SOUTH DUXBURY — The Middlebury Union High School boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams each finished second at Saturday’s Harwood Invitational, one spot ahead of runners from Vergennes. The Mount Abraham boys took fourth, while the Eagle girls lacked enough runners to score as a team.
Ross Crowne finished third to lead the Tiger boys, while Spencer Hurlburt was ninth to pace VUHS and Aidan May was 22nd to become the first Eagle boy to cross the finish line.
Kate Oster took eighth for the Tiger girls, followed closely by Commodore Sadie Kass in 10th. Delaynah Leavitt was 19th for the Eagles.
Host Harwood swept the event. The Harwood boys scored 19 points, followed by MUHS (50), VUHS (85), Mount Abe (115) and Blue Mountain (125).
Next up for the three county teams is the Oct. 29 NVAC meet at Missisquoi, followed by the Nov. 5 Division II championship meet at Thetford.
The Harwood girls scored 16 points, followed by the Tigers (54) and Commodores (67).
The local boys’ finishers and the race winner were:
1. Riley Fenoff, 17:18.10, Danville.
3. Ross Crowne, 18:08.53, MUHS.
9. Spencer Hurlburt, 19:01.53, VUHS.
12. Julian Schmitt, 19:17.45, MUHS.
14. Daniel Wisell, 19:30.12, MUHS.
15. Wade Mullin, 19:41.19, VUHS.
19. Tobias Broucke, 19:56.78, MUHS.
20. Nico Brayton, 20:23.91, MUHS.
21. Ethan Reiderer, 20:27.20, MUHS.
22. Aidan May, 20:56.94, Mt. Abe.
23. Silas Conlon, 21:03.95, MUHS.
24. Erich Reitz, 21:23.86, VUHS.
26. Jude Bunch, 21:51.21, Mt. Abe.
27. Ross Carr, 22:00.21, Mt. Abe.
30. Ben Praamsma, 22:16.25, VUHS.
33. Jake Barnes, 22:40.51, VUHS.
34. Camden Bushey, 22:54.38, VUHS.
36. Andrew Woods, 23:30.04, VUHS.
38. Ryan Adams, 23:48.65, Mt. Abe.
41. Andrew Raymond, 26:06.18, Mt. Abe.
43. Brian Cousineau, 26:26.46, Mt. Abe.
The local girls’ finishers and the race winner were:
1. Rena Schwartz, 19:06.32, Green Mount Valley.
8. Kate Oster, 23:04.78, MUHS.
10. Sadie Kass,            23:19.41, VUHS.
12. Kate Wallace, 23:28.08, MUHS.
14. Emma Beauchemin, 24:16.04, VUHS.
16. Taylor Moulton, 24:36.76, MUHS.
17. Mary Ann Eastman, 24:40.87, MUHS.
19. Delaynah Leavitt, 24:48.98, Mt. Abe.
20. Ashley Cray, 25:18.17, VUHS.
21. Maisie Newbury, 26:04.99, MUHS.
24. Indigo Woods, 26:35.34, MUHS.
25. Ally Hoff, 26:45.96, Mt. Abe.
27. Grace LeBeau, 27:17.98, VUHS.
30. Anna Huppuch, 31:51.65, VUHS.