What a day it was up at Bowdoin Park as the Lady Tuskers came to run. Junior Eve Marenghi became the first Somers girl to qualify for the NY State Championships since Mary Alice Howard and Suzie Clinchy both went in 2005. Marenghi ran 20:17 to earn the 4th spot on the team of 5 individuals. She will race in Plattsburgh next Saturday and we'd like as many people to come cheer her on as possible.
Marenghi also helped lead the girls team to a 2nd place finish and upset Ursuline in the process. How did they do it? With a smart race plan that saw almost every single girl come back on the Ursuline girls the 2nd have of the race.Senior captain Rachel O'Connell finished here career with her best race ever, running 20:57 for 12th place. It was a great finish for O'Connell who finishes as of the ten best Tuskers ever. Jr. rookie Maggie Hashmall was next in 21:25 and freshman Sarah Corning was 4th girl in 21:33. Crosby Tillman was the 5th girl in 22:07. Michala Donnelly and Meghan Brooks rounded out the team. The girls accomplished this despite missing usual top 5 runner Julia Cavaliere (sick) and Claire Roediger (Stress fracture).
With 8 of the top 9 girls back and the biggest freshman team ever the girls are hoping to win the Sectional title a year from now.
