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Hopkins XC finishes perfect regular season in FAA
The Hopkins girls and boys' XC teams attended the final FAA regular-season meet on Wed 10/17, at Sherwood Island State Park. All FAA teams competed, and all scores were calculated dually (each team against every other team individually).
In contrast to the race in late September, the course was much drier and consequently ran much faster.
The girls ran first, and the race went very well. Senior captain Maliya Ellis ran a strong race, running 19:52 for second place. Hannah Szabo was 5th overall, Elena Brennan 6th, and Kaitlin Forman 7th. Taking the 5th scoring spot for Hopkins was Ranease Brown, with Mei Han our 6th runner, and Lily Meyers running a strong race to take the last varsity spot. On a day when many Hopkins girls were sick or injured, many others stepped up, and everyone's performances were notable. Izzy Lopez Kalapir ran a strong race, as did Kat Takoudes and Ellie Medovnikov. Emma Regan ran one of her best races of the season, and Norah Schmitt beat her personal goal from earlier in the season by minutes. Kallie Schmeisser returned to run a strong race, and Rita Roberts ran her best race ever.
Hopkins girls won all matchups
Hopkins 18 - Greenwich Academy 41
Hopkins 24 - Greens Farms Academy 33
Hopkins 22 - Holy Child 44
Hopkins 15 - King 50
Hopkins 16 - Masters 47
Hopkins 16 - Rye Country Day 45
Hopkins 23 - Sacred Heart (Greenwich) 32
Hopkins 15 - St Luke’s 0
Hopkins girls finish the regular season with a 24-0 record.
Full results are here:
The boys ran second. They were without #1 runner Nic Burtson, playing it safe with an injury. Senior Charlie Mason won the race in 17:34, followed closely by junior David Judd in 17:35. Senior captain Connor Hartigan was 3rd in 18:06. Senior Alex Hughes kicked hard to finish 11th, just in front of #12 Will Cooper. JR Stauff was the 6th Hopkins runner, in 15th place, and Jack Keegan ran a particularly good race to snag the 7th varsity spot.
The JV squad also performed admirably, with a host of Hopkins runners running very good races, many of them their best race of the season. Jake Wang, Nate Stratton, Evan Migdole and Michael Christie all broke 20 minutes. Dev Madhavani, Nate Meyers, Tyler Forman, and Nate Meyers ran strong, gutsy races. Similarly, Milo Sobel-Lewin and Chris Takoudes ran their best races of the year. Kristjan Arnarsson, returning from injury and illness, ran a strong race, kicking hard. Griffin Congdon returned from his stint on the play to run well, and Devaughn Hamm, also coming back from injury rehab, ran a solid race. Jacob Ragaza improved his personal best by about two minutes, and Brandon Faunce ran his best race of the season, improving by I believe 3 minutes! Ryan Goos ran well, and Matthew Vasseur also returned from injury to run a good race.
Hopkins boys won all matchups.
Hopkins 19 - Brunswick 40
Hopkins 19 - Greens Farms 42
Hopkins 15 - King 48
Hopkins 17 - Masters 45
Hopkins 19 - Rye country Day 40
Hopkins 15 - St Luke’s 50
The boys finish their season with an 18-0 record.
Full results are here:
http://plattsys.com/m1shell.php?eventid=1721&webadd=/results/res2018/faa183bi.txt&websea=
This is the first time since 2007 that both the boys and girls team have won their regular-season FAA titles. 2007 also saw a perfect record on both sides.
Hopkins next races in the FAA championship race at Waveny Park on Mon 10/29.
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boys start at FAA race 10/17/18
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