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O’Connell Invitational Welcomes Varsity Cross-Country Team

The Co-ed Varsity Cross-Country Team traveled to Cheshire Academy for the 22nd Annual O’Connell Invitational Race on Saturday, October 3.
The team competed against Cheshire Academy, Canterbury School, Cushing Academy, Ethel Walker School, Hoosac School, Kingswood-Oxford School, Loomis Chaffee School, Miss Hall’s School, Pomfret School, Sacred Heart Academy, South Kent School, and The Woodhall School.
 
Coach Aidan Clark-Long shared that the Boys’ Team placed third overall with 55 points. Sophomore Alfred Horotan placed third with a time of 19:14.66, and sophomore Ivan Gil placed eighth with a time of 20:22.68. Senior Daniel Park and junior Greyson Vasseur placed within the top 20 finishes.
 
For the Girls’ Team, freshman Farah Santiago De Leon placed first with a time of 19:57, and junior Kristina Carlson placed within the top 20.
 
The team returns to the track for an Invitational Race hosted at Suffield Academy on Saturday, October 10, at 3 p.m.
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