Cheetah TC wins at Junior Olympics National Cross Country

Cheetah Track Club (Portsmouth NH) won the team title for the Boys Age 9-10 division this weekend at the USATF Junior Olympic National Cross Country Championships in Paris, Kentucky.  

USATF-New England teams and individuals performed against both the challenging competition in large fields and the less than optimal conditions - wet and muddy with strong gusty windy.  The schedule was delayed twice due to the weather; the devasting overnight tornados in the state were only 2 counties away.  

The Cheetahs' top finisher over the 3000 meter course was Zachary Lefebvre in 15th place, running 12:00.95. He was joined on the podium by Reid Pippen (32), Gavin Leader (33), Lucas LaFleur (39) and Broden Cox (55).

New England Elite scored third place finishes in both the Girls 13-14 and 15-18 competitions, and USATF-NE youth brougth home ten top-10 finishes, including a trio of silver medal races by New England Elite runners - Kata Clark (Girls 13-14), Abigail Beville (Girls 17-18), and Paul Bergeron (Boys 15-16).
Full results at  https://live.dcracetiming.com/meets/12018

USATF-NE top individual finishers, top 10 finishers, and all team placers
BOYS
8/under 2km - 17.Nour Almohammadi, Momendum AC, 8:15.97
9-10 3km - 15. Zachary Lefebvre  Cheetah RC 12:00.95
  1.Cheetahs 55; 14.Nashua PAL
11-12 3km - 11.Michael Studer, Greater Lowell RR, 11:17.86
  11.CLCF Panters, 323
13-14 4km - 13.Sullivan Sturtz, Unattached VT, 14:42.40
  7.Waltham TC 231; 21.Nashua PAL 513
15-16 5km - 2.Paul Bergeron (NE Elite) 17:35.53
17-18 5km - 5.Nathanael Fondakowski, Nashua PAL 17:28.77; 8.Joshua Rivers, Nashua PAL,17:45.46
15-18 teams
4.NE Elite 111; 5.Nashua PAL 116

GIRLS
8/Under 2km - 7.Evelyn Yanovich, CLCF 8:48.35
9-10 3km - 3.Zia Fadil, CLCF, 12:20.16
  13.Nashua PAL 343
11-12 3km - 8.Sara Blanco, Momentum AC 12:12.00
  4.Nashua PAL 212; 10.Sentinel Striders 299; 29.Nashual PAL B 776 
13-14 4km - 2.Kata Clark, NE Elite 15:59.80; 5.Keaney Byaha, CLCF 16:01.90; 8.Kiley DeFusco, Sentinel, 16:06.90
  3.NE Elite 132; 5.Waltham TC 179; 10.Nashua PAL 262
15-16 5km - 14.Anna Fondakowski, Nashual PAL, 21:33.50
17-18 5km - 2.Abigail Beville, NE Elite, 20;21.60; 
15-18 teams
3.NE Elite, 82. (tiebreaker better 5th runner); 7.Valhalla RC, 178