Newton Centre, MA - Newton South hosted Concord-Carlisle and Lincoln-Sudbury on Tuesday with all three teams coming in ranked top 15 in the state (LS #3, NS #7, CC #15 MSTCA) and the meet followed that script. In addition, all three of these teams came into this meet undefeated within the DCL. Each executed fast team races and the order of the rankings coming in held in the scoring.
Lincoln-Sudbury remains undefeated in the DCL with a 4-0 record, Newton South is now 5-1 and Concord Carlisle is 3 - 2. All three teams have challenges still waiting within the DCL as Newton South travels to Acton-Boxboro on Oct. 5th, Concord-Carlisle faces Westford and Weston on Oct. 5th, and Lincoln-Sudbury will match up with Weston on Oct. 12th.
Anna Rhatigan of Newton South remains undefeated in the DCL with a 17:48 win over the 2.95 mile course on the Newton South campus. Rhatigan and Marika Crowe of Lincoln-Sudbury ran most of the race side-by-side and Rhatigan only secured the win in the last 100 meters. Crowe finished second in a very fast 17:53.
At two miles the team race was still close between Newton South and Lincoln-Sudbury, but Lincoln-Sudbury finished the last mile in strong fashion to pull away for the team victory. Concord-Carlisle also ran a fine team race with Megan Ratcliffe finishing 3rd overall in this strong field.
Lincoln-Sudbury and Newton South were incredibly well matched through the top 3 three runners. After that, Lincoln-Sudbury won with team depth. The 2nd and 3rd runners for both Lincoln-Sudbury and Newton South finished in a wave, with Emily Knaul and Katie LaScaleia of Lincoln-Sudbury just edging out Lucrecia Aguilar and Anna Laurence of Newton South with all four finishing within 4 seconds.
When you look at the depth of these three teams it was a great race to watch.
Results
Newton South Girls Cross Country vs Concord - Carlisle and Lincoln Sudbury
Newton South Campus Course
2.95 Miles
Grass Fields with just over 1000 meters on the track to start/finish
1. A. Rhatigan NSXC 17:48
2. M. Crowe LS 17:53
3. M. Ratcliffe CC 18:06
4. E. Knaul LS 18:13
5. K. Lascaleia LS 18:16
6. L. Aguilar NSXC 18:17
7. A. Laurence NSXC 18:17
8. C. Lawlar CC 18:40
9. S. Mepham LS 18:54
10. D. Hargus LS 18:57
11. P. Bisson LS 18:57
12. I. Caruso CC 19:13
13. E. Caggiano NSXC 19:22
14. H. Friedman NSXC 19:27
15. A. Kelley LS 19:31
16. L. Potter LS 19:36
17. I. Williams CC 19:44
18. S. Cook LS 19:48
19. M. Glasgow NSXC 19:52
20. J. Borovick LS 19:58
21. N. Rojgoral CC 19:58
22. O. Meyerson CC 19:59
23. M. Parson CC 20:03
24. L. Cotter NSXC 20:04
25. R. Ehlers CC 20:11
26. C. Campbell CC 2012
27. C. Reading LS 20:15
28. M. Carey CC 20:33
29. K. Magurie LS 20:37
30. E. Perkins CC 20:37
Scores
Lincoln Sudbury 24 / Newton South 33
Newton South 23 / Concord-Carlisle 33
Lincoln Sudbury 21 / Concord-Carlisle 39