Cross-country runners compete in Essex Invitational

Cross-country runners from Middlebury, Mount Abraham and Vergennes competed at this past Saturday’s season-opening Essex Invitational meet, which drew high school competitors from all Vermont divisions.

The Middlebury Union High School girls’ and boys’ cross-country teams both finished fourth in Division II at Saturday’s state championship meet in Thetford, with Vergennes on the Tiger boys’ heels in fifth. 

In their final races before the state championship meet, the Middlebury Union High School boys’ and girls’ cross country teams swept the Northern Vermont Athletic Conference (NVAC) small-school championships on Saturday in a meet hosted by Missisquoi.

Cross country runners from Middlebury, Vergennes, Mount Abraham and Otter Valley union high schools competed at Saturday’s annual Thetford Woods Run, with the Tiger boys and girls faring the best overall.

Tiger boys’ cross-country team held off runners from Burr & Burton, VUHS and Mount Abe in a meet in Middlebury on Friday. The Tiger girls had the race winner but lost the team scoring.

Soggy conditions didn’t slow down Middlebury runners noticeably at a cross-country meet hosted by the Mount Abraham Union High School team on Tuesday afternoon. 

The Middlebury Union High School boys’ cross-country team finished eighth and the Vergennes boys were 14th out of 18 scoring squads at Saturday’s Essex Invitational, a major meet that draws teams from all high school divisions.

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The Middlebury Union High School girls’ and boys’ cross-country teams finished second and third, respectively, in Division II at Saturday’s championship meet hosted by Thetford Academy. 

The Mount Abraham Union High School cross-country teams each finished second in a meet hosted by Richford on Saturday. 

The Middlebury Union High School cross-country teams breezed to big wins at the NVAC Small School Championship Meet on Saturday, with Tigers Baxter Harrington prevailing in the boys’ race and Beth McIntosh in the girls’ race to pace the victories. 

The Middlebury Union High School boys’ cross-country team prevailed at Saturday’s Harwood Invitational, placing all five scoring runners in the top 12 to defeat the runner-up host school, 40-57, in a 10-team contest. 

The Middlebury Union High School teams once again ran away from their county competition at a Tuesday meet hosted by Mount Abraham, but the local coaches all said they were happy with where their teams stand about three weeks into fall competition.

The Middlebury Union High School girls’ and boys’ cross-country teams each finished second in Division II at the Burlington Invitational on Saturday, which the Seahorse team hosted in St. Albans. 

The Division II Middlebury Union High School boys’ team was sixth and the Tiger girls’ team was ninth in the first major cross-country meet of the fall, Saturday’s Essex Invitational.