Led by senior Captain Charles Conway the Tuskers won their home invitational 31-109 over New Fairfield, CT. Somers put all 5 scorers in front of New Fairfield's number one runner.
Conway placed 2nd in 16:36.0, which was 45 seconds faster than last year. Next in was Scott Friedman in 5th place at 17:02 (28 seconds faster), Dave Sammel in 7th at 17:08 (38 seconds faster), sophomore Justin Zorn in 8th at 17:22 (frosh race last year), and Isaac Shelby in 9th at 17:23 (38 seconds faster).
Ryan Matsumoto had his best race ever placing 12th overall in 17:34 (1:58 faster). He clearly is going to be a player for the top 5 all season long. 7th man on the day Kai Crannell ran 18:16 to place 24th.
Brendan McDonnel was 30th in 18:36 to win the JV title on the day. It was a lifetime best for McDonnel after dealing with numerous injuries. He led the JV team to victory. The top 6 JV runners beat all other teams JV runners (McDonnell, D'Urso, Persic, J. Courtien, Maloney, Polvere) and Dan Carleton was 8th in JV scoring. The JV team averaged 19:01.
Top freshman included Larry Courtien's 7th place finish in 9:04. The team was 2nd to Warwick Valley, who's varsity team is ranked in the top 15 in the country. Jesse Rinaldi was 17th, Matt Maliniak was 20th, Craig Dammeyer was 48th, Zach Handzer was 59th, Jack Beresford was 70th, Matt Trujillo 86th, and Garret Shor 99th. 116 boys finished the race.
The girls varsity was missing a few runners but still placed 4th with a 22:50 average. Eve Marenghi (16th, Maggie Hashmall (19th), Sarah Corning (29th), Michala Donnelly (43rd), Jackie Kruger (53rd), Kristi Licursi (59th), and Sarah Barr (71st) were the varsity 7 on the day. The team looks forward to getting Crosby Tillman, Claire Roediger, Bene Abbate, and Kat Delandri back next week.
The girls freshman team saw Andie Simon and Christine Nolan place 15th and 18th to earn T-Shirts. Jenna Fulton was 37th and Taylor Heanue 68th. 75 girls finished the race.
FULL SOMERS RESULTS
