THETFORD — Two seniors — Middlebury Union High School’s Max Moulton and Mount Abraham’s Natalie May — were the top local cross-country runners in Saturday’s 23rd annual Woods Trail Run at Thetford Academy.
Moulton crossed the finish line in the boys’ 5-kilometer race in 18:19, good for 54th among the more than 700 male runners from schools all over New England.
May’s time of 23:36 in the girls’ 5K placed her 154th among more than 600 female runners. The top MUHS runner in the girls’ division was Emily Fleming, who was 172nd in 23:52.
Otter Valley’s Connor Gallipo led a non-scoring contingent of four OV runners with a strong effort, taking 94th in the boys’ race and cracking 19 minutes on the challenging course (18:45.8). The lone OV girl in her race, Maria Wiles, took 339th in 26:08.
Overall, the Tiger boys were 24th out of more than 50 teams, and the Eagles were 49th in a competition won by South Burlington. Eliot Brett led Mount Abe by taking 310th in 20:29.
The Eagle girls were 35th, and the Tiger girls were 40th. Champlain Valley took second behind New Hampshire’s Coe-Brown Northwood in the girls’ team scoring.
The top seven MUHS and Mt. Abe finishers in the boys’ race, plus the OV runners, were:
59. Moulton, MUHS, 18:19.
94. Connor Gallipo, OV, 18:45.80.
107. David Dregallo, MUHS, 18:50.
160. Ryan Biette, MUHS, 19:16.
202. Emmitt Thurston, OV, 19:35.84.
232. Chris Garner, MUHS, 19:48.
236. Matt Becker, MUHS, 19:50.
262. Sam Ferguson, MUHS, 20:02.
267. Henry Ganey, MUHS, 20:04.
310. Brett, Mt. Abe, 20:29.
392. Connor Norland, Mt. Abe, 21:11.
404. James Whitley, MUHS, 21:15.
479. Lyn Ackert-Smith, Mt. Abe, 21:55.
536. Robin Kuhns, Mt. Abe, 22:34.
538. Nick Turner, Mt. Abe, 22:34.
546. Andrew Raymond, Mt. Abe, 22:39.
559. Collin Eugair, OV, 22:47.
565. Jude Bunch, Mt. Abe, 22:52.
589. Josh Kingston, OV, 23:16.55.
The top seven MUHS and Mt. Abe finishers in the girls’ race were:
154. May, Mt. Abe, 23:36.
172. Fleming, MUHS, 23:52.
231. Genevieve Chiola, Mt. Abe, 24:30.
260. Delaynah Leavitt, Mt. Abe, 24:55.
284. Allison Cherrier, MUHS, 25:12
287. Indigo Woods, MUHS, 25:14.
319. Danielle Morris, MUHS, 25:44.
320. CareyAnne Howlett, MUHS, 25:45.
334. Laura Sundstrom, Mt. Abe, 26:02.
353. Sarah Sodaro, Mt. Abe, 26:19.
393. Harmony Taggart, Mt. Abe, 27:17.
394. Anna Iliff, Mt. Abe, 27:17.
471. Greta Groves, MUHS, 28:58.
500. Izzy Jackson, MUHS, 29:44.