The 2011 Darien High School Boys Cross Country Team earned its first victory of the season, decisively winning its first dual meet held yesterday afternoon at Trumbull High School. The Blue wave was able to defeat Trumbull High School (16-45), and Bridgeport’s Bassick High School (16-50). The team’s record now stands at 2-0.
In Cross Country, the low score wins the meet. Scores are determined by adding the top five individual finishing places on each team. Points are awarded to the individual runners of each participating team, equal to the position in which they cross the finish line (e.g., first place gets 1 point, second place gets 2 points, etc.). Runners 6 and 7 can displace the top 5 on another team.
Winning the varsity race in 16:09 was a ‘pack’ of four Darien varsity runners: co-captains Charlie Baird, Michael Coe and Michael Johnston, and Alex Ostberg. Marshall Huffman finished sixth overall and fifth for the Blue Wave in 16:29. Also scoring points for Darien were Peter Kreuch and Brian Davey, who finished 8th and 9th, crossing the line in 16:48 and 16:52 respectively. Co-captain Eli Converse finished 10th in 16:59.
DHS head coach Tyson Kaczmarek said, “It was a nice to start to the season, but we have work to do.”
"We had a very promising first meet,” observed co-captain Eli Converse. “We executed our strategy well, and the guys really stepped up.”
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