hamel took fourth.

STAFFORD, Sept. 12 – The Avon High boys and girls cross country teams easily opened the 2012 campaigns with a pair of victories on Wednesday.

The Avon girls (2-0, 2-0 NCCC) are the defending league champions and they had eight runners in the top 10 as they shutout Stafford, 15-50 and beat Granby, 21-40. Rachel Rosow easily won the race for the Falcons.

In the boys race, Granby’s Dylan Chicoine outdueled Avon’s Justin Alessio in the final quarter mile to win the individual race by two seconds. But Avon put eight runners in the top 10 to beat Granby, 20-43 and shutout Stafford, 15-50.

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Avon 15, Stafford 50
Avon 21, Granby 40
Granby 40, Stafford 41
At Stafford
Individual results – 1. Rachel Rosow (A) 19:36 for 3.1 miles, 2. Ashley Piccirillo (G) 20:14; 3. Madi McHugh (A) 20:34, 4. Molly Hamel (A) 20:35; 5. Alexa Cipkas (G) 21:18; 6. Kristen Goldie (A) 21:54, 7. Katie McIntyre (A) 21:56, 8. Sarah Stokesbury (A) 22:22, 9. Hannah Fusaro (A) 22:45, 10. Julia deSimas (A) 23:10
Records: Avon 2-0, Granby 1-1, Stafford 0-2

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Avon 15, Stafford 50
Avon 20, Granby 43
Granby 19, Stafford 44
At Stafford
Individual results – 1. Dylan Chicoine (G) 18:15 for 3.1 miles, 2. Justin Alessio (A) 18:17, 3. Michael Oberhausen (A) 18:27, 4. Connor Wise (A) 18:37, 5. Jack Wendler (A) 18:50, 6. Colin Ponzani (A) 19:23, 7. Colin Pritchard (A) 19:37; 8. Dan Innes (A) 19:52, 9. Andrew Redlund (A) 20:03, 10. Brendan Goodwin (S)
Records: Avon 2-0, Granby 1-1, Stafford 0-2