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PHOTO: Winthrop senior James Cognata, left, and junior Haley Williams, right, won the individual championships at the Mountain Valley Conference Cross Country championship meet Oct. 15, held at the University of Maine, Augusta. Cognata finished at 18.14.80, and also led the Ramblers to the team championship. Williams ran the 3.1-mile course in 22:00.40. The Ramblers girls finished fourth as a team, with Boothbay/Wiscassett winning the team crown. (Bill Van Tassel photos)
AUGUSTA – Winthrop senior James Cognata and junior Haley Williams were the individual champions at the Mountain Valley Conference Cross-Country Championship, held Oct. 15 on a muddy 5k (3.1 mile) course at the University of Maine, Augusta.
The Rambler boys also finished first in the team results for the MVC team championship. The Rambler girls finished fourth, with Boothbay/Wiscasset winning the girls’ crown.
Cognata crossed the finish line in 18:14.8, followed by teammates Christopher Pottle (18:45.3), third, Jonathan Wagner (19.54.8), eighth, and Bennett Ross (20:19.9), 11th, for the first-place team trophy. Mount Abram’s Jeff Warnock was close on Cognata’s heels, finishing second in 18:23.1.
Williams (22.00.4) won the girls’ individual championship, crossing the finish line ahead of Madison’s Peyton Estes (22:35.1), who came in second. Rambler teammate Grace Drown (23:56.4) finished seventh in the girl’s race to earn team points.
Other top girls’ finishers were Madison’s Bryanna Hagopian (22:56.7), third; Monmouth’s Allyson Lewis (23:40.8), fourth; Dirigo’s Brooke Buotte (23:48.9), fifth; and Richmond’s Breonna Dufresne (23:55.10). Boothbay-Wiscasset won the championship with three runners in the top 10: Laura Chapman (24:08.5), eighth; Julia Truesdell (24:28.1), ninth; and Emily Gilliam (25:34.1) in the 10 spot.
Girls Team Results: 1. Boothbay-Wiscasset 42, 2. Dirigo 54, 3. Richmond 59, 4. Winthrop 61
Other boy’s top finishers were Spruce Mountain’s Abram Geissinger (18:46.6), fourth; Monmouth’s Brosnan Comeau (19:20.9), fifth; Richmond’s Benjamin Fournier (19:35.40), sixth; Boothbay-Wiscassett’s Bryan Gagon (19:45.0), seventh; Richmond’s Max Viselli (20.07.80), ninth; Carrabec’s Desmond Robinson (20:08.60), 10th.
Boys Team Results: 1. Winthrop 44, 2. Boothbay-Wiscasset 58, 3. Richmond 79, 4. Lisbon 105, 5. Mount Abram 113, 6. Spruce Mountain 114.
