Thetford Woods Trail Run Results & Middle School Race Recap

The Deerfield boys won the prestigious 2014 Thetford Vermont Woods Trail Run for the second straight year. The Junior High course is the first rolling 2700 meters of the high school 5K course.  They were once again led to victory by Forest MacKenzie’s first place finish in 9:29.  MacKenzie won the Manchester Invitational last week and the Black Bear Invitational two weeks earlier leading the defending State Champions to big wins.

Issac Kaplan of Randolph Vt. placed second 9:33 just ahead of last week’s Manchester Invitational runner-up, Deerfield’s Ryan Devine 3^rd  9:37.  Colby Bergeron of BFA Fairfax 4^th 9:43 and David Cook 5^th 9:53 all broke the 10 minute barrier.  A pair of Hampton NH Academy runners Slad Laszewski 6^th 10:11 and Matt Fiorentini 7^th turned in fine performances to lead their team to a respectful second place finish for the second year in a row.  Woodstock’s Ben Marsicovetere 8^th 10:12 and Bellows Falls Ian Wallace 9^th 10:12 finished just in front of Hampton Academy’s Noah Taracena 10^th 10:13.

Other NH notables: Hampton Academy’s Nick Hepburn 13^th 10:17, Deerfield brothers Brett Richards 15^th 10:20 and Brandon Richards 16^th 10:24, John Murphy, Deerfield 23^rd 10:41, Daniel Giacalone, Hampton Academy 24^th 10:42, Devin Eaton Hampton Academy 28^th 10:54 and Deerfield’s Maguire Gray 35^th 11:03.

Deerfield captured the team title with 38 points. Hampton Academy 2^nd scored 58 points easily out distancing themselves from Stowe Vt. 3^rd 128 points and Bellows Falls 4^th 130 points.  Deerfield’s top 5 runners averaged a time of 9:57 breaking last year’s record setting performance of 10:01.

On the girls side Hampton Academy won for the second straight year, upending Deerfield again in a hard fought battle. Individually NH Homeschool 7^th grader Caroline Fisher dominated the field winning in a course record time of 9:58.  Fisher won by 40 seconds over Camille Bolduc 2^nd 10:38 of Good Shepherd, Rutland’s Noelle Abeyta 3^rd 10:49, Bellows Falls Lia Clark 4^th 10:50, Good Shepherd’s Neva Bostic 5^th 10:58 and Hampton Academy’s Annie Rademacher 6^th 10:59 all broke 11 minutes on the challenging course.  Lella Trummel of Norwich 7^th 11:00, Mills Waddell Hampton Academy 8^th 11:05, Maya Humbert of Northfield 9^th 11:09 and Deerfield’s Sarah Zarakotas rounded out the top ten in 11:10.

Other NH Notables: Serena Britos, Deerfield 14^th 11:18, Piper Kilgore Deerfield 15^th 11:18, Brooke Gousie, Hampton Academy 17^th 11:28, Deerfield’s Samantha Lemay 35^th 11:57 and Julia Fifield 36^th 11:58.  Hampton Academy’s Sarah Walsh 12:03 and Molly Conner 41^st 12:07.  Deerfield’s Chloe Gross 44^th 12:15. Deerfield’s Lily Fifield 78^th 13:18.

Hampton Academy won with a team score of 72 points, to Deerfield’s 79 points, Good Shepherd 3^rd 92 points, and Bellows Falls 4^th 104 points.

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