The Starting Five: Athletes of the Week

Maria Corcoran- Rocky Hill (Cross Country): Corcoran placed 14th at the CCC Cross Country Championship, finishing with a time of 20:41. It was a personal-record for the seniors, who said “Going into conferences at Wickham, I’d had a string of races which I wasn’t too happy with, so I really wanted to PR. Having raced the Wickham Invitational the week before, I felt pretty comfortable on the course, so I just tried to stick with a pack and close hard, which worked! After our modified 2020 season, I’ve been super grateful for the chance to race at Wickham again, and I am very happy to have PR’d.”  

Isabella Coite- Cromwell (Cross Country): Coite was the first Cromwell runner to cross the finish line at the Shoreline Conference cross country championship, finishing 18th overall with a time of 23:45. The junior and the rest of the Panthers now race at the Class SS state championship at Wickham Park in Manchester on Sat (Oct 30) starting at 3:40 p.m. 

Katie Bohlke- Newington (Cross Country): Bohlke finished 5th in the CCC Cross Country finals, running a 19:48 in the 5,000 meter race at Wickham Park in Manchester. The sophomore ran the second fastest time of any underclasswoman, finishing behind only freshman Brooke Strauss of Glastonbury, who won the race.  

Ryan Gagne- Wethersfield (Cross Country): Gagne placed 12th at the CCC finals, running a 16:49 at Wickham Park on Oct 19. The junior finished ahead of 205 other competitors at the varsity race and now turns his attention to the Class L state finals, which will be Saturday (Oct 30) at Wickham Park, starting at 11:25 a.m.

Eamon Burke- Xavier (Cross Country): Burke blew away the field at the SCC Cross Country Championship, finishing first with a time of 15:35. The senior bested runner-up Mason Beaudette (Amity Regional) by 23 second as Xavier easily won the event, beating 13 other schools. Burke’s senior teammate Brody Santagata also had a top-five finish, placing 4th with a time of 16:19.