It has been about 8 years since the Notre Dame Boys Cross Country Team won the Division III League title. The Irish captured the title yesterday after beating Pembroke, Alexander, Attica, and Pavilion at Pembroke High School to finish the regular season at 19 – 2.
The 6th, 7th, 8th , and 9th place finishes of Matt Jackson, Kevin Pawlak, Eric Shormann, and Nate Flumerfeldt ensured the victory for the Irish. Quin O’Connor placed 2nd in the race. Taylor Alexander, Marshall Argenta, Conlan Edwards and Matt Sausner all had very solid performances. Colin Bartholomew of Pembroke won the race, just 1/2 second ahead of O'Connor. The team scores were as follows:
Notre Dame 23, Pembroke 31
Notre Dame 19, Pavilion 39
Notre Dame 15, Alexander 47
Notre Dame 15, Attica 50
Pembroke 22, Pavilion 37
Pembroke 15, Alexander 48
Pembroke 15, Attica 50
Pavilion 19, Alexander 40
Pavilion 17, Attica 44
Alexander 20, Attica 37
The girls finished the regular season on a strong note, beating Pembroke, Alexander, and Pavilion, while dropping to Attica. The girls stand in third place in Division III and complete the season at 14 – 7.
Ashley Calarco easily won the race and Jill Marshall took fourth the lead the Irish. Rachel Berggren had a great performance for the Irish finishing 14th in the race. The team scores were as follows:
Attica 23, Notre Dame 32
Attica 19, Alexander 36
Attica 15, Pavilion 50
Attica 15, Pembroke 50
Notre Dame 26, Alexander 29
Notre Dame 15, Pavilion 50
Notre Dame 15, Pembroke 50
Alexander 15, Pavilion 50
Alexander 15, Pembroke 50
Pavilion and Pembroke were incomplete.
Various teams may be in action this weekend with the Alexander Invitational, at the Field of Dreams, and the Houghton Invitational this Friday night, and the Clarence Invitational at Akron Falls Park this Saturday. All Genesee and Livingston County Cross Country Teams will be racing in the County Championship Meet at Genesee Community College next week Thursday, October 23.
Congratulations, Irish. I'm
Congratulations, Irish. I'm wondering if we could get up some video with some of the champs talking about their big win.
Congratulations to the boys
<b>Congratulations</b> to the boys on winning the title and to the girls for a commendable season! Well done!
A huge shout out to all of my
A huge shout out to all of my former students (Holy Family and St Mary's) for a great season! Good luck in the post season!