Staples Boys Cross Country Wins Class LL Title

For the third consecutive year, the Staples Boys Cross Country team won the Class LL championship today with a dominant performance. The team’s top five runners averaged 16.31 minutes over the hilly 5K course at Wickham Park in Manchester. Staples was led by senior Ryan Smith, who finished sixth in 16:18. Close behind in seventh and ninth were juniors Morgan Fierro and Nick Taubenheim in 16:25 and 16:28.  Senior Henry Haas finished 27th in 16:43 and junior Teddy O’Kane was the final scoring finisher for Staples in 29th place in 16:45. Seniors AJ Zuckerman and Luke Lorenz also finished strong as the sixth and seventh runners for the team and all seven recorded course personal records. Now the team prepares for the State Open Championship scheduled for Friday, Nov. 2. The top six teams in that race advance to the New England Championship. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo