KUA Runners Shine at NEPSAC Championships

Four Wildcats made the three and a half hour trek to Hyde School in Bath, ME on Saturday to race in the New England Divisional Championship race. All four runners had successful outings. In the Varsity Boys’ race, Aaron Picard, intent on improving on last year’s 21st place and shooting for the top 10 this year, came in 4th (out of 104) with a time of 17:56! Freshman Henry Vansant, in his first ever New England appearance, placed 20th. The Varsity Girls’ race began quite dramatically. A girl from another team fell at the start resulting in the race official calling back the entire field. Unfortunately, the speedy KUA runners, Emma Porrazzo and Caitlin Porrazzo, were already out of earshot of the siren and continued at full-out race pace for close to a half mile before officials could catch up with the lead pack on the course to stop them and have them return to the start. This did not unsettle the young Wildcats, and their second start was as solid as their first. Emma ultimately finished 3rd place (out of 106) with a time of 21:09. Caitlin, coming back from a hip injury sustained a month ago, closed last week’s gap significantly and gutted out a 5th place finish with a time of 21:47.

 

Congratulations to all four runners this weekend and good luck to Aaron, Emma, and Caitlin who have been named to the New England All-Star Team and who will compete in next Saturday’s NEPSTA All-Star Meet in Marlborough, MA.

 

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