Fall Sports Ellen Harasimowicz
Girls Cross Country | 9 – 7
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Ellen Harasimowicz
hough the team was large on the first day of practice and swelled to just shy of 40 runners by the time the first meet rolled around, this was an inexperienced group. In the opening weeks of the season, the collective fitness improved as did the collective understanding of the virtue of hard work. Consequently, this young team showed perhaps more growth than any team in the history of girls cross country at Groton. After losing to a number of strong ISL teams early in the season, the momentum turned at Parents Weekend, when Groton’s squad defeated a strong Thayer Academy team soundly and never looked back. At the ISL championships at Nobles, they posted a solid sixth place and defeated three teams they had lost to earlier in the season. This strong showing was due in part to the fine racing of Third Former Maddie Forbess, who finished in the top 20 in this highly competitive race. She was followed closely by Fifth Form Captain Addie Ewald, and the varsity was rounded out by Sixth Form Captains CC Ho and Anita Xu, along with Fourth Former Kelsey Peterson, Fifth Former Alexis Ciambotti, and Second Former Abby Kong.
Though Alexis was unable to compete in the New England Class “B” Championships, Fifth Former Cayley Geffen moved into the varsity ranks and ran well with her teammates. Maddie and Addie earned All-New England honors as individuals and the team placed an impressive third overall. Coaches Crowley, O’Donnell, and I look forward with anticipation to next season. —Coach Craig Gemmell Most Valuable Runner: Addie Ewald ’14 Most Improved Runner: Abby Kong ’17 All-ISL: Maddie Forbess ’16 ISL Honorable Mention: Addie Ewald ’14 All New England: Addie Ewald ’14, Maddie Forbess ’16 Coaches’ Award: CC Ho ’13 Captains-Elect: Ellie Dolan ’14, Addie Ewald ’14, Lucie Oken ’14
Boys Cross Country | 8 – 7
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he boys cross country team placed seventh both in the league and in the ISL championship race. We edged out rival St. Mark’s by one point in our midseason dual meet on their course, and beat them 170 to 185 points at the ISLs. Co-captain Chris King ’13 placed 16th at this league championship race at Nobles on November 2 and then seventh in the New England Division II Championship race at Hebron Academy in Maine on November 10. He went on to place sixth against the best runners in every division at the end-ofseason All Star Race. Willy Anderson ’15 and Fraser Wright ’15 joined Chris King in setting a quick pace, along with energetic and enthusiastic Cocaptain Hugh McGlade ’13 and the other Sixth Formers Johann Quarterly Winter 2013
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