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Sweet seconds
EHS storms XC championships
Essex High School’s Margaret Caron runs in Saturday’s Metro Division cross country championships at Missisquoi, where she finished 13th of 180. Photo by Josh Kaufmann
The Essex High School boys’ and girls’ cross country teams both finished second in the large school division of the NVAC Metro Cross Country Championships on Saturday at Missisquoi.
Led by Rachel Pinto (fifth of 180) and Rose Monahan (sixth), the girls’ team edged Mt. Mansfield for second place by 15 points. Metro power Champlain Valley Union topped the Hornets by 34 points, with Burlington and BFA-St. Albans rounding off the girls’ top five.
The boys’ team – led by Alex Dewitt (sixth of 234), Micah Lemmel-Hay (ninth), Jonah Lavigne (10th) and Jesse Earisman (11th) – finished second behind South Burlington by 36 points. The Hornets edged Champlain Valley Union for second place by only three points, with Mt. Mansfield and Burlington rounding out the boys’ top five.
The Hornets will compete in the state championships at Thetford Academy on Saturday, Oct. 27.
The following results list the rank and times of the Hornet’s top 50 individual finishers in the NVAC Metro Championships.
EHS girls’ top 50 finishers:
5 Rachel Pinto 19:43.2
6 Rose Monahan 19:47.3
Essex High School’s Feora Leveille runs in Saturday’s Metro Division cross country championships at Missisquoi, where she finished 30th of 180.
Photo by Josh Kaufmann
13 Margaret Caron 21:01.3
18 Emilie McDonald 21:34.8
21 Sophia Seman 21:36.5
27 Molly Duff 22:00.8
29 Jenna Emery 22:02.8
30 Feora Leveille 22:05.5
32 Emily Murphy 22:10.3
42 Ashley Gehsmann 22:36.4
45 Abby Trombley 22:47.7
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Essex High School’s Jonah Lavigne sprints to a 10th place finish in Saturday’s Metro Division cross country championships at Missisquoi.
Photo by Josh Kaufmann
EHS boys’ top 50 finishers:
6 Alex Dewitt 17:21.0
9 Micah Lemmel-Hay 17:28.1
10 Jonah Lavigne 17:30.5
11 Jesse Earisman 17:30.8
22 Jake Maurer 17:54.2
32 Sully Martin 18:16.8
39 Erik James 18:24.8
41 Matthew Siemen 18:29.6
45 Everett O’Malley 18:35.5
Senior captain Rachel Pinto (410) leads the Essex High School cross country team off the starting line in Saturday’s Metro Division championships at Missisquoi.
Photo by Josh Kaufmann