MANCHESTER, Oct. 18, 2022 – Avon’s William Lancaster finished seventh to earn a top 10 finish at the Central Connecticut Conference’s cross country championship meet Tuesday at Wickham Park.
Lancaster led the Falcons with a time of 16:39.9, beating Simsbury’s Luke Davis by less than a second to finish seventh. Avon finished eighth in the field of 30 teams with the Trojans finishing sixth thanks to a pair of top 10 runners. Davis was eighth and Daniel Coyne was tenth.
Thomas Armistead was 12th for the Falcons (4-3, 4-3 CCC West) with a time of 17:14.8.
Hall, the top ranked team in the latest MySportsResults coaches poll, won the CCC championship with a dominating 41-124 win over E.O. Smith. Led by CCC champion Issac Mahler, the Titans had three runners in the top 10 and five in the top 20 to win the league championship.
In the girls race, No. 1 Glastonbury had five runners among the top 18 runners to win the CCC championship with a 54-129 win over Southington. No. 7 E.O. Smith was third with 131 points.
Newington’s Kathleen Bohlke had a dominating race to win the CCC championship by 36 seconds. Bohlke won the race in 19:12.2 with E.O. Smith’s Gabriella Hernandez finishing second in 19:48.
Lewis Mills’ Lindsey Cascio finished eighth with a time of 20:43.8.
Avon (1-6, 1-6 CCC West) finished 14th in the field of 26 teams and was led by Laura Funderburk, who was 15th with a time of 21:00.
The Falcons return to action on Saturday, Oct. 29, when they race in the CIAC Class MM championship race at Wickham Park.
2022 CCC Championships
At Manchester
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Top 10 teams – 1. Hall 41, 2. E.O. Smith 124, 3. Glastonbury 149, 4. Southington 193, 5. Tolland 211, 6. Simsbury 219, 7. RHAM 220, 8. Avon 225, 9. Rocky Hill 232, 10. Wethersfield 234
Other local teams – 14. Lewis Mills 351, 21. Farmington 630. Thirty teams fielded full teams
Individual results
Top 10: Issac Mahler, Hall, 16:10.9 for 3.1 miles at Wickham Park, 2. Brayden Bayek, Rocky Hill 16:25.3, 3. Harrison Krause, Glastonbury 16:25.7, 4. Colin Goldschmidt, Hall 16:30.3, 5. Francis Porrini III, Bristol Central, 16:32.8, 6. Ethan Striff-Cave, Hall, 16:36.7, 7. William Lancaster, Avon 16:39.9, 8. Luke Davis, Simsbury, 16:40.6, 9. Jack Mattingly, EO Smith, 16:41.9, 10. Daniel Coyne, Simsbury, 16:42.8
Other Avon runners: 12. Thomas Armistead 17:14.8, 58. William Nusom 18:38.0, 69. Ethan Sloat 18:50.4, 82. Brahm Bulow 19:05.5, 113. Ian McLaughlin 19:40.8, 122. Owen White 19:56.6
Division team results
CCC West – Hall 29, Glastonbury 79, Simsbury 97, Southington 98 (wins 6th man tiebreaker, 32-40), Avon 98, Conard 116, Farmington 214, NW Catholic 250
CCC South — Plainville 49, Bristol Central 63, Lewis Mills 68, Berlin 86, Bristol Eastern 87
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Top 10 teams: 1. Glastonbury 54, 2. Southington 129, 3. E.O. Smith 131, 4. Berlin 233, 5. Hall 238, 6. Windsor 240, 7. Plainville 270, 8. South Windsor 272, 9. RHAM 279, 10. Simsbury 290
Other teams: 14. Avon 327, 16. Farmington 392, 18. Lewis Mills 455. 26 teams fielded full teams
Top 10: Kathleen Bohlke, Newington, 19:12.2 for 3.1 miles at Wickham Park, 2. Gabriella Hernandez. E.O. Smith 19:48.8, 3. Kelley MacElhiney, Glastonbury, 20:02, 4. Jessica Lombardo, Southington, 20:08.8, 5. Mia Gilbert, Manchester, 20:38.9, 6. Natalia Kmita, Berlin, 20:39.4, 7. Lila Garbett, Glastonbury, 20:40.7, 8. Lindsey Cascio, Lewis Mills, 20:43.8, 9. Julia Zydanowicz, Hall, 20:44.6, 10. Madeline Peterson, Hall 20:45.3
Avon runners: 15. Laura Funderburk, 21:0, 69. Ava Keleher 23:28, 72. Katelyn Westerburg 23:34, 83. Ying Ying Cheng 24:00, 108. Miriae Ek 24:38.5, 122. Yasmin Rensch 25:08.4, 133. Suhaana Jadia 25:34.8
Divisional team results
CCC West: Glastonbury 27, Southington 65, Hall 90, Simsbury 113, Avon 125, Farmington 146, Conard 169, NW Catholic 216
CCC South: Berlin 45, Plainville 49, Middletown 55, Lewis Mills 89, Bristol Central 108
Full results
