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2020 SCC Boys Cross Country Results

Week #3 - Oct. 14-15

Hamden 20, Branford 35

Shelton 20, Amity Regional 41

Shelton 15, West Haven 50

Amity Regional 15, West Haven 50

Foran 15, Platt Tech 50

Jonathan Law 15, Hillhouse 50

Xavier 24 Guilford 33

Xavier 20 Cheshire 43

Guilford 23 Cheshire 34

Lyman Hall 25, North Haven 30

Daniel Hand 20, Sheehan 43

Notre Dame 25, Wilbur Cross 34

Week #2 - Oct. 6-8

Amity Regional 22, Notre Dame 36

Amity Regional 15, Platt Tech 50

Notre Dame 15, Platt Tech 50

Foran 15, Hillhouse 50

Foran 15, Career 50

Shelton 24, Jonathan Law 31

Shelton 23, Wilbur Cross 38

Wilbur Cross 24, Jonathan Law 31

Guilford 15, West Haven 50

Daniel Hand 20, Cheshire 42

Daniel Hand 22, Hamden 42

Cheshire 23, Hamden 33

Xavier 20, North Haven 35

Xavier 20, Sheehan 37

North Haven 25, Sheehan 34

Lyman Hall 26, Branford 31

Lyman Hall 17, East Haven 40

Branford 17, East Haven 46

Week #1

Thursday, Oct. 1

Amity Regional 23, Wilbur Cross 38

Notre Dame 18, Foran 41

Shelton 28, Notre Dame 29

Cheshire 22 Sheehan 39

Cheshire 20 Lyman Hall 37

Lyman Hall 27 Sheehan 29

Guilford 26, Hamden 33

Guilford 15, North Haven 50

Hamden 21, North Haven 30

Xavier 15, Branford 50

Xavier 18, Daniel Hand 43

Daniel Hand 15, Branford 50

West Haven 15, East Haven 47

West Haven 17, Platt Tech 45

West Haven 25, Jonathan Law 30

Jonathan Law 16, East Haven 47

Jonathan Law 18, Platt Tech 45

Platt Tech 25, East Haven 32

SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT CONFERENCE BOYS CROSS COUNTRY 2020 SEASON PREVIEW

The 2020 boys cross country season begins Thursday, Oct. 1. 

The defending SCC champion is Xavier; the runner-up was Guilford

Twelve of the top 25 runners at the 2019 SCC championship meet return to action in 2020, led by Amity Regional junior Mason Beaudette (3rd in 2019) and Cheshire senior Ryan Farrell (6th)

Xavier - 2019 SCC Boys Cross Country Champions (Steady Photography photo)

Final Team Results: 1. Xavier, 42; 2. Guilford, 96; 3. Amity Regional, 124; 4. Cheshire, 127; 5. Daniel Hand, 132; 6. Shelton, 156; 7. Notre Dame, 171; 8. Sheehan, 184; 9. Hamden, 259; 10. North Haven, 285; 11. Branford, 315; 12. West Haven, 318; 13. Jonathan Law, 350; 14. Wilbur Cross, 362; 15. Fairfield Prep, 423; 16. Lyman Hall, 439; 17. Foran, 507

Top Individual Finishers: 1. Robbie Cozean (Xavier), 16:03; 2. Brendan Mellitt (Cheshire), 16:38; 3. Mason Beaudette (Amity Regional), 17:08; 4. John Dill (Amity Regional), 17:11; 5. Benjamin Crair (Guilford), 17:24; 6. Ryan Farrell (Cheshire), 17:29; 7. Eamon Burke (Xavier), 17:33; 8. Dante Zucconi (Daniel Hand), 17:34; 9. George Luke (Xavier), 17:35; 10. Jacob Daxner (Shelton), 17:36; 11. Brody Santagata (Xavier), 17:38; 12. Griffin Hughes (Guilford), 17:39

Complete meet results courtesy of Paynes Corner Timing

Xavier finished third at the New England Championships (Matt Conyers photo)

The SCC fared well at the 84^th New England Cross Country Championships, held at a muddy and blustery Derryfield Park in Manchester, NH on Saturday, Nov. 10.

SCC, Class LL and State Open champion Xavier ran a great race, finishing third (out of 30 teams) in the final team rankings (111) behind two schools from Rhode Island, champion LaSalle Academy (49) and runner-up Bishop Henricken (80).

Leading the way for Xavier were junior Robbie Cozean (16:14) and senior Dillon Selfors (16:15), who finished 11^th and 12^th, respectively, on the 3.1 mile course.   258 runners competed in the race.

Senior Connor Visnic (Amity Regional) finished 23^rd (16:31) to earn All-New England honors along with Cozean and Selfors.

Xavier senior Peter Schulton finished 26^th (16:33) while classmate Will Curran finished 39^th (16:46).   Wilbur Cross senior Travis Martin finished 43^rd (16:47), while 2018 SCC champion Robert Dillon (Shelton) placed 45^th (16:48).   Xavier freshman Eamon Burke finished 68^th (17:04), while Cheshire junior Brendan Mellitt was 83^rd (17:13).

In the girls race, 2018 SCC champion (and Class L runner-up) Meredith Bloss, a senior from Guilford, finished 33^rd (out of 261 runners) with a time of 19:44.

Boys Final Results

Girls Final Results

Xavier added to its Class L state boys cross country championship with the State Open title on Nov. 1 at Wickham Park.   The Falcons will now seek to defend its New England Championship title next weekend in New Hampshire.

It is the sixth time in SCC history that a school won both the class and state open titles in the same year.  Xavier has done it four times (2018, 2009, 1999 and 1995), while Fairfield Prep (1997) and Guilford (2004) had done it once.

The Falcons placed four runners in the top 14 to cruise to victory with 75 points, 46 better than runner-up Hall.    SCC teams Shelton (10th), Wilbur Cross (11th) and Amity Regional (14th) fared well.  In all, nine runners from the SCC finished in the top 20 of the boys race.

Individually, Xavier junior Robbie Cozean finshed third (16:11), followed by teammate Peter Schulten (5th, 16:16), Fairfield Prep's Azaan Dawson (7th, 16:20).  Xavier's Dillon Selfors was ninth (16:27), while Wilbur Cross' Travis Martin was 10th (16:27) and Shelton's Robert Dillon (12th, 16:33).  Xavier's Will Curran was 14th (16:36), Cheshire's Brendan Mellitt (15th, 16:36) and Amity Regional's Connor Visnic (19th, 16:38) all qualfied for the the New England XC Championships, which will be held on Saturday, Nov. 10 at Derryfield Park in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Click here for the State Open meet story in the Hartford Courant

SCC Champion Xavier won the Class L State Championship on Oct. 26 at Wickham Park.

The Falcons placed five of its runners in the top 12 - all earned All-State honors for their efforts.  Xavier's 26 points, easily outdistanced runner-up Bristol Central (80).  Robbie Cozean (2nd, 16:06), Peter Schulton (3rd, 16:14), William Curran (4th, 16:19) and Dillon Selfors (5th, 16:21) led the way while Eamon Burke came in 12th (16:52). 

In Class LL, Shelton's Robert Dillon, the 2018 SCC champion, placed third (16:00) to lead the Gaels to a 4th place finish, while Wilbur Cross was 5th, led by Travis Martin (5th, 16:16).  In Class MM, Guilford finished 5th overall.

Xavier won its third consecutive SCC boys cross country title. Shelton was the runner-up.  It is Xavier’s 12^th overall league title.

Complete results courtesy of Paynes Corner Timing

Final Boys Team Results: 1. Xavier, 33; 2. Shelton, 66; 3. Wilbur Cross, 86; 4. Amity Regional, 117; 5. Cheshire, 172; 6. Guilford, 189; 7. Fairfield Prep, 196; 8. Daniel Hand, 204; 9. Hamden, 258; 10. Notre Dame, 272; 11. Sheehan, 297; 12. Jonathan Law, 352; 13. Lyman Hall, 366; 14. North Haven, 411; 15. Branford, 420; 16. West Haven, 490; 17. Hillhouse, 523; 18. Foran, 542; 19. East Haven, 605

Top Finishers: 1. Robert Dillon (Shelton), 16:05; 2. Will Curran (Xavier), 16:05; 3. Peter Schulton (Xavier), 16:15; 4. Dillon Selfors (Xavier), 16:18; 5. Travis Martin (Wilbur Cross), 16:23; 6. Connor Visnic (Amity Regional), 16:25; 7. Brendan Mellitt (Cheshire), 16:26; 8. Edward Tristine (Fairfield Prep), 16:36; 9. Azaan Dawson (Fairfield Prep), 16:43; 10. Eamon Burke (Xavier), 16:54; 11. Mohammed Hussain (Wilbur Cross), 16:55; 12. Tyler Pineau (Shelton), 16:55

Click here for the SCC championship meet story on GameTimeCT.com

Fairfield Prep senior Drew Thompson finished in eight place at the Foot Locker Cross Country National Championships on Dec. 9 at Balboa Park in San Diego.

Thompson finished the three-mile race in 15:43.7. He was the only male runner from the state participating. The champion was Dylan Jacobs of Illinois in 15:19.7.

Last year, Thompson finished 35th on the same course in 15:52.2.

Thompson won the SCC, Class LL, State Open and New England championship meets this season.  He is a three-time SCC champion - the only runner in league history to achieve the feat.

Xavier - 2017 SCC Champions (Steady Photography photo)

Xavier captured the 2017 SCC Boys Cross Country Championship, held on Thursday, October 19 at New Haven's East Shore Park.  It was the Falcons' second straight SCC title, and 11th overall since 1994.

Complete results courtesy of Paynes Corner Timing

Final Boys Team Results:  1. Xavier, 33; 2. Amity Regional, 84; 3. Fairfield Prep, 97; 4. Shelton, 123; 5. Cheshire, 157; 6. Wilbur Cross, 166; 7. Guilford, 194; 8. Lyman Hall, 225; 9. Hamden, 275; 10. Sheehan, 290; 11. Daniel Hand, 293; 12. Jonathan Law, 342; 13. Notre Dame, 389; 14. Foran, 398; 15. Branford, 409; 16. Hillhouse, 427; 17. North Haven, 488; 18. East Haven, 608

It is the 11th SCC title for Xavier (and 2nd straight).

Top Individual Finishers: 1. Drew Thompson (Fairfield Prep), 15:13 (meet record).  It is the third straight year Thompson has won the SCC meet.  2. Brendan Murray (Cheshire), 15:36; 3. Robert Dillon (Shelton), 15:56; 4. Peter Schulten (Xavier), 16:09; 5. Owen Curran (Xavier), 16:23; 6. Robbie Cozean (Xavier), 16:24; 7. Azaan Dawson (Fairfield Prep), 16:30; 8. Owen Lally (Xavier), 16:30; 9. Connor Visnic (Amity Regional), 16:30; 10. Dillon Selfors (Xavier), 16:30; 11. William Curran (Xavier), 16:37; 12. Jake Mattei (Amity Regional), 16:44

XAVIER WINS 2016 CHAMPIONSHIP - the Falcons 10th title since 1994

FINAL BOYS RESULTS

1. Xavier, 44; 2. Amity Regional, 52; 3. Cheshire, 100; 4. Shelton, 114; 5. Fairfield Prep, 123; 6. Guilford, 169; 7. Hamden, 179; 8. Foran, 226; 9. Notre Dame, 310; 10. Lyman Hall, 311; 11. Jonathan Law, 314; 12. Branford, 350; 13. Daniel Hand, 352; 14. Sheehan, 359; 15. Wilbur Cross, 404; 16. Hillhouse, 424; 17. North Haven, 453; 18. East Haven, 544; 19; West Haven, 605

Top Finisher: Drew Thompson (Fairfield Prep), 15:36

Complete results

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