By Michael Letendre
BRISTOL – The Bristol Central cross country programs had an extremely successful meet this past Monday as both the boys and girls teams were able to post victories against Lewis Mills and Maloney.
The girls won its races by 15-50 scores against both Spartan programs from Rockwell Park in Bristol.
And for the boys, Central was a 26-30 victor over a talented outfit from Mills while the locals easily defeated Maloney by a 15-44 final.
“Bristol Central Cross Country handled business at our only home meet of the season,” said Central coach Tamara Stafford-Kirk via Twitter. “[We were] running in memory of Jeannette Porrini & ‘One Life.’ Our boys and girls went undefeated on the day against Lewis Mills and Maloney. So proud of this crew.”
Once again for the boys, Frankie Porrini took the lead and never looked back – finishing the race in 16:52.6 – with the second place finisher, Central’s Chris Roy (18:15.6) a bit in the distance.
Roy ran extremely well while Central’s Patrick Wininger also kept pace, finishing in fourth place in 19:02.
Also crossing the finish line in a timely fashion was Lance Archibald (8th place, 19:34.7), Braydan Dwyer (11th, 20:12), Nicola DiMatteo, (17th, 21:06.5), and Scott Petrosky (18th, 21:17).
The boys are a perfect 6-0 in CCC South competition to date.
And in the girls showdown, Lindsey Cascio from Lewis Mills was the winner in 21:57.5.
Seizing fourth place was Central’s Katie Tran (25:10.1) while teammate Lynae Lewis (26:16.6) finished in sixth.
Central’s Emma Cavallari (8th place, 26:26.5) and Johannie Juarez (9th 27:47.2) also ran well for the Rams.
Next week, it’s the annual city series showdown.
On Thursday, October 13, Central links up with Bristol Eastern to square off against St. Paul Catholic in a non-conference extravaganza.
The first race commences at 3:45 p.m. from St. Paul Catholic High School.
BRISTOL CENTRAL BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
from Rockwell Park, Bristol (3.1 miles)
Team Scores
BRISTOL CENTRAL 26, LEWIS MILLS 30
BRISTOL CENTRAL 15, MALONEY 44
Individual Results
1. Frankie Porrini (Bristol Central) 16:52.6
2. Chris Roy (Bristol Central) 18:15.6
3. David Iacino (Lewis Mills) 19:02.1
4. Patrick Wininger (Bristol Central) 19:10.7
5. Apollo Josephson (Lewis Mills) 19:26.8
6. Zachary Barth (Lewis Mills) 19:28.0
7. Charles Hedrick (Lewis Mills) 19:28.8
8. Lance Archibald (Bristol Central) 19:34.7
9. Nicholas Atkins (Lewis Mills) 19:52.0
10. Joshua Mazar (Lewis Mills) 20:05.9.
Other Central finishes
11. Braydan Dwyer, 20:12
17. Nicola DiMatteo, 21:06.5
18. Scott Petrosky, 21:17
BRISTOL CENTRAL GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
from Rockwell Park, Bristol (3.1 miles)
Team Scores
BRISTOL CENTRAL 15, LEWIS MILLS 50
BRISTOL CENTRAL 15, MALONEY 50
Individual Results
1. Lindsey Cascio (Lewis Mills) 21:57.5
2. Sam Park (Maloney) 23:19.5
3. Ginny Mullen (Lewis Mills) 24:28.8
4. Katie Tran (Bristol Central) 25:10.1
5. Reilly Greene (Lewis Mills) 26:05.0
6. Lynae Lewis (Bristol Central) 26:16.6
7. Avelinn Browne (Lewis Mills) 26:42.2
8. Emma Cavallari (Bristol Central) 26:26.5
9. Johannie Juarez (Bristol Central) 27:47.2
10. Camila Cabrera (Lewis Mills) 28:15.5
