Boys’ CC finishes 5th at Hock championship meet

By Mike Berger

The Canton High boys’ cross country team ran well and finished fifth overall in the Hockomock League’s George King Championship Meet, held Saturday at Borderland Park in Easton. The girls’ team also competed and finished ninth out of 10 teams.

Boys’ coach Chris Elgar said his runners’ times were “phenomenal.”

“There were too many amazing times for me to count,” he said. “Only in the Hockomock League can we run this fast and finish fifth. We are confident with the same effort in two weeks we will be fighting for an all-state berth.”

Canton finished four points out of fourth place, 15 points away from third.

The Bulldogs’ senior runners had a great day, with the top four Canton runners finishing about a minute from each other. On the 3.1-mile course, the Bulldogs finished 17^th, 20^th, 28^th, 36^th, 38^th, 48^th, and 58^th out of 95 runners.

The top Canton runner was senior Jimmy Paschal, who finished 17^th at 17:15.

Senior Mike Bronstein was close behind as he crossed the finish line 20^th with a time of 17:17. Senior Josh Sheehan finished 28^th in 17:35, followed by senior Saeed Vossoughi, 36^th, 18:02; junior John Whittemore, 38^th, 18:06; junior Kevin O’Donnell, 48^th, 18:28; and senior Teagan McClintock, 58^th, 18:52.

With six of the top varsity runners underclassmen on the girls’ team, the young squad performed well.

Sophomore Kelsey Sayers was the top Canton runner, as she finished 32^nd out of 88 competitors with a time of 21:50.

Junior Rushaine Dalrymple was next, finishing 39^th overall at 22:19. She was followed by sophomore Lauren Winter, 51^st, 23:21; junior Micaela Nannery, 53^rd, 23:29; senior Sara Teague, 56^th, 23:32; freshman Courtney Loughrane, 60^th, 23:42; and sophomore Eleni Papadopoulis, 61^st, 23:44.

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