The MSTCA Coaches Invitational has ruled the first weekend in November for over forty years. This year the meet has been named after the long time Seekonk Coach and MSTCA Director Frank Mooney. His passion for the everything X-C and Track in Massachusetts has been legendary and the meet once again drew some of the largest numbers of the year. Although many of the top runners either remained at home or took the opportunity to have one last workout on the Eastern Championship course, we did however have a few fine performances on a blustery day in Wrentham.
MSTCA Race Videos (Pending)
The First race of the day was the Sophomore Boys Division 1 race. The race was won by Tristan Shelgren from Saint John's Prep in 16:03. He was the 2014 winner of the Division 1 Freshman race. Shelgren ran 15:50 at the Bay State Invitational in Stanley Park.
Nicole Clermont of Franklin won the Sophomore girls Division 1 race in 19:24. Clermont is coming off victories at the Hockomock League Championships as well as the MSTCA Twilight meet where she ran 18:19.
Lucas Aramburu of Brookline took top honors in the Division 1 Boys freshman Division. Aramburu ran 10:06 on the 3K course finishing ahead of Jadiel Pinales of Lowell (10:15). The 9th grader is Nationally ranked from his 15:35 performance at the MSTCA Twilight Invitational.
Emma Whitehead of Shepherd Hill Regional won the Div 1 Freshman girls race in 11:17 for the 3K course. She was 7 seconds ahead of Abby Murphy of North Quincy. The Freshman from SHR was third in the Mid-Wach Championships.
Kyle Cloutier of Nashoba turned in the fastest 5K of the day in 16:01 in the Junior / Senior Division. The Junior won the Wachusett Invitational earlier this season. Chris Alford of North Middlesex finished second in 16:11.
The most impressive winner of the day was Grace Connolly of Natick High School. She was the Junior / Senior girls race champion with a time of 18:15. She won the race by over a minute, but the most amazing statistic is that she is only a freshman. She was second at the Bay State Invitational at Stanley Park a few weeks ago. She was fourth place at the Bay State League where she ran 17:50 for 5K.