AVON, Sept. 16 – The Avon High boys and girls cross country teams made successful debuts in the Central Connecticut Conference Tuesday at Fisher Meadows. The girls shutout Windsor, 15-50 while the boys outlasted the Warriors, 22-43.
The Avon girls, the defending Class MM state champions, swept the top five spots in the race, led by the Martin sisters, to win its 10th straight dual meet. Rachel won the race in 19:47 and was followed by her sister, Christina, who was second in 20:16. Senior captain Ryley Higgins was third in 20:45 followed by Sarah Leavens (20:48) and Ashley Martin (20:59) in fifth place.
The Avon boys took four of the top five spots in the race led by Andrew Suter, who was second in 17:08. Johnny Hernandez was third (17:36) while Jack Stokesbury was fourth (18:09) and Andrew Mascoli was fifth with a personal best time of 19:06.
Dual meets are different in the CCC – it’s a head-to-head competition between two schools. In the North Central Connecticut Conference, which Avon left after more than 30 years, there were usually three or four teams competing at a dual meet.
Avon is in the CCC Central White Division will have individual dual meets with Bulkeley, Weaver, Northwest Catholic and Farmington. In the race for the division championship, each team earns one point for a dual meet win and one point for each divisional opponent they beat the overall league championship meet on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at Wickham Park in Manchester.
To add some additional competition, the Falcons are competing in five invitational events on the weekends.
Avon competed in the Haddad Windham Invitational last Saturday and is scheduled to compete in the Cromwell Invitational on this upcoming Saturday. Avon will also compete in the Winding Trails Invitational on Sept. 26, in Farmington, the Nonnewaug Invitational in Woodbury on Oct. 2 and the Wickham Park Invitational in Manchester on Oct. 10 – an early look at the site of the CIAC championship meets.
Avon 22, Windsor 43
At Avon
Results — Ryan Harrington, Windsor, 16:50 for 3.1 miles at Fisher Meadows, 2. Andrew Suter (A) 17:08; 3. Johnny Hernandez (A) 17:36; 4. Jack Stokesbury (A) 18:09; 5. Andrew Mascoli (A). Other key Avon results: 8. Matt Nykicek 19:22, 9. Mike Thramann 19:46
Records: Avon 1-0, Windsor 0-1
Avon 15, Windsor 50
At Avon
Results – Rachel Martin (A) 19:47 for 3.1 miles at Fisher Meadows, 2. Christina Martin (A) 20:16, 3. Ryley Higgins (A) 20:45, 4. Sarah Leavens (A) 20:48, 5. Ashley Martin (A) 20:59. Other key Avon results: 7. Gabriella Colletti (A) 21:56
Records: Avon 1-0, Windsor 0-1
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