By Kat McKay - Tuesday September 27th, the girls cross country team brought home its most important win of the season by beating FCIAC rivals Ridgefield in a nerve-wracking tie. The 3.1 mile race took place at St. Joe’s in Trumbull. Coach Steve Norris described the win as being “in the closest meet you could possibly have.”
Junior Grace Loh pulled in first for the Wave, and second overall, with an unofficial time of 20:50. Junior Sarah Colon finished third overall and second for Darien with a time of 21:04.
In cross country, the first five runners from each team score points. The first place runner scores one point, the second two, and so on. The team with the lowest score wins. At today’s meet, Darien and Ridgefield were tied at 28. “In this case,” said Norris, “the team with the fastest sixth runner wins, and we had the sixth runner with the better time.”
Rounding out the top six in Darien were junior Ellen Bauer (6th place, 21:54), senior McKinley Stauffer (8th place, 22:23), junior Sophie Long (9th place, 22:29), and senior Alex Pear (10th place, 22:30).
Injured senior captain Meredith Ott said, “It was our toughest competition coming into the race and everyone did really well!” Loh, who is one of the league’s best runners, said that “I think we can take the closeness as a good thing. It’s a confidence booster for FCIACS.”
The team, which remains undefeated in its division, races again next Tuesday.
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