On Saturday, November 8th, the Girls Cross Country team, Alex Ostberg, and Armstrong Noonan traveled to the New England Championship located in Manchester, Connecticut to race at Wickham Park for the third straight week in a row. Anne Johnston, Alex Ostberg, and Armstrong Noonan all individually qualified to race, while the Girls Cross Country qualified as a team to race. In order to qualify, the team needs to place in the top 6 at State Opens. The girls team placed 5th, making it only the fourth time ever in Darien High School history for the team to make it all the way to New England's.
“It was amazing to have the opportunity to run at New England’s with some of the best athletes in the country,” said senior captain Kate Halabi. “The atmosphere of the race was exciting, and spurred us all to race hard and make it memorable.” The Darien team placed 18th out of 30 schools. Johnston ran a competitive race and placed 25th, beating the 26th runner by just milliseconds and earning herself a medal and a spot in the top 25. She ran a time of 19:19, which is a 6:14 mile pace.
Ostberg kept up his extraordinary streak, placing 1st overall with a time of 15:07, which is 4:53 mile pace. He won by a large margin, with the 2nd place person coming in 32 seconds after him. Noonan stepped up to the plate and came in 8th overall with a time of 16:01, which is a 5:10 mile pace.
While it may be the end of the cross country season for the girls, both Ostberg and Noonan will be running in the Northeast Regional Meet for Footlocker Nationals on November 29th. The meet will be held in Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, New York. Ostberg has a solid shot at winning the race and Noonan has a good chance of placing in the top 10, which would qualify him for nationals in San Diego. Nationals takes the top ten from each of the four regions in the country: Northeast, South, Midwest, and West. Good luck to Ostberg and Noonan!
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| The Girls XC team with Armstrong Noonan (left) and Alex Ostberg (right) in the center. |
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