High School Cross Country Teams Earn Victories

Newtown High School’s girls’ and boys’ cross country teams both started the season well. The girls begin the year 6-0 and the boys started out 5-1. Both squads swept the competition in their lone home meet of the year, on the grounds behind Reed School, on Tuesday, September 20.

Both teams took on host Weston, Bunnell of Stratford, Joel Barlow of Redding on September 13, and entertained Bethel, New Fairfield, and Oxford in meet number two.

Results, including team scores and top-seven NHS finishers:

Girls

Newtown 23, Barlow 38; Newtown 15, Weston 50; Newtown 19, Bunnell 42.

1. Katie Burns Newtown 19:45. 4. Hannah Schwartz  20:16. 6. Brianne Moulder 20:34. 7. Jenny vanVeen  21:18. 9. Kristen DeGirolamo 21:22. 10. Reagan Cerney 21:30. 11. Emily Ashbolt 21:33

Newtown 25, New Fairfield 35; Newtown 23, Oxford 34; Newtown 20, Bethel 37.

4. Burns 20:56. 6. Begg 21:19. 7. Schwartz  21:21. 10. Moulder 21:37. 11. vanVeen 21:42. 15. Cerney 22:33. 19. DeGirolamo 22:58

Boys

25, Newtown 30; Newtown 20, Joel Barlow 39; Newtown 15, Bunnell 50

1. Jake Feinstein 15:31. 5. Pat Sullivan 16:02. 8. Paul Mangiafico 16:33. 9. Palmer Lintz 16:46. 11. Jordan Hensel 17:08. 14. Nate Steinebrey 17:22. 15. Mitchell Russo 17:25

Newtown 20, New Fairfield 35; Newtown 17, Bethel 44; Newtown 15, Oxford 50.

1. Feinstein 16:49. 2. Sullivan 17:23. 4. Mangiafico 17:38. 7. Lintz 18:11. 8. Hensel 18:22. 14. Steinebray 18:51. 16. Christopher Gamble 19:05.

Sullivan came from behind to pull past New Fairfield’s top runner, Zach Anderson, by just one second, for a runner-up finish behind always-dominant Feinstein.