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Westminster Boys Finish Undefeated in Dual Meets
In front of a supportive home crowd, the Martlet harriers faced the always tough and numerous squad of Winged Beavers from neighboring Avon Old Farms. With roped off areas for parking and games on every field, it was harder than normal to follow the course of the action, but Emmett de Kanter ' 19 quickly established himself in the front and ran well to beat the field by well over 50 seconds. The pack of Justin Schuster '19, Kieran Haug '21 and Daniel Pinckney '20 stayed tight on the top AOF runner, who proved to be a powerful hill runner and was able to nip Schuster in the final sprint. That said, Schuster's time (18:02) moved him to a top 10 position (No. 8) on the all-time list on the challenging home course; he certainly deserves to be ranked among the best Martlet runners in the past few decades. Haug and Pinckney finished within a stride of each, both posting lifetime bests as well. Elliott Kennard '19 ran another solid sub-19 race on this course, and Will Rizzo '21 moved another 20 seconds closer to breaking the 19-minute barrier with a lifetime best of 19:07. Alex Ellis '20 rounded out the varsity scorers and almost broke 20 with a lifetime best on any course of 20:03. By taking first, three through seven and ninth positions, Westminster dominated the scoring to take its fifth straight dual meet victory.
In the JV competition, the deep Avon field proved a little stronger than the Martlets, who fell by a score of 29-26. However, Nate Chaves '19 and David DeFronzo '19 led by example on their final home course run by both posting lifetime bests and finished second and fourth overall for the JV race. Hudson Stedman '21 pushed through a painful foot injury to finish strong in the third position for the Martlets, and Grant Pietri '22 and Kellen Seeley '22 both deserve shout-outs for posting lifetime bests.
This group of Sixth Formers (de Kanter, Schuster, Kennard, Chaves, DeFronzo) are a special group, and it was pleasure to see them lead the troops once more at home. After the long weekend, the action will be all on the road, beginning with the Shaler Invitational next weekend at Williston Northampton.
Results can be found here.
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