The Wildcats hosted a strong team from Taft on Saturday of Family Weekend. Nat Markey '20, Oscar DeFrancis '20 and the top runner from Taft led the race until about the final mile, when Nat started to pull away and won the race in 17:35. The Taft top runner finished 2nd while Oscar earned 3rd place. Taft took the next three spots and they were followed by Daniel Simpson '20 finishing 7th in 18:53, which is his fastest time on the course putting him at 4th on the Honor Roll. Taft took 8th place and Jerry Landman '22 finished in 9th with a time of 19:04. Taft took 10th and 11th and then Charlie Vachet '21 and William Chalfant '23 finished 12th and 13th for the Wildcats in 19:40, which is PR's for both guys! They both now move to 8th on the Honor Roll along with Alejandro Ruiz Boughton '21. Connor Touhey '20 ran a few minutes faster this week with a time of 20:11 and this moves him to 13th on the Honor Roll. Despite some very strong performances today, the Taft team was deep and the Wildcats came up short losing 25-32. The JV team was led by Alejandro Ruiz Boughton '21, who ran 20:18. The group of Felix King '21, Calvin Klumpp '24, and Henry Foster '23 ran most of the race together pushing themselves to run fast times. It was great to have Felix back after a couple of weeks and huge kudos to him for running a PR in his first week back. Calvin ran a PR of over 30 seconds and Henry ran about 25 seconds faster than last week. Matteo Bratt '23 ran a strong race along with Matt Seltzer '20. Christopher Doubleday '25 ran a personal record by 15 seconds! Big kudos to Omar Santoyo '25 for running a 3 minute PR in his second race of the year! The JV team won a tight race 26-29. A huge thank you to all the parents for supporting us on Family Weekend. We will host the Shaler Invitational this Saturday for our final home meet of the season.

The Wildcats hosted Avon on a beautiful fall afternoon for a competitive race. The Wildcats beat Avon on their course by one point last year and we did the same this year in a very tight race. Nat Markey '20 led the race from start to finish holding off the Avon top runner. Nat ran 17:32, which is his best time on the course and this moves him to the 2nd spot on the honor roll. This is just six seconds off the top honor roll spot. Terrific job Nat! Oscar DeFrancis '20 ran an exceptional race running his fastest time of the year and finished 3rd overall. Jerry Landman '22 had a remarkable race holding off the AOF fourth runner. Landman ran 19:11 and this moved him from 7th to the 4th spot on the honor roll. Daniel Simpson '20 ran eight seconds faster than he has on our course and that moved him to 7th on the honor roll. Alejandro Ruiz Boughton '21 not only ran a forty second pr but he helped the team by beating Avon's 5th runner, which helped secure the win. He pushed hard in the final stretch to pass their 5th runner, which was a gutsy and bold move. Charlie Vachet ran 20:07 and this keeps him at the 11th spot on the honor roll. Connor Touhey improved about twenty seconds at 20:13 and this puts him 13th on the honor roll. This rounded out the top 7 allowing us to edge Avon 27-28! Finlay MacDonald '20 and William Chalfant '23 led the JV team. William ran 20:16, which puts him at 14th on the honor roll. Calvin Klumpp '24, Zach Davidson '21, and Tate Cowperthwait '25 had personal records on the day. Huge kudos to Connor Queenin '23 and Austin Conroy '23 for finishing their first 5ks! The JV team beat AOF easily 20-35. The Wildcats will host Taft school next Saturday before we head out for long weekend.

The Wildcats had a terrific showing at the West Hartford Reservoir today as they ran past Kingswood Oxford and Westminster. We had twenty runners who ran personal bests, which was great! Nat Markey '20 continues his strong running as he led the race from start to finish! He ran a 17:28, which was a new PR for him. Oscar DeFrancis '20 ran well helping Daniel Simpson '20 to a strong finish on the day as they finished 2nd and 4th. Jerry Landman '22 finished 5th overall and ran very well. Both Jerry and Daniel broke 19 minutes for the first time by over 30 seconds. Charlie Vachet '21 and Connor Touhey '20 ran smart and hard on the day finishing 11th and 12th. Connor broke 20 minutes for the first time and ran a new PR of 19:55. Newcomer, William Chalfant '23 ran his first top 7 time on the year and a new PR of 19:58! Our Varsity team beat Westminster 18-41 and KO 20-39. On the JV team, we were led by Finlay MacDonald '20, Max Kosmider '23, Henry Foster '23, Steven Wang '20, Calvin Klumpp '24, Mateo Bratt '23, and Cameron Courtney '22. Many of these guys ran personal records on the day. Huge kudos to this group: Max, Henry, Calvin, Mateo, Cameron, Danny Probst '20, Christopher Doubleday '25, Olin Rose- Bardwell '25, Cole Blanchard '25, Quin James '25, Tate Cowperthwait '25, Andy Jiang '21, Aahsish Sureush '22, and Tyler Yunes '25. We are so proud of all their efforts and performances today.

The Wildcats had a terrific showing at the West Hartford Reservoir today as they ran past Kingswood Oxford and Westminster. We had twenty runners who ran personal bests, which was great! Nat Markey '20 continues his strong running as he led the race from start to finish! He ran a 17:28, which was a new PR for him. Oscar DeFrancis '20 ran well helping Daniel Simpson '20 to a strong finish on the day as they finished 2nd and 4th. Jerry Landman '22 finished 5th overall and ran very well. Both Jerry and Daniel broke 19 minutes for the first time by over 30 seconds. Charlie Vachet '21 and Connor Touhey '20 ran smart and hard on the day finishing 11th and 12th. Connor broke 20 minutes for the first time and ran a new PR of 19:55. Newcomer, William Chalfant '23 ran his first top 7 time on the year and a new PR of 19:58! Our Varsity team beat Westminster 18-41 and KO 20-39. On the JV team, we were led by Finlay MacDonald '20, Max Kosmider '23, Henry Foster '23, Steven Wang '20, Calvin Klumpp '24, Mateo Bratt '23, and Cameron Courtney '22. Many of these guys ran personal records on the day. Huge kudos to this group: Max, Henry, Calvin, Mateo, Cameron, Danny Probst '20, Christopher Doubleday '25, Olin Rose- Bardwell '25, Cole Blanchard '25, Quin James '25, Tate Cowperthwait '25, Andy Jiang '21, Aahsish Sureush '22, and Tyler Yunes '25. We are so proud of all their efforts and performances today.

The Wildcats had a tremendous day at Westminster School today! The Varsity team ran hard and tough on a challenging course. Senior captains Nat Markey and Oscar Defrancis led the race for the first half then Nat pulled ahead for a bit and ran a really strong race finishing 2nd on the day. Oscar ran a gutsy race finishing 3rd overall. Jerry Landman '22 had an outstanding day finishing 11th overall. Daniel Simpson '20 gave his best and finished 13th overall. Connor Touhey '20 also had a terrific race finishing 22nd overall and 5th for the team. Juniors Charlie Vachet and Alejandro Ruiz ran tough today rounding out our top seven. Our strong efforts earned us 2nd overall on the day! Varsity Scores Salisbury 48 Williston 51 Suffield 78 In the JV race, we had many strong performances! First, kudos to our first time racer, Quin James '25! The Wildcats were led by Felix King '21 and Finlay MacDonald '20, who both ran great finishing 2nd and 4th overall! 9th grader, William Chalfant continues to move up and ran another personal record on the day. He finished 6th overall. Calvin Klumpp '24, Max Kosmider '23, Steven Wang '20 and Mateo Bratt '23 all ran strong races and scored in the JV race. It was great to see the following runners make improvements and earn personal records today: Cole Blanchard '25, Garette Ondrick '23, and Tyler Yunes '25. The JV team won the meet with 43 points. Kent JV was 55 points and beat us two weeks ago at home. This is a sign of all the hard work our runners are putting in during the week! We are very proud of all of the efforts of all of our runners on the course today. They represented Williston well! Thanks to all our supporters who made the trip to Westminster today! JV Scores Williston 43 Kent 55 Eaglebrook 88

The Wildcats travel to Northfield Mount Hermon to race the hosts, Suffield and Worcester on a warm Saturday afternoon. The race got off to a quick start as Northfield Mount Hermon took an early lead as their two front runners separated themselves from the pack. Suffield's top runner earned third place while senior captains Nat Markey and Oscar Defrancis finished 4th and 8th overall. Daniel Simpson ‘20 ran another strong race finishing 10th overall and third for us. Alejandro Ruiz ‘21 and Jerry Landman ‘22 ran most of the race together finishing 13th and 14th. Charlie Vachet ‘21 and Connor Touhey ‘20 both ran tough finishing 19th and 21st. The varsity team fell to NMH and beat Suffield and Worcester on the day. JV Scores: NMH 29, Williston 26 Worcester 49, Williston 15 Suffield 50, Williston 15 The JV runners had a big day as 10 newcomers finished their first ever 5K! Huge kudos to Cole Blanchard ‘25, William Chalfant ‘23, Tate Cowperthwait ‘25, Max Kosdmider ‘23, Garett’s Ondrick ‘23, Danny Probst ‘20, Olin Rose-Bardwell ‘25, Omar Santoyo ‘25, Grey Vachon ‘23 and Tyler Yunes ‘25. The JV swept the race winning all three with strong performances from Finlay MacDonald ‘20, Felix King ‘21, Chalfant, Calvin Klumpp ‘24, Probst ‘20, Matt Seltzer ‘20 and William Gunn ‘20. Additionally, we had a handful of personal records on the day including: Alejandro Ruiz, Felix King, Christopher Doubleday! Nice job, guys! The boys showed great resilience as they ran a challenging course on really warm day! A huge thank you to all the parents and families that supported us and to those that brought drinks and treats for after the race. The Wildcats will travel to Westminster next weekend for the Richard Miller Invitational.

The Wildcats travel to Northfield Mount Hermon to race the hosts, Suffield and Worcester on a warm Saturday afternoon. The race got off to a quick start as Northfield Mount Hermon took an early lead as their two front runners separated themselves from the pack. Suffield's top runner earned third place while senior captains Nat Markey and Oscar Defrancis finished 4th and 8th overall. Daniel Simpson ‘20 ran another strong race finishing 10th overall and third for us. Alejandro Ruiz ‘21 and Jerry Landman ‘22 ran most of the race together finishing 13th and 14th. Charlie Vachet ‘21 and Connor Touhey ‘20 both ran tough finishing 19th and 21st. The varsity team fell to NMH and beat Suffield and Worcester on the day. JV Scores: NMH 29, Williston 26 Worcester 49, Williston 15 Suffield 50, Williston 15 The JV runners had a big day as 10 newcomers finished their first ever 5K! Huge kudos to Cole Blanchard ‘25, William Chalfant ‘23, Tate Cowperthwait ‘25, Max Kosdmider ‘23, Garett’s Ondrick ‘23, Danny Probst ‘20, Olin Rose-Bardwell ‘25, Omar Santoyo ‘25, Grey Vachon ‘23 and Tyler Yunes ‘25. The JV swept the race winning all three with strong performances from Finlay MacDonald ‘20, Felix King ‘21, Chalfant, Calvin Klumpp ‘24, Probst ‘20, Matt Seltzer ‘20 and William Gunn ‘20. Additionally, we had a handful of personal records on the day including: Alejandro Ruiz, Felix King, Christopher Doubleday! Nice job, guys! The boys showed great resilience as they ran a challenging course on really warm day! A huge thank you to all the parents and families that supported us and to those that brought drinks and treats for after the race. The Wildcats will travel to Westminster next weekend for the Richard Miller Invitational.

The Wildcats travel to Northfield Mount Hermon to race the hosts, Suffield and Worcester on a warm Saturday afternoon. The race got off to a quick start as Northfield Mount Hermon took an early lead as their two front runners separated themselves from the pack. Suffield's top runner earned third place while senior captains Nat Markey and Oscar Defrancis finished 4th and 8th overall. Daniel Simpson ‘20 ran another strong race finishing 10th overall and third for us. Alejandro Ruiz ‘21 and Jerry Landman ‘22 ran most of the race together finishing 13th and 14th. Charlie Vachet ‘21 and Connor Touhey ‘20 both ran tough finishing 19th and 21st. The varsity team fell to NMH and beat Suffield and Worcester on the day. JV Scores: NMH 29, Williston 26 Worcester 49, Williston 15 Suffield 50, Williston 15 The JV runners had a big day as 10 newcomers finished their first ever 5K! Huge kudos to Cole Blanchard ‘25, William Chalfant ‘23, Tate Cowperthwait ‘25, Max Kosdmider ‘23, Garett’s Ondrick ‘23, Danny Probst ‘20, Olin Rose-Bardwell ‘25, Omar Santoyo ‘25, Grey Vachon ‘23 and Tyler Yunes ‘25. The JV swept the race winning all three with strong performances from Finlay MacDonald ‘20, Felix King ‘21, Chalfant, Calvin Klumpp ‘24, Probst ‘20, Matt Seltzer ‘20 and William Gunn ‘20. Additionally, we had a handful of personal records on the day including: Alejandro Ruiz, Felix King, Christopher Doubleday! Nice job, guys! The boys showed great resilience as they ran a challenging course on really warm day! A huge thank you to all the parents and families that supported us and to those that brought drinks and treats for after the race. The Wildcats will travel to Westminster next weekend for the Richard Miller Invitational.

The Wildcats kicked off the cross country season with strong showing at home against Kent. Nat Markey '20 ran an impressive race leading from start to finish earning his first dual meet win of his career! Daniel Simpson '20 finished third on the day with a really strong effort. Captain Oscar DeFrancis ran with newcomer Charlie Vachet '21 and Alejandro Ruiz '21 for the second half of the race. They finished a few seconds apart. Kudos to Charlie for a great first race as a Wildcat and terrific to see Alejandro run a strong race earning a spot on Varsity. Seniors Connor Touhey and Finlay MacDonald both ran well on the day finishing 8th and 9th overall. Our JV squad was led by Jerry Landman '22, who finished 13th overall. Mateo Bratt '23 ran an excellent first race finishing 18th overall. The group of Henry Foster '23, Felix King '21, Calvin Klumpp '24 and Steven Wang '20 ran well on the day finishing 21st-24th. Newcomer Cameron Courtney '22 and Christopher Doubleday '25 ran a strong first race finishing 30th and 36th on the day. Returners Matt Seltzer '20, Luke Po '20, Zach Davidson '22 and Aashish Suresh '22 worked hard for the Wildcats today. The Varsity team won 22-39 and the JV squad lost a close race 29-27. A huge thank you to the parents and families that stood in the rain and supported us today. We will return to action next Saturday afternoon at NMH.