Oxford Cross Country Impressive at Invitational

Boys Unseeded Varsity

1. Joel Barlow 224 pts

2. Ledyard 269

3. Windsor 298

4. Planiville 304

5. Coventry 308

6. Middletown 323

7. OXFORD 355

8. Scituate RI 360

9. Berlin 385

10. Northwestern Regional 388

70 Teams in the race

Oxford's finish was the 2nd highest of the small schools. Most of the school ahead of them are Class L and M schools.

Cameron Swift came in 2nd overall in a time of 17:29. There were 381 runners in the race. Zach Frew came in 23rd, 18:41, Brandon Au 84th 19:36, Richard Katreyna 116th 19:59, Chris Gee 167th 20:38, Zack Latka 227th 21:16, and Sean Coffindaffer 243rd 21:28 round out the boys team.

Joe Venturini came in 31st in the JV race in a time of 21:29, Robert Lee ran 22:07 and Greg Heralod ran 22:59.

Noah Budris set and OHS Freshman record in the Freshman race with a time of 19:24. He came in 130th out of 291 runners.

Girls Seeded Varsity

1. Smithfield RI 137 pts

2. Avon 171

3. Suffield 189

4. Branford 225

5. Conard 265

6. Mercy 273

7. Bristol Central 277

8. Hillhouse 279

9. Amity 302

10. Longmeadow MA 320

22. OXFORD 537

39 team in the race

Olivia Richter came in 4th overall out of 213 runners. She ran 20:18. Brianna Hoffner 103rd 23:27, Rebecca Buswell 134th 24:14, Elizabeth Racsko 141st 24:22, Becky Gumbrewicz 183rd 26:01, Lindsey Koski 197th 27:09 and Giovanna McMahon 206th 28:32.

In the Girls JV race Sarah Woolfrey ran 30:42, Hannah VanBuiten 30:49, Anne Dennen 32:11, Maggie Palys 33:06 and Sam Orner 34:46.

Elsie Aubry came in 80th out of 172 runners in the Girls Freshman Race in a time of 22:51.

The next meet is Tuesday at Brookfield with Notre Dame-Fairfield and Newtown at 4:30 p.m.