Cross country: Hopkinton’s Lane wins, team finishes 3rd at 50-plus team Manchester Invite

Hopkinton’s Maddy Lane breaks the tape to win the Girls’ Small School Race at the Manchester Invitational at Derryfield Park on Saturday. Lane topped a field of over 200 runners and the Hawks finished third at the 110-team event. Over 50 of those teams competed in the small school race.

Hopkinton’s Maddy Lane breaks the tape to win the Girls’ Small School Race at the Manchester Invitational at Derryfield Park on Saturday. Lane topped a field of over 200 runners and the Hawks finished third at the 110-team event. Over 50 of those teams competed in the small school race. JAY SMITH / NHXCTF

The Hopkinton girls' cross country team pose with their medals after finishing third out of 50-plus teams at in the Girls' Small School Race at the Manchester Invitational at Derryfield Park on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024.

The Hopkinton girls' cross country team pose with their medals after finishing third out of 50-plus teams at in the Girls' Small School Race at the Manchester Invitational at Derryfield Park on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. —Courtesy of Rob Rothe

By DAN ATTORRI

Monitor staff

Published: 09-22-2024 10:01 AM

Modified: 09-22-2024 12:33 PM


MANCHESTER – Hopkinton sophomore Maddy Lane topped a field of over 200 runners representing more than 50 teams to win the Manchester Invitational Small School individual title on Saturday at Derryfield Park.

The Manchester Invitational is the largest high school cross country meet in the state, featuring 10 races and 110 schools in total, including most NHIAA programs and some of the top teams from across New England.

Girls’ Small School

Lane clocked a 19 minute, 28.4 second 5K to break the tape, leading Hopkinton to third place. Lane’s time was 38.3 seconds ahead of the runner-up, Elli Englund of Plymouth.

“Maddy had a plan to get out early and push the race, which she did right from the gun,” Hopkinton coach Rothe said. “It was really exciting to see her take the win in such dominant fashion.”

Shaylee Murdough (eighth, 21:03), Reese Bove (17th, 21:29), Amelia Walsh (38th, 22:19) and Evelyn Hopper (112th, 24:41) also scored for Hopkinton.

“We knew heading into the day that the girls were ranked as one of the top small school teams,” Hopkinton coach Rob Rothe said. “However, we were down one of our top five and ended up fielding a varsity team of only five total. The focus on the day was to learn the changes of the new course and see what we could do. The rest of the team really pulled together, putting down some really solid times.”

Haddam-Killingworth High School (Higganum, Conn.) won the team title with 82 points. Concord’s St. Paul’s School (117), Hopkinton (122), Plymouth (183) and Souhegan (197) were the top five teams.

Merrimack Valley (366) and Coe-Brown (412) were 16th and 17th, were the other area team scores.

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Bow’s Hannah Pawlowski (18th, 21:30) and Julia Hou (46th, 22:34), Coe-Brown’s Paige Murdough (32nd, 22:09), John Stark’s Anna Chasse (43rd, 22:28) and Kayla Barriere (51st, 22:41), and MV’s Lily Moser (52nd, 22:42) were the other top area individuals.

Boys’ Small School

Coe-Brown Northwood Academy narrowly finished second to Catholic Memorial (West Roxbury, Mass.), 93-99, out of 41 scoring teams.

Patrick Youngs (12th, 17:10), Luc Kerouac (21st, 17:31), Benjamin Larson (23rd, 17:35), Benjamin Jobin (25th, 17:37) and Quinn Froburg (33rd, 17:56) were the scoring runners for CBNA.

Oyster River (170), Haddam-Killingworth (178) and Algonquin Regional High School out of Northborough, Mass. (180) rounded out the top five teams.

MV (12th, 367), Bow (14th, 465), Hopkinton (21st, 636), John Stark (31st, 810), Kearsarge (34th, 881) and Pembroke (37th, 908) were the other area teams that competed.

Catholic Memorial’s Michael Upton won in 16:32, less than two seconds ahead of ConVal’s Will Simard.

Hillsboro-Deering’s Elijah Bodanza (fourth, 16:40), Kearsarge’s Daniel Dalbec (11th, 17:10), Merrimack Valley’s Mychal Reynolds (46th, 18:24), Hopkinton’s Max Goupil (61st, 18:39), Bow’s Thomas Sargent (69th, 18:52), John Stark’s Austin Patenaude (79th, 19:03) and Pembroke’s Caleb Saturley (135th, 20:05) were the top runners for their respective teams.

Girls’ Large School

Concord finished 24th out of 31 scoring teams with

 Division II Oyster River (59 points) beat strong competition from Champlain Valley, Vt. (83), Hanover (153), Cumberland, Maine (174) and Glastonbury, Conn. (240).

Quinn Doherty (92nd, 21:50), Bella Komorek (149th, 23:19), Phoebe Dater-Roberts (150th, 23:25), Madeleine Short (156th, 23:34) and Gianna Gulatieri (167th, 23:59) were Concord’s scoring runners.

Brooke Strauss of Glastonbury, Conn., won the race in 18:18, almost two minutes ahead of the runner-up.

Boys’ Large School

The Crimson Tide (672) finished 27th out of 36 scoring teams.

East Lyme, Conn. (76), Brookline, Mass. (126), St. Johnsbury, Vt. (140), Hanover (157) and Pinkerton (192) were the top five team scores.

Tom Gavenas of Phillips Andover Academy won in 15:28.

Josiah Conley (11th, 16:37), Spencer Clemans (40th, 17:20), Colby O’Brien (200th, 19:58), Aldo Ruelas Arceo (214th, 20:24) and Viktor Miner (228th, 21:15) were Concord’s top five.