New England clubs win at USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country

The Youth cross country season ended at the 2022 USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships in College Station, TX where a total of 2938 athletes were entered from around the country. Two New England clubs came home as National Champions, both in the 15-18 division. 
  
New England Elite girls scored 45 points and won on the tie breaker - best 5th scorer - over Region 1 rival Prospect Park of New York.  Sentinel Striders of Rhode Island closed the day's racing with a win in the Boys 15-18 race - also over Prospect Park - but with 86-92 margin in the 21 team field.
Waltham TC girls earned age 13-14 division team bronze medals in their 26 team race.

The top 25 finishers in each age division earned all-American honors and recognition at the awards ceremony.  26 New England association runners achieved that honor. (sorted by age division)
- Natalie Drake, Cheetah RC, 8&U Girls (7th)
- Samuel Taft, New England Elite 8&U Boys (10th)
- Bennett Smith, Chetah RC, 8&U Boys (19th)
- Lucas Lafleur, Cheetah RC 9-10 Boys (7th)
- Cameron Pakler, Sentinel Striders 9-10 Boys (25th)
- Ethan Fischer, Nashua PAL 11-12 Boys (5th)
- Michael Studer, GLRR 11-12 Boys (9th)
- Noah Geiger, Waltham TC 11-12 Boys (11th)
- Samantha Swanbon, Nashua PAL 13-14 Girls (16th)
- Patrick Noonan, Waltham TC 13-14 Boys (4th)
- Lucy McLean, New England Elite 15-16 Girls (5th)
- Georgia Brooks, New England Elite 15-16 Girls (7th)
- Anna Simpson, New England Elite 15-16 Girls (8th)
- Anna Fondakowski, New England Elite 15-16 Girls (25th)
- Abigail Beville, New England Elite 17-18 Girls (3rd)
- Finleigh Simonds, New England Elite 17-18 Girls (8th)
- Jason Padula, Sentinel Striders 15-16 Boys (5th)
- Andrew Thornton-Sherman, Green Mountain 15-16 Boys (8th)
- Porter Hurteau, Green Mountain 15-16 Boys (16th)
- Dylan Brenn, New England Elite 15-16 Boys (18th)
- Carson Eames, Green Mountain 15-16 Boys (25th)
- Nathan Evans, Sentinel Striders 17-18 Boys (10th)
- Ethan Wood, New England Elite 17-18 Boys (11th)
- Garrett Dailey, Sentinel Striders 17-18 Boys (13th)
- Ethan Fadden, Sentinel Striders 17-18 Boys (17th)
- Elijah Saddlemire, Sentinel Striders 17-18 Boys (20th)

The largest race of the day was the Boys age 13-14 with 416 finishers.
Full team and indivdiual results of the 10 races are found at 
    results.flashresults.com/2023_12-10_USATFXC/index.htm