Wednesday, 11/11 (Wow, that's a lot of 1s)

Well here are few more #1s for you.  Theo Kamperides, #1 in the Keenan Division at the Patriot League meet today.  Undefeated in dual meet competition.  Whitman-Hanson Boys, #1 in the Keenan Division at today's Patriot League Meet.  Also undefeated in Patriot League competition.

That's all I've got right now as I sit at my computer checking Fisher Division Twitter pages, XC websites, Mayflower Timing, repeatedly to get combined results.  When I know you'll know.

Takeaways today include:

(1) How solid our girls ran - Anna went down with an injury, but Myah was her customary awesome at #8, and Isabelle at #9 was no surprise to anybody who has watched her over the years.  Bryn and Sarah were tremendous out of wave 5 and our Freshmen (Caroline, Lynn and Sky) were fun to watch.  Each one has great potential.  And improvement was evident in the efforts of Allie and Hailey who have become major contributors this year. I already look forward to next year with most of these kids returning.

(2) In addition to our Freshman Girls, we have some talented Grade 9 Boys -  Today Gavin McCarthy, Logan Bourgelas and Shane Johnson ran well at the Patriot League Championship.  All Freshman.  The last time we had three Freshman in the League Meet, we had Theo, Liam and Chris, and you know how that turned out!  Add to that the fact, we have other outstanding Freshmen in Andrew B, Mateo, Connor, James and Adam, I'd have to say the future looks pretty bright.

(3)  It is just shy of miraculous that the cohort of Theo, Liam, Chris, Nathan and Gordon, who worked so hard since June preparing and throughout competition, ran injury free -  Distance running can crush anybody really, but not those five amigos.  Maybe it was the attention to proper training, or a proper diet and rest, maybe it was just luck.  But those guys went wire-to-wire to lead our Boys to a Patriot League Title and a couple of #1s today.

WE INTERRUPT FOR AN IMPORTANT BULLETIN 

THIS JUST IN - (the following was provided to Administration and the local media just now)

Whitman-Hanson Boys Cross Country followed up its undefeated, title winning season with a first place finish at the Patriot League Championship Meet on Wednesday at Hingham.  Leading the way on the 5K course was Senior Captain, Theo Kamperides, who won the meet for the second straight year in a time of 16:49.  Also starring for the Panthers were Senior Captain Liam Cafferty (5th overall, 17:40), Junior Nathan Tassey (7th, 17:58), Senior Captain Chris MacDonald (9th, 18:15) and Junior Gordon Johnson (12th, 18:25.)  Second Place team honors went to Hingham High School, with third place to Plymouth South.

Full Results at: 

https://www.mayflowertiming.com/uploads/1/2/3/2/123283675/patriotleaguefinal.txt

So we can add another #1, Patriot League Championship Meet winners to our list!  More to follow . . .

After a considerable number of calculations the following was submitted to Administration and the local media moments ago:

Whitman-Hanson Girls Cross Country closed out its season with a 6th place finish at the Patriot League Championship Meet on Wednesday at Hingham.  The top finisher for the Panthers was Junior Captain Myah Kamperides who placed 9th overall in a time of 21:01.  Right behind her in 10th place was Senior Isabelle Amado with a time of 21:18.  Also scoring for Whitman-Hanson were Senior Captain Bryn Miller (39th; 23:15), Junior Sarah Boulger (48th; 23:46) and Freshman Sky Bucci-Anderson (56th; 24:12.)  The overall winning team was Marshfield High School, followed closely by Hingham.

Back with more soon . . .