The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School girls and boys cross country teams hosted nearly 500 harriers from 19 schools Saturday in the ninth annual Vineyard Invitational.
Vineyard rival Bishop Feehan swept to team victories in the girls varsity, jayvee and freshman races; while Barrington, Rhode Island did the same on the boys side.
Bishop Feehan’s Abigail Long won the girls varsity race in 18:19.44. Fellow Shamrock Andrew Pearl won the boys varsity 5K in 16:20.35.
Three Vineyard runners made the top ten in their respective races. Aivaras Gedvilas placed fourth of 94 runners in the boys varsity race, crossing the line in 16:48.45. Owen Porterfield took second in the boys 3K freshman event, clocking in at 11:06.03, five seconds behind Barrington’s Brian Donohue. Isis Burt finished ninth in the girls freshman race, completing the course in 13:25.09.
Emma Riemer had the best Vineyard time in the girls varsity race, placing 60th in 24:57.52. Lila Norris led the Purple in the girls jayvee race, finishing 45th of 97 in 27:14.88, while Ryan O’Malley (27th, 20:14.48) and Otto Osmers (28th, 20:18.42) paced the hosts in the boys jayvee race. Nate D’Angelo ran to a solid 22nd place finish in the boys varsity race with a time of 17:28.99. For complete results, visit ma.milesplit.com.
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