Middle School Update! Deerfield Boys Continue to Roll

Deerfield Wins Ocean State XC and Threepeats at 25^th Thetford Woods

After feeling the first sting of defeat at the 2015 Manchester Invitational. The Deerfield boys made the long trek down Route 93 to the very competitive Ocean State Cross Country Invitational. Competing against 26 other teams from five states, the three time NH State Champs got back to their winning ways led by 2015 Manchester Invitational champion Ryan Devine’s second place finish in 6:40 for the 2000 meter course. He was followed by David Cook 7^th 7:00, Brandon Richards 19^th 7:20, Brayden Kearns 39^th 7:39, Brandon Comire 53^rd 7:53, Joey O’ Brien 61^st 8:01 and Connor Buffington 67^th 8:05.

Deerfield Community School boys’ cross country team also captured their third straight Junior High title by winning the 25^th Silver Jubilee Thetford Woods Trail Invitational. Deerfield’s Ryan Devine celebrated his 14^th birthday by crushing the field of 150 runners in 9:14 over the 2700 meter rolling course. His time is the second fastest ever on this event. Teammate David Cook won a tough battle to place second overall in 9:32 just in front of Hampton Academy’s Noah Taracena 3^rd 9:35. Tim Salter- Roy of Bellows Falls VT 4^th 9:48, Asa Burows-Crane of Mt. Anthony VT 5^th 9:49, and Devin Eaton of Hampton Academy 6^th 9:55 all broke the coveted 10 minute barrier. Deerfield’s third man was Brandon Richards placing 7^th in 10:06 a step ahead of Nathan Marouski, Randolph VT 8^th 10:07, Sherman Thornton 9^th 10:09 and Jack Taylor of Hampton Academy 10^th 10:12 rounded out the top ten.

Deerfield’s championship team members were Brayden Kearns 11^th 10:13, Joey O’Brien 20^th 10:39, John Murphy 25^th 10:44, Brandon Comire 26^th 10:44, Connor Buffington 44^th 11:06, Danny O’Brien 59^th 11:33 and Brenden Uber 98^th 12:40.

Deerfield won the team competition with 35 points over a very strong Hampton Academy squad 2^nd 56 points. Stowe VT 3^rd 99 points and Norwich VT 4^th 139 finished just ahead of Amherst Regional MA 5^th 148 points.

Deerfield’s Serena Britos 4^th 11:07 and Caley Nault 5^th 11:13 turned in quality performances to pace the Deerfield girls team to a fine 6^th place finish.

Hampton Academy was the best NH team placing third overall, led by the trio of Kylee Quinlan 14^th 11:32, Alexis Quinlan 18^th 11:39 and Claire Rademacher 19^th 11:40.