BHS Cross Country Runners Join Throngs of Competitors at Twilight Invitational

(L – R) Patrick Salazar-Weibel, Sahill Rotella, Adam Chao, Isaac Johansson and Kevin Lang ran in the 9th grade race, earning the 9th place out of 19 teams for the Bucs 9th grade Boys’s squad at Friday’s meet. Courtesy Image.

Bedford High School cross country competitors won four medals in Friday’s Bob Glennon Twilight Invitational at the Cape Cod Fairgrounds in East Falmouth.

Hundreds of runners from across southeastern New England competed in the races, sponsored by the Massachusetts State Track Coaches Association. The BHS team’s final home meet is scheduled for Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. versus Waltham.

Jonny Garraway placed fourth (time of 15 minutes, 52 seconds) and Carter Rauch was 17^th(16.24) among 224 runners in the boys’ varsity five-kilometer race. In the girls’ five-kilometer, Addison Poulter placed 25^th among 161 competitors (time of 19:34). And Sahill Rotella placed 17th in the boys’ ninth-grade race, a distance of 2.1 miles.

(L to R:) Elena Protasowicki, Samantha Sheahan, Anna Massaro, Addison Poulter, Grace Niu, and Farrah Scott contributed to the BHS Girls’ Varsity team placing 6th out of 16 teams on Friday night. Courtesy Image

“These are great results, given the size of the races,” said Coach Richard Donnelly. He explained that the Twilight Invitational starts at sundown with most of the races taking place on a lighted trail that winds around the fairgrounds – “including running through barns. It was a cool fall evening with clear skies, the perfect conditions for a night race.”

The last race of the event, the varsity girls’ 5-K, started at 9:30 p.m. The BHS girls’ varsity finished sixth out of 16 teams. Poulter was followed by Anna Massaro in 30^th place, Samantha Sheahan (34^th), Elena Protasowicki (68^th), Grace Niu (73^rd), Farrah Scott (97^th), and Michelle Wong (132^nd).

The boys’ varsity placed 16^th out of 30 teams. Also running, and their placement, were Oren Brosgol (109^th), Anthony O’Brien (160^th), and Simon Bendersky (161^st).

Other results were: boys’ junior varsity – 360 runners: Leo DiSano (138^th place), Kai Holland (181^st), Yuri Kerov 335^th); girls’ junior varsity – 250 runners: Maddie Ota (35^th), Josie Donnelly (96^th), Eliza Dickert (113^th), and Ellie Sweetland (146^th).

Boys’ 10^th-grade race – 179 runners: William Protasowicki (34^th place), Michael Cheng (74^th), and Nao Okamoto (98^th); boys’ ninth-grade race – 256 runners: besides Rotella, Patrick Salazar-Weibel (36^th place), Adam Chao 74^th), Kevin Lang (159^th place), Isaac Johansson (174^th), Charles Mara (215^th) and Brian Covel (224^th place); girls’ ninth-grade race – 176 runners: Annaliese Randazzo (50^th place), Ariane Sweetland (63^rd), Asalie Brosgol (107^th).