By Michael Letendre

MANCHESTER – Both the Bristol Central and Bristol Eastern cross county teams took part of the 37th Annual Wickham Park Invite on Saturday.

And the Rams and Lancers had some good finishes up and down the line-up.

At the statewide event, Central’s Frankie Porrini did extremely well – finishing in 14th place in the Boys Large School division with a time of 17:04 from the course in Manchester.

Also for Central, Chris Roy (42nd, 17:51) had a solid day of action along with teammates Lance Archibald (96th, 19:09) and Ryan Sarmiento (102nd, 19:22).

The Eastern boys finished 20th in the Medium School race with three athletes placing in and around the top eighty of the meet.

Logan Crowley (32nd, 17:50) led the Lancers’ charge, Dominic Tartarelli (50th, 18:29) did a tremendous job while Dante Marciano (81st, 19:02) performed well.

In the Middle Girls Varsity challenge, Eastern placed 22nd overall as 

Fiona Gallagher (49th, 23:03), Lauren Ayotte (89th, 24:53) and 

Shillelagh Gallagher (106th, 25:50) took the top three slots for the Lancers’ contingent.

For the Rams, in the Large School race, Maura Waters (98th, 23:11) and

Katie Tran (150th, 25:21) made good showings.

Both programs had other runners in JV events as well over a busy fall Saturday.

“Freshmen Braydan Dwyer placed 15th in the JV Boys 3 race with a time of 19:44 and sophomores Patrick Wininger and Josh Poulin ran well with times of 20:20 and 20:21 respectively,” said Central coach Tamara Stafford-Kirk. 

Stafford-Kirk also mentioned that she’s running most of her girls crew in JV races as the squad is a bit on the youthful side.

Central, Eastern, and St. Paul Catholic battle on Thursday

This week, it’s time for the annual city series battle between Bristol’s scholastic programs.

On Thursday, Central travels to Page Park on King Street as Bristol Eastern is hosting the event this year.

The Lancers and Rams will compete against St. Paul Catholic in city series action.

The meet commences at 3:45 p.m.

37th Annual Wickham Park Invite 

from Manchester – October 9

Boys Large School Varsity (Bristol Central – 15th place overall) 

Place Name Time

14th Frankie Porrini 17:04

42nd Chris Roy 17:51

96th Lance Archibald 19:09

102nd Ryan Sarmiento 19:22

133rd Tyler Wilson 19:57

144th Scott Petrosky 20:55

Boys Medium School Varsity (Bristol Eastern – 20th place overall) 

Place Name Time

32nd Logan Crowley 17:50

50th Dominic Tartarelli 18:29

81st Dante Marciano 19:02

147th Aidan Tartarelli 20:05

177th Jack Mulcunry 21:15

178th Aidan Gezelman 21:15

186th Peyton Hasler 21:25

Girls Medium School Varsity (Bristol Eastern – 22nd place overall)

Place Name Time

49th Fiona Gallagher 23:03

89th Lauren Ayotte 24:53

106th Shillelagh Gallagher 25:50

131st Ryan Braccia 28:06

133rd Rita Gao 28:17

134th Isabell Fulton 28:34

139th Jocelyn Agostino 29:29

Girls Large School Varsity (Bristol Central)

Place Name Time

98. Maura Waters 23:11

150. Katie Tran 25:21