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he Andover girls cross-country Girls Varsity Cross-Country Roster team has 38 talented runners looking to bring home the title of New Maria Amorosso ’14 / Dacula, GA England Prep School Division 1 Cham- Sofia Barbosa ’16 / Cos Cob, CT pionship and improve from last year’s Liana Brooks ’15 / Lynnfield, MA eighth-place finish. As of press time, Charlotte Chazen ’15 / New York, NY we have had no official races; however, Alessa Cross ’16 / Tokyo, JPN a time trial was performed on Saturday, Molly Engel ’13 / Fox Point, WI September 29. For several of the time- Virginia Fu ’13 / North Andover, MA trial runners, it was their first time run- Harshita Gaba ’14 / Fargo, ND ning a 5K, and they performed beyond Victoria Grice ’15 / Columbia, SC expectations. Also among those who Alana Gudinas ’16 / Atkinson, NH time-trialed, almost a quarter of the run- Bridget Higgins ’14 / New Canaan, CT ners had personal bests and everyone Caroline Hoskins ’15 / Collierville, TN achieved coach Rebecca Hession’s goal Elizabeth Howe ’14 / New York, NY of “running part of the Great Lawn with Elana King-Nakaoka ’14 / Ketchum, ID a smile.” This time trial foretells what an Margaret Kobelski ’15 / Andover, MA amazing season girls cross-country will Anna Kramer ’16 / New York, NY have. The energy is high, as seen when Vienna Kuhn ’16 / San Diego, CA we were all singing on the starting line Audrey Leduc ’14 / Montreal, QC, CAN before the start of the time trial. The Katherine Lee ’13 / Salem, SC depth of the team will definitely make Camille Little ’16 / West Bloomfield, MI us fierce and powerful competitors. As coach Nancy Lang always says, “Crosscountry races are not won by individuEngland Prep School Championship. als, they are won by running as a pack.” We will be racing Choate Rosemary This year, our pack running looks to be Hall, St. Paul’s School, Northfield very strong and will definitely be intimiMount Hermon, Deerfield Academy, dating for other teams. and Phillips Exeter Academy. I have As we look ahead, we have only five high expectations for the team as we races before competing for the New go into our 2012 season. We hope that 4
Caroline Lu ’15 / Andover, MA Peyton McGovern ’16 / Methuen, MA Lauren Montieth ’14 / Rutherfordton, NC * Hailey Novis ’13 / Jamestown, RI Qiqi Ren ’15 / Portland, OR Ashlie Rockwood ’14 / Winthrop, MA Sarah Schmaier ’16 / Burlingame, CA Christina Schoeller ’16 / Concord, MA Anoush Shehadeh ’15 / Larchmont, NY Lauren Smith ’15 / Belvedere, CA Evelyn Tackett ’15 / Coxs Creek, KY Parker Tope ’16 / Minneapolis, MN Samantha Tope ’14 / Minneapolis, MN Kasey Welch ’16 / Winchester, MA Rachel Wittenberg ’13 / Carlisle, MA Erin Wong ’13 / Lantau, HKG Kelly Xia ’15 / Weston, MA * Captain Coaches: Rebecca Hession, Rachel Asher, Nancy Lang, Susanne Torabi
our dedication and spirit will help us to bounce back from an upsetting defeat last year and hopefully bring home the trophy for the 2012 New England Prep School Championship. —Hailey Novis ’13