New England youth lead Region 1 XC Championship

New England Youth lead Region 1 Junior Olympics Championship
Ocean Breeze Cross Country Course, Staten Island NY
Sunday, November 17

New England youth ran to top team placings at the USATF Region 1 Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships at the new Ocean Breeze cross country course on Staten Island, New York City on Sunday.  Competitors qualified through meets from the six associations making up Region 1.

Four indviduals from USATF-NE won their age division races; Cameron Kurbec (Sentinel Striders, age 11-12), Michael Studer (Gr.Lowell Road Runners, 13-14), Brody Chisholm (NE Elite, 17-18), and Evelin Taveres Pires (Unattached, 17-18 girls.   Kurbec led a 1-2-3 sweep by USATF-NE runners. 

New England teams scored five team titles among the 10 races; Cheetah RC (Boys 8/Under), Granite State Flash (Boys 13-14 and 15-18), Waltham Track Club (Girls 13-14), and New England Elite (Girls 15-18). Traditionally the toughest division of the meet, the age 13-14 race was dominated by New England clubs; the girls scored places 1 through 5 and the boys finishe 1-2-3-4 plus 7 and 8.

The top 5 teams and other individuals finishing in the top 30 places in each race qualify for the USA National Junior Olympic Championships to run in Shelbeyville, Indiana, on Saturday, December 14.
 
Individual top 3 finishes and all teams
Boys
8/U; 2.Noah LaFleur, Cheetah RC 8:00.5; 3.Felix Davis, Cambridge Jets 8:14.0
11-12: 1.Cameron Kurbec, Sentinel Striders; 10;23.2; 2.Lucas LaFleur Cheetah 10:23.9; 3.Lucas Misek, Unattached, 10:30.3
13-14: 1.Michae Studer, Gr.Lowell RR, 13:54.1; 3.Dylan Faris, Granite State Flash, 14:00.5
15-16: 2.Tyler Mogavero, NE Elite, 16:02.0
17-17: 1.Brody Chisholm, NE Elite 16:14.2; 3.Noah Brooks, Gr.Lowell RR, 17:08.7
Boys Teams: 
8/U - 1.Cheetah RC, 37; 4.Nashual PAL, 107; Boys 8/
9/10 - 1.Nashua PAL 42; 2.Cheetah RC 53; 5.Sentinel Striders 99
11-12: 3.Waltham TC 91; 4.Sentinel Striders 92; 7.Nashua PAL 158
13-14: 1.Granite State Flash 35; 2.Cheetah RC 77; 3.Waltham TC 86; 4.New England Elite 89; 7.Rumford Road Runners 160; 8.Nashual PAL 211.
15-18: 2.Granite State Flash, 47; 3.Nashual PAL 76.

Girls
15-16: 2.Desi Broadley, Vermont Exiles, 19:00.6; 3.Jillian Bergeron, NE Elite 19:06.6
17-18: 1.Evelin Tavares Pires, 18:19.2; 2.Lucy McLean, NE Elite 18:21.9; 3.Kata Clark, NE Elite 19:27.4
Girls Teams: 
8/U: 3.Nashua PAL, 58.
9-10: 2.Nashual PAL 40; 5.Nashual PAL B 109
11-12: 3.Nashual PAL 86; 5.Rumford Road Runers 133; 7.Nashua PAL B 163
13-14: 1.Waltham TC 64l; 2.Granite State Flash 78; 3.New England Elite 87; 4.Nashua PAL 102; 5.Rumford Road Runners 121.
15-18: 1.New England Elite 31; 2.Valhalla RC 51; 4.Nasual PAL 72

Full Results