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