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Created: 10 November 2018
Xavier finished third at the New England Championships (Matt Conyers photo)
The SCC fared well at the 84th 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 11th and 12th, respectively, on the 3.1 mile course. 258 runners competed in the race.
Senior Connor Visnic (Amity Regional) finished 23rd (16:31) to earn All-New England honors along with Cozean and Selfors.
Xavier senior Peter Schulton finished 26th (16:33) while classmate Will Curran finished 39th (16:46). Wilbur Cross senior Travis Martin finished 43rd (16:47), while 2018 SCC champion Robert Dillon (Shelton) placed 45th (16:48). Xavier freshman Eamon Burke finished 68th (17:04), while Cheshire junior Brendan Mellitt was 83rd (17:13).
In the girls race, 2018 SCC champion (and Class L runner-up) Meredith Bloss, a senior from Guilford, finished 33rd (out of 261 runners) with a time of 19:44.
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