Manchester CT. Friday's action at the Open will be spectacular. We have run the numbers for the previews on the following pages, but the runners may have some different notions about what will be going on. The champions for each Class are highlighted below.
Boys Champions
Class | Team Champ | Team Runner-UP | Individual Winner | Team |
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LL | Hall | Danbury | Steven Hergenrother | Ridgefield |
L | Xavier | New Milford | Owen Martin | Xavier |
MM | East Lyme | EO Smith | Michael Byrnes | Wilton |
M | Joel Barlow | Rocky Hill | Brayden Bayek | Rocky Hill |
SS | Griswold | Suffield | Griffin Mandirola | Suffield |
S | Immaculate | Hale-Ray | Michael Kraszewski | Hale-Ray |
Girls Champions
Class | Team Champ | Team Runner-UP | Individual Winner | Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
LL | Glastonbury | Ridgefield | Kathryn Marchand | Trumbull |
L | New Miford | New Canaan | Sydney Kelleher | New Milford |
MM | Guilford | Pomperaug | Sophia Oliva | Pomperaug |
M | New Fairfield | Mercy | Kelly Jones | Lauralton Hall |
SS | Haddam-Killingworth | Plainville | Lindsey Cascio | Lewis Mills |
S | Somers | Lyme-Old Lyme | Chase Gilbert | Lyme-Old Lyme |
On
the guys' side Steven Hergenrother of Ridgefield posted the best time of the day
at 15:53 with a speed rating of 183 in the Class LL race, while Katie Marchand of Trumbull got the
best time for the girls at 19:00 with a speed rating of 123 in the Class LL race.
Moving on to the Open on Friday are the top two teams from each class race shown above along with eight other selected teams based on their average times (speed ratings). We have broken down the field for the two Friday races on the following pages with a listing of each team's average time for the 1-5 runners, 1-5 split, and speed rating from Saturday's races. Teams naturally want to lower their average times, and generally a lesser 1-5 split is better (pack team mentality), but they want to increase their speed ratings.
Thanks to Bill Meylan of Tully Runners for providing most of the speed rating data for this preview, and to MS's Jason Creasy for pulling all the Class Divisionals merge stuff together.
CIAC Open Teams by the Numbers | |
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Boys Championship | Girls Championship |