Sachem Cross Country Weekend Recap

Kelly Lavan led the Sachem North varsity girls cross country squad with a career-best time at last weekend’s Suffolk Coaches XC Invitational held on Sunken Meadow State Park’s 5K course. 

Lavan’s time (20:38) was earned on the tough course that features hills with imposing names such as Snake Hill, Hernia Hill and Cardiac Hill. Her fourth place race effort was followed by Katie Michta’s career-best course time (21:50) and 12th place finish. 

Becca Duffy, Dowon Hwang and Marysa Mullen rounded out the top five in the varsity race as Sachem placed third in team scoring in the Varsity B race in the seventh fastest team average of the day.

The muggy, 100 percent humidity day began with eighth grader Mackenzie Coleman leading the Sachem’s Frosh Squad in the Frosh “A” race – the first race of the meet. She ran a 6:14 per mile pace as she placed 11th in her race in a time of 9:21 on the 1.5 mile Freshman course.  Frosh rookie Karina Garcia continued her strong season with a 10:56 effort.

Oriana Howell turned in Sachem’s sixth fastest time of the day as she employed aggressive front-running tactics finishing 6th overall in the JV race. Her time of 23:48 was a career-best on Sunken Meadow’s 5K course and she was also named Sachem North Runner of the Meet for her outstanding performance.  

The JV squad placed fifth in team scoring out of the 18 teams in their race.  Jenn Weiss, Monica Abrams, Kristie Michta and Patricia Romano rounded out the top five finishers in the JV race.

Boys Varsity Place Fifth

On Saturday the Sachem North boys cross country team traveled to Sunken Meadow for the Suffolk County Coaches Invitational.

The freshmen team placed fifth overall and was led by Patrick Lavan's seventh place finish and Conner Urban's 24th place finish. The varsity team (fifth overall) was led by Colin Eberhardt's 11th place finish. The team also had great races from Mike LoSchiavo, Chris Penteck, Anthony Coccia, Brandon Hayes, John Onken and Greg Coleman.  The JV team placed 3rd overall with outstanding pack racing from Nick Castro, James Trofa, Mike Neftleberg, Jordan Weiss and Dylan Passarella. 

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