Buc Runners Take Second and Fourth in Invitational

Jonny Garraway (second) and Carter Rauch (fourth) led the Bedford High School cross country team’s junior and senior boys to a seventh-place finish in Saturday’s Frank Kelly Invitation Meet, sponsored by the State Track Coaches Association in Wrentham.

Garraway covered the three kilometers in nine minutes, 37 seconds, and Rauch was 16 seconds behind that time. There were 254 runners on 22 teams. The other Bedford finishers were Oren Brosgol (40^th place), Simon Bendersky (74^th), Anthony O’Brien (102^nd), Micah Harfield (112^th), and Alex Brough (153^rd).

Other results from the invitational were:

• The girls’ varsity team placed eighth out of 22 teams in the championship five-kilometer race. Addi Poulter placed 23rd with a time of 19:46 and Sam Sheahan was 24^th in 19:51. Also running-Anna Massaro finishing 46^th, Grace Niu (78^th), Vivian Liu (102^nd), and Farrah Scott (133^rd).  There were 215 runners.
• Bedford finished 17^th out of 35 teams in the three-kilometer boys’ race for freshmen and sophomores. Sahill Rotella led the Bucs in 33^rd place, followed by Caden Shimko in 62^nd, Patrick Salazar-Weibel (83^rd), Adam Chao (169^th), and Michael Cheng (223^rd). There were  329 participants. In the girls’ three-kilometer event for juniors and seniors, involving 188 runners, Maddie Ota placed 43^rd, Michelle Wong (77^th), Emily Wang (141^st), and Swetha Kaundinya (170^th).
• Bedford placed 13^th in the event for freshman and sophomore girls, featuring 210 runners. Annaliese Randazzo placed 101^st, Eliza Dickert (111^th), Carinna Dogan-West (118^th), Ariane Sweetland (119^th), Asalie Brosgol (135^th), and Mahita Susarla (152^nd).