The Lake Braddock girls’ cross country team on Nov. 13 won its second state championship in the last four years. Photo by Ed Lull
The Lake Braddock girls’ and boys’ cross country teams won state championships on Nov.13 at Great Meadow.
The girls’ team produced a score of 44, finishing ahead of Oakton (76) and Madison (89). It was the Bruins’ second state title in the last four years.
The Bruins had four harriers finish in the top 15, led by junior Kate Murphy, who won the individual state title with a time of 18:20.
Sophomore Sarah Daniels placed 10th for Lake Braddock (19:07), junior Emily Schiesl was 11th (19:10) and senior Sonya Butseva placed 14th (19:19).
Sophomore Samantha Schwers completed the Lake Braddock top five with a 16th-place finish (19:25).
West Springfield senior Reagan Bustamante earned all-state honors with an eighth-place finish (19:02) and South County junior Faith Zolper took ninth (19:07).
The Lake Braddock boys’ team posted a score of 46. Madison finished runner-up with a score of 106, followed by Cosby (127), Robinson (150) and Woodson (154). It was the Bruins’ second straight state title and third consecutive top-two finish.
Senior Colin Schaefer was the Bruins’ top finisher, placing fourth with a time of 16:02. Junior Conor Lyons placed eighth (16:16), senior Spencer Jolley took 11th (16:24), senior Cavanaugh McGaw finished 14th (16:26) and junior Evan Chase finished 22nd (16:49).
Woodson senior Robert Lockwood placed fifth (16:06), earning all-state honors. Robinson senior Hunter Jutras placed 13th (16:26).