Oxford Cross Country Performs Well at Invitational

Noah Burdis set an OHS Freshman Record in the Freshman Race at the Windham Invitational on Saturday. His time was 15:21 and he came in 168th out of 271 runners. Savada Robinson also set a OHS Freshman Girls Record in the Girls Freshman race with at time of 14:56. She came in 8th out of 158 runners. Freshman Rebecca Buswell also eclipsed the previous freshman mark with a time of 15:22 and placed 28th. Elise Aubry 17:42, 88th and Emily Bockisch 20:10, 137th also ran well for the OHS Freshman. The freshman race was 2.1 miles.

Cameron Swift placed 16th over over the 3 mile course in a time of 17:30. Zach Frew 17:54, 28th and Brandon Au 18:26, 48th, Sean Coffindaffer 20:25, 126th and Rob Lee 21:51 151st rounded out the scoring for the varsity team. The boys placed 14th overall out of 31 teams.

Olivia Richter came in 6th overall in a time of 19:18 for the 3 mile course. Brianna Hoffner 22:18, 43rd Giovanna McMahon 24:50, 100th and Lindsey Koski 25:56, 112th ran in the Varsity Race.

On another note, Oxford lost senior captain, Marcea Stilson, for the rest of the season with a stress fracture in her leg. Stilson is the most decorated athlete in OHS history, with 3 All-State Honors, 2 All-SWC 1st team selections, 3 All-SWC honorable mention selections and she holds or held over 15 school records. She has been selected to the All-Area team 2 times and has never placed outside the top 12 in any of her cross-country or track meets.