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Londonderry Lancers Boys Cross Country '14

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Kimball, Astros make some history on banner day

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Saturday, December, 27 By Dave Dyer


It was a day for firsts and a day for history at the New Hampshire Division 1 boys cross country meet at Derryfield Park Saturday,

While Pinkerton was wrapping up its eighth state title under Mike Clark and the second straight, Timberlane junior Liam Kimball followed a family tradition by placing first individually with a terrific 15:58.4 effort on the rugged 3.1-mile course.

It was a 33 second personal-best time for Kimball and marked the first time a Timberlane runner Timberlane runner has finished first in Division 1.

On the other hand, Liam is now the third generation of Kimballs to win a New Hampshire division race, following his grandfather (Norm) at Sanborn and father (Mark) at Timberlane.

Moreover, Liam won handily, besting Manchester Central runner-up Abram Gagnon by 10 seconds. His first-place finish paced the Owls to second overall with 100 points as Peter Saviano came in 17th and James Busi was 19th.

But the Owls were no match for Pinkerton, who had five runners in the tiop 20 and seven in the top 25 while compiling 56 points.

Nico Sevilla led the way, placing fourth in 16:17, while junior classmate Tom Hanlon was five second back in seventh and Owen Clark took 11th in 16:36.

Rounding out thetop five for the Astros were Austin Smith in 14th (16:43) and junior Sam Lanternier in 20th (16:58), the latter of whom had to fight just to get back in the team's top seven and compete in the meet.

"That's just an unbelievable performance by him to break 17 minutes," said Clark. "He just dug deep and had a heck of a race.

"This was just a special day for us. Everyone of our top five had their best times on the course. Nico was a beast on the course, Tom Hanlon was our field general and Owen had the race of his life."

Londonderry placed eighth to nail down the last qualifying spot for next Saturday's Meet of Champions at Nashua.

In Division 2, Windham placed fifth overall to grab one of the top six qualifying spots, advancing to the Meet of Champions for the first time in school history. Nick Khoury led the way, finishing seventh with Peter Caron next in 21st.

Sansing takes 2nd

Pinkerton junior Morgan Sansing ran an excellent 18:40.5 in the Division 1 girls meet but had to settle for second behind Exeter's Shannon Murdock, who was clocked in 18:32.6.

Astros' junior Ariel Vaillancourt had one of her best races of the year to finish third in 19:25.2, but the Astros were a distant fourth with 102 points. Bishop Guertin won a tiebreaker with Concord for first, both with 73 points, with Winnacunnet right behind with 75.

Joining the Pinkerton girls at the MOC next week will be Windham, which was fifth in the Division 2 meet. Powerhouse Coe-Brown was the overwhelming winner with just 22 points, placing all seven of its runners in the top 13.

Sweep for Gr. Lawrence

It was a huge day for Greater Lawrence Saturday at the Commonwealth Conference meet at Greater Lowell.

The Reggies' boys won their third large school straight title, nudging the host team on its own course for the third time this year, the girls won their second straight small school crown and the boys captured the JV title.

"It was just an awesome day for the program," said coach Jay Santomassino. "To have the whole team win something was terrific."

The boys got a five-point spread over Greater Lowell by taking three of the top four places. Yosvaldy Tejeda led the way in 17:18 on the 5K course — his fourth straight league title — while junior Dylan Colon was an impressive runner-up in 17:42 and Miguel Cumba was fourth.

The Reggies' girls also had a battle, overtaking Presentation of Mary by four points. Carmen Rivera was third for the reggies and Suheiry Pereyra was fourth but the key, said Santomassino, was the ninth-place finish of Maria Anziana.

"She was 13th halfway through the race but battled past the third and fourth runners for PMA," he said. "That was the difference."

Maria Splaine and Michela Leo were fifth and sixth respectively for PMA.

In the CAC large school meet, Whittier placed a distant second to Notre Dame. Corinne Bilodeau led the Wildcats, in fourth place.

Methuen boys runner-up

Pretty much as expected, Methuen's boys finished second  in the MVC meet, but the Rangers were a little further behind Lowell than they would have liked.

Lowell was first with 37 points while the Rangers finished with 71. Matt Marchand had a strong race for Methuen, edging junior standout Jeff Reddy for 10th with a 16:38 on Chelmsford's 5K course.

The top local runner was Marty Conrad, who was seventh in 16:37. Teammate Zach Frahlich was 13th.

Simione takes 3rd

Central Catholic's Tiffany Simione finished third overall in the MVC girls race with a 19:36 clocking, but she couldn't keep pace with a pair of juniors, Lowell star Kaley Richards (19:02) and Dracut's Rachael Flores (19:19).

Team-wise, Andover was a strong third with 82 points, just 12 behind first-place Billerica. Sarah Tothmann was eighth, Chantal Kellerd was ninth and surging sophomore Caroline Wacome was 11th.

Demeule 2nd in CAL

Pentucket senior Alex Demeule ran an outstanding race to finish second overall at the Cape Ann league race, running a 16:07 at Bradley Palmer;'s 3.07-mile course, trailing just Newburyport star Nick Carleo.

Newburyport won the team crown by four points over Manchester Essex with the Sachems in fifth, one place ahead of North Reading. Jake O'Connell led the Hornets, coming in sixth.

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Game Statistics:

at Derryfield Park (3.1 miles)

Top NH Division 1 team scores (18 teams): 1. Pinkerton 56, 2. Timberlane 100, 3. Alvirne 138, 4. Concord 176, 5. Manchester Central 188, 8. Londonderry 223, 14. Salem 336

Winner and top area finishers: 1. Liam Kimball (Tim) 15:58.4, 4. Nico Sevilla (Pink) 16:17.1, 7. Tom Hanlon (Pink) 16:22.8, 11. Owen Clark (Pink) 16:36.0, 14. Austin Smith (Pink) 16:43.9, 17. Peter Saviano (Tim) 16:50.3, 19. James Busi (Tim) 16:55.5, 20. Sam Lanternier (Pink) 16:58.0, 25. Matt Robinson (Pink) 17:02.7, 26. jared Kane (Lond) 17:04.6, 27. Cameron Dickson (Lond) 17:05.1, 28. Nate Rees (Pink) 17:07.7, 29. Joe Settineri (Sal) 17:14.4, 31. Tyler DeChane (Tim) 17:18.8, 32. Niall Kimball (Tim) 17:24.2, 43. Josh Wasserman (Lon) 17:40.5, 46. Joe Margareci (Tim) 17:42.3, 51. Sean Bolvin (Sal) 17:55.7

Top NH Division 2 team scores (22 teams):  1. Coe-Brown 61, 2, Goffstown 138, 3. Portsmouth 148, 4. Oyster River 152, 5. Windham 172, 13. Pelham 336

Winner and top area finishers: 1. Eli Moskowitz (Souhegan) 15:58.2, 7. Nick Khoury (Wind) 17:03.2, 21. Peter Caron (Wind) 17:33.3, 29. Lane Thompson (Sanborn) 17:53.6, 36. Allan Vallante (Pel) 18:15.6, 39. Spencer Sawyer (Wind) 18:20.7, 45. Jim Gustafson (Wind) 18:33.69, 59. Cameron Starr (Pel) 18:43.4, 60. Tim Stap (Wind) 18:46.4, 68. Justin Manter (Wind) 19:01.9 
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