By BRIAN JENNINGS STAFF WRITER Members of the Southington Blue Knights cross country team traveled to Bowdoin Park in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. on Saturday, Nov. 28 to compete against some of the best runners in the northeast at the 2015 Nike Cross Country Nationals Northeast Regional. States represented at the meet included Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Southington runners ran under the name, “Knights Running Club.” The girls team competed in the Northeast girls 5K championship race and placed 25th (545, 107:08.9) out of 28 teams. Gabi Napoli (20:17.1) paced the Lady Knights, finishing 65th out of 216 runners. Lauren Perkowski (21:15.1), Isabella Scalise (21:42.7), Catherine Myers (21:46.9), and Marisa Matthews (22:07.1) scored. Sarah Minkiewicz (22:24.4) and Carson Stifel (25:03.4) contributed. Six of the seven Lady Knights gained speed throughout the course, running faster in the second half of the race than the first half. Three girls competed in the open race. Laini Pizzitola (22:49.1) finished in the top 100 out of 243 runners. Jami Pliego (23:32.3) and Sam Schiffer (24:30.5) contributed. The boys competed as a team in the open division, and placed 12th (446, 90:12.8) out of 58 teams. Sean Garrison (17:16.4) […]
By BRIAN JENNINGS STAFF WRITER Members of the Southington Blue Knights cross country team traveled to Bowdoin Park in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. on Saturday, Nov. 28 to compete against some of the best runners in the northeast at the 2015 Nike Cross Country Nationals Northeast Regional. States represented at the meet included Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Southington runners ran under the name, “Knights Running Club.” The girls team competed in the Northeast girls 5K championship race and placed 25th (545, 107:08.9) out of 28 teams. Gabi Napoli (20:17.1) paced the Lady Knights, finishing 65th out of 216 runners. Lauren Perkowski (21:15.1), Isabella Scalise (21:42.7), Catherine Myers (21:46.9), and Marisa Matthews (22:07.1) scored. Sarah Minkiewicz (22:24.4) and Carson Stifel (25:03.4) contributed. Six of the seven Lady Knights gained speed throughout the course, running faster in the second half of the race than the first half. Three girls competed in the open race. Laini Pizzitola (22:49.1) finished in the top 100 out of 243 runners. Jami Pliego (23:32.3) and Sam Schiffer (24:30.5) contributed. The boys competed as a team in the open division, and placed 12th (446, 90:12.8) out of 58 teams. Sean Garrison (17:16.4) […]