Boys Cross Country recently won first for Darien High School

By Holly Gordon

The Boys Cross Country team won first at a recent meet in Wilton last Tuesday (9/25). After the Girls Cross Country team defeated Wilton for the first time in 15 years, the Boys team was quick to join them. Although the Boys team has defeated Wilton several times in the past, Wilton has many strong runners and still remains a challenge for Darien Cross Country.

Darien boys ran in both the junior varsity and varsity race, each a different mileage and with different runners. Typically, the majority of lowerclassmen will race in the junior varsity while the rest run in the varsity race. For this Wilton meet, the junior varsity race lasted 1.54 miles while varsity ran 3.15 miles, a significantly longer race. Compared to other courses, this Wilton course was relatively flat and easier to manage than many others.

For varsity, 7 out of the first 10 boys to finish were Darien. First place finisher was Wilton with a time of 17 minutes and 5 seconds. However, quickly to follow were a pack of 6 Darien boys, all finishing in 17 minutes and 40 seconds. Other teams participating in the meet include St. Josephs and Westhill.

“It was a solid meet. Everyone did a great job” senior Cameron Wong said.

Congratulations to the Darien Boys Cross Country for a successful race! Cheer on the team in their next meet on Tuesday (10/2) at 4:00pm at Greenwich Point competing against Greenwich, Staples, New Canaan and Brien McMahon. Don’t know how to get there? Click the link below for directions to the meet! http://www.casciac.org/scripts/show_dir.cgi?school=Greenwich