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Griffin team
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POMFRET — The Pomfret School boys’ cross country team faced local rivals Marianapolis and Rectory School. It was the last home race for seniors Jack Terwilliger, Kevin Li, and Jeffrey Gibbs. Each of these three runners has been a steady runner and positive influence on the team.
While Rectory was a bit undermanned, the runners they brought were a feisty squad. Eighth-grader, Carson Ames (younger brother of Cooper ’22) ran with his usual determination, coming in 4th place overall, just in front of his Rectory teammate. It was an impressive performance by the duo. Marianapolis has beaten Pomfret twice already this season — luckily for Pomfret, their usual number one was out, giving the Griffins a real window to win. Marianapolis’ next best runner, a Pomfret local, is strong in his own right, and their team wasn’t about to hand Pomfret the win.
Marianapolis took the lead on the opening mile, with Gibbs tracking him in his now typical stalking manner. Blake Zahansky ran third, building a lead on the two strong Rectory runners. After the first mile, Marianapolis had several runners in front of the Griffin’s next runners after Zahansky. Gibbs strode onto the Quad in first place and had built over a minute lead on Marianapolis’ lead runner. Zahansky was third overall, followed by Rectory’s dynamic duo.
Marianapolis took the next two slots, which meant Pomfret really needed some red Pomfret jerseys to show up — and show up they did. Kellen Horst and Ian Wolanin took the next two spots. Wolanin ran a really tremendous race, posting a PR —a feat nearly unheard of at this point in the season.
On a day when our usual #3 runner, Cam Adams, didn’t have his best due to some recent injuries, the performances by Horst and Wolanin were absolutely vital. Two more Marianapolis runners came through followed by Griffin Cole Hecker, to seal the win for Pomfret.
Some JV runners contributed to varsity races this season: Jack Terwilliger, Kevin Li, and Cam Adams, who were the 8, 9, and 10 Pomfret finishers on the day. Danny Wang, Terry Kim, Ben Gordon, Bill Tian, Jacob Marasco, and Jay Kim rounded out or runners on the day with Danny, Terry, and Ben all improving on their course times over two weeks ago.
By David Ring
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